I’m so bored. Please. Please Gabe! I need the sale. Give it to me! Please!!!

  • FullFridge@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    161·
    1 year ago

    I feel like the Steam sales stopped being good a few years ago. I think when they stopped doing flash sales? Now most games are just regular sale price off. No real special deals anymore.

    I miss checking daily for new updates on what was for sale and getting a game at a really good price. Now everything is the same price for the entire two weeks so it feels exciting for maybe the first 5 minutes when you check your wishlist and after that it’s done.

    Don’t want to be too negative though. Hope there are some good deals and everyone can grab something at a good price!

    • Iteria@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      They stopped doing flash sales when refunds were a thing. People could buy a game, see it was 90% later, refund and buy it when it was much cheaper. Or if you a week or two before the sale you could do the same thing, but the lightning deals has the biggest impact for refunds. Steam didn’t stop them, but the game devs just stopped in light of that.

      I know people really like refunds but I miss absolutely ridiculously low priced games. The games used to be so cheap, I couldn’t even care if a game was actually trash. Got it for a dollar who cares.

      • Trizza Tethis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Honestly they should just stop refunds on flash sale items unless in extenuating circumstances like “This game literally doesn’t work for anybody” or “The price literally went back up as I was purchasing it so I paid the higher price”

          • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            It’s not an automobile or a physical item, why can’t they just package it differently for each market? Places with ugly capitalism get lightning deals, places with affordable Healthcare don’t… lol

        • Iteria@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          That wouldn’t solve the problem. The problem is people buying the full priced game, refunding and then getting the lightning deal game. You didn’t used to be able to do that.

        • nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Apparently they just sell you an account with the game or some family sharing shenanigans, best just to avoid these sites.

          • bornagainpenguin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            I didn’t encounter that on the site I bought from…I don’t think. And it was the only way to get the game by that point, the developer had closed their sales so it was this or piracy. I chose to pay for a key than to pirate.

            Technically I’d paid for the game twice. I bought it back in the day for the OUYA and then again for Steam, because I wanted to play the game. I think it’s a shame that it wasn’t more popular because it was a fun game.

    • nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      Steamdb is still good for checking out prices of games, they even have browser addons that tell you lowest price on the steam page itself.

    • Dayst0rm@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      Yeah but a sale is a sale. I don’t get upset at clothing stores for having sales even though T-shirts have been the same for 60 years more or less.

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I don’t understand why you would want your sale to be gimmicky, I hate that. Go shop on Temu, DealDash or something like that if you want lightning sale thrills. I prefer to just have a sale and take some time about what I want to buy.

        Edit: because it seemed directed at the person I am commenting to.

    • Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      This looks like a pretty neat game, although I can’t download the demo on steam. I’ll just wait for the release.

      Nvm, found the demo download. Looks like steam moved things around.

  • Ech@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I remember when the sale dates were a mystery. There was more excitement to the expectation and wondering than there is just waiting for a specific day.

    • atlasraven31@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      An updated Freelancer open world space RPG. It doesn’t even need a story or campaign. Just a living, breathing world.

      • limeaide@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Let me know if you find anything! What other games in that vein do you like?

            • atlasraven31@lemm.eeEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              Not really. Eve Online is an anti-addiction since whatever you want to do, the game or your group wants you to do something different. As soon as you train for something, it will drop right out of the meta and you will have to switch. In Eve you have to continually fight for your fun like a raccoon in a dumpster with other racoons.

    • TheLongPrice@lemmy.oneEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I recently bought strange horticulture on sale, had a lot of fun with it.

      Maybe it will go on sale, but Betrayal at Club Low is also very cool, and already cheap.

      • 🐱TheCat@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Oooo I liked strange horticulture. Was Betrayal at Club Low similar?

        What’s I’m REALLY looking for is another ‘Return of the Obra Dinn’, but games that good seem rare

        • TheLongPrice@lemmy.oneEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Betrayal is a little more stressful, and plays more like an adventure game than a mystery. It has a fun dice system inspired by table top games, and I’ve never played anything quite like it, so I’d recommend it if your looking for a fresh experience (which is the same reason I liked Strange Horticulture).