kvltus lvlzvs
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I salute the effort you put into making this meme
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kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Absolutely. A game like Dark Souls III could be had for prices between 10-15 euro for years. Cheapest price was about 7 euro from official key sellers. Then Namco raised the price in early January 2022 and again two months later and since then there have been almost no discounts. This 50% discount is the lowest price in 18 months....
yet_another_alt
Member
Well played. It's my fault for not also saying that they shouldn't be cheaper in other places. I guess Valve Complete Pack still qualifies for that.
kvltus lvlzvs
Banned
Its funny that they raised the prices at right around the same time that all 3 games lost their multiplayer support for almost a year due to From's incompetence...
Mr Hyde
Member
Do you need an account to buy there?
Holammer
Member
No idea, but I bought games there since 2015.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Yeah, just razzing you a bit - I know what you mean. Steam used to be THE place to get the deepest discounts during their sales. Nowadays, the big sales like the Summer Sale are just ways for publishers to put their games on the same discount you would normally see on the weekly or weekend sale. The magic is just that nearly every game in the store is on sale at the same time.
Besides the Steam store issuing refunds (which kinda hurts these sales in regards to timing discounts), it also still famously takes 30% from most publishers - while also giving them the ability to generate Steam keys for their games at no cost. The end result is that someone like Bandai Namco can sell Dark Souls II on a site like GameBillet for less than the price on Steam, and make more money from the sale because GameBillet only charges a small 5-10% fee.
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All this combined means that publishers, especially the big publishers, will typically sus out how much profit they want to make from each storefront, and then adjust their sales price to match. This culminates in Steam's sale prices often being higher than sites like GameBillet or Fanantical or GMG - simply because those storefronts take less of a percentage.
SCB3
Member
Nope, can get the code emailed to you
you guys didn't kid around when you said it's easy to lose yourself. The numbers add up quick. Need to be restrained here otherwise it will end up expensive, even if some game only goes for a couple of bucks.
phant0m
Member
been like this for at least 5 years now. half the time you still do better on GMG or CDK
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Skifi28
Member
These days I use steam to search my wishlist and then go straight to cdkeys. I'm not proud of it, but it is what it is.
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Ok, I’m liking what I see.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
ssringo
Member
Haha, I've been waiting for years to buy No Man's Sky once it goes below 50% off.
The wait continues...
I know other stores have gone a little cheaper. I'm old and stubborn.
Korranator
Member
Why no deals on Etrian Odyssey ?
bender
What time is it?
Between Steam, NewEgg, Fanatical, InstantGaming and IndieGala, I think I'm done.
NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection
BERSERK and the Band of the Hawk
BERSERK DLC
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course
ELDEN RING
DARK SOULS: REMASTERED
Persona 5 Royal
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection
LISA the Joyful
Obra Dinn
DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition
Deathsmiles I･II Additional Characters "Gothic wa Mahou Otome" 5 Characters Set
Pizza Tower
Samorost 3
Pilgrims
Happy Game
CHUCHEL
Golden Idol Mysteries: The Spider of Lanka
The Case of the Golden Idol
NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection
BERSERK and the Band of the Hawk
BERSERK DLC
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course
ELDEN RING
DARK SOULS: REMASTERED
Persona 5 Royal
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection
LISA the Joyful
Obra Dinn
DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition
Deathsmiles I･II Additional Characters "Gothic wa Mahou Otome" 5 Characters Set
Pizza Tower
Samorost 3
Pilgrims
Happy Game
CHUCHEL
Golden Idol Mysteries: The Spider of Lanka
The Case of the Golden Idol
KormaChameleon
Member
Callisto Protocol at 50% is very tempting. Heard the game is quite good after a few tweaks.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
The game has only been out for two weeks. It's already overpriced by at least double, so even a 50% off sale probably wouldn't tempt me personally.
yet_another_alt
Member
The basic gameplay of X is virtually unchanged across the entire series. If you weren't into it then chances are it won't hook you now unless your taste changes.
Calverz
Member
If you like dead space and horror then it hs it’s merits. But it does feel like a poor man’s dead space. I still enjoyed it though.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
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yet_another_alt
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I know marketplace key sellers are usually looked down upon but Eneba has been pretty reliable so far. I'm kind of tempted to go for it since it's $35.Buy cheap Returnal cd key - lowest price
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KormaChameleon
Member
In the end I picked up.
ChoosableOne
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Korranator
Member
lol
For some reason I thought it had been out longer than that.
You can find the collection for $69 making it $23 each game elsewhere.
kiphalfton
Member
Is the point you're trying to make is that a bunch of shit is 90% off, because if so yeah I agree.
NeverYouMind
Member
Digital discount prices are basically MSRP for most titles. Fortunately, I already own everything I want for now.
NeverYouMind
Member
Yes, Black Mesa is a remake. Not made by Valve, but done so well as to get their complete approval.
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DeaDPo0L84
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NeverYouMind
Member
A lot of people seem to like it, but I am still playing the prequel, Judgement. It has great storytelling and gameplay.
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kvltus lvlzvs
Banned
Black mesa also completely redoes xen, and their version is infinitely superior to the original
RagnarokIV
Member
So far I got Deep Rock Galactic and Joshua Dumah starring Callisto Protocol
Midn1ght
Member
Some of the prices on Eneba and Cdkeys are really tempting. I bought a few games from them years ago but went back to official key resellers after reading somewhere that, potentially, Steam could one day track down keys bought on unofficial websites and revoke the licenses.
I don't know what to think about that. I still have access to the few games I bought years ago from them but could Steam actually remove games from our library if we bought them from unofficial sources?
I don't know what to think about that. I still have access to the few games I bought years ago from them but could Steam actually remove games from our library if we bought them from unofficial sources?
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T4keD0wN
Member
There is a risk, pretty small one, but they are still a "grey market" so it will be less reliable than approved resellers like sites that are listed at gg.deals or isthereanydeal for example.
I wouldnt worry too much about it, its usually the publisher (usually the smaller ones since it can hurt them) tracking it down rather than steam.
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yet_another_alt
Member
Forgot to say that if you're just looking to shoot things in space then you could try the demo for Everspace 2. It's a recent release though so sale ain't deep.
simpatico
Member
Fell in love with Yakuza franchise on GamePass, the pickins got slim there and I unsubbed. Probably pick up all of those and some SHMUPS and boomers on the wishlist. Thankfully Gloomwood is not on sale, so I'll be able to wait for it to be completed before jumping in. Dead Space still runs like hot musty shit so I'll be able to hold off on that until it's around $20
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Topher
Gold Member
Great game. I've been playing it since launch and really enjoy it. Always looking for cool space games like that. Big reason why I'm excited for Starfield.