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Massive Steam Sale Starts Now

If I don't buy Trine for $4, I'm essentially losing money, right?


Get used to this page.You're going to be staring at it a lot over the next ten days.
Get used to this page.You're going to be staring at it a lot over the next ten days.
Looking for some hot summer deals? The folks at Valve sure hope you are, and are happy to provide an outlet for your desire to save. Starting today, Steam launches its "Perils of Summer" sale event, though apparently, the only peril is that you have too much money in your wallet.
 
Over the next 10 days, Valve will be doing discounts on individual games and collections of software from throughout the catalog. New sales will cycle in every day, further instilling you with that nagging question, "Have I seen what Steam is selling today?"
 
It's a pretty good group of sales, even on this first day. I picked up the entirety of the Introversion catalog can for $5.00. I would have paid $5.00 just for DEFCON: Everybody Dies! Getting Darwinia as well was icing on the money-spending cake. 

Have you guys purchased anything from the Steam sale today? And what games would you purchase for the right price?

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Call of Duty Collection for $30. You get CoD1, CoD: UO, CoD2, CoD4, and CoD: WaW for the price of 2 map packs for Modern Warfare 2. LOL

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Must...resist...

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If I had some disposable income I would have jumped on everything on sale

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Why does Australia have to have such horrible internet? I have quite a lot of money saved up, 1 month off uni and an incredibly small download limit...

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Picked up the Introversion Pack for $5 and Tropico 3 with the dlc for about $17.  Waiting to see what the other daily deals are, and hoping to see Guild Wars Trilogy get a bigger deal so I can finally pick it up.

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@Sparky_Buzzsaw said:
" Oooh, suck it, retailers!  Yard Sale Hidden Treasures: Sunnyville, on sale now for $2.49!  Yippee ki yi yay, mothafuckas! "

Oh well, I've seen a bunch of games on the Steam sale that even with sale prices cost more than they usually do in stores.

Most of the Capcom titles are a lot cheaper to buy in stores.

On the Steam sale, Bionic Commando, Dark Void and Resident Evil 5 are still $25, while they've been $9-15 in stores for months already.

I've also seen Lost Planet Extreme Condition Colonies Edition for around $5.

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Overlord pack, because why not? 
 
And I'm attempting to purchase the Introversion pack, but the server load seems to be too high. 
 
Is this a sign? 
 
EDIT: No worries.  It went through.  Hooray for spending!

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@DoctorWelch said:
" I'm not even going on steam to prevent myself from buying. "
You're only preventing the inevitable. 
 
 
MUST...BUY...CHEAP...GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMES
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@BenX02:
They're not that similar....they arn't even zombies in the game! It's more like Call of Duty World at War zombie mode in that you get money for kills and you can buy better weapons, but there are different classes, different enemy types, a lot of maps, you rank up and this is persistant (not just for each map) and you can actually win the map!....which always sucked in COD:Zombies...losing is no fun! :P
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every time there's a steam sale, i feel like something has entered me anally.

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I'm gonna buy Trine and maybe The Witcher. I also really want Cryostasis but I doubt my laptop will run it.

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I've bought Trine, Torchlight, and Cryostasis. I almost bought the overlord pack while I was playing Overlord II on Xbox. Someone stop me.

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damn there's some good deals...
 
i bought dues ex, overlord pack, unreal deal pack, and the painkiller pack for like ~$30.00...  the joy i got from all those titles years ago other than the overlord games is worth that price alone just to say i have them again :P

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Damn, this is awesome. Finally picked up Trine!
 
I'm gonna hold off on purchasing anything else until I see all the daily deals.

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Just got the Witcher.  Been waiting for it to go on sale, especially after seeing all the E3 coverage of the second one last week.

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Done, and DONE... 
 
sigh...

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Times like this makes me wish I had a decent gaming rig.
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These sales are INSANE. Every game you can imagine is on some kind of sale. Almost. Holy fuck

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@slaneesh said:
" These sales are INSANE. Every game you can imagine is on some kind of sale. Almost. Holy fuck "
Except for Bethesda. Those Jerks... :(
 
 
There's no excuse for everyone to not own either The Witcher or Cryostasis for those prices. Even if you aren't sure if you like them, everyone should at least check them out.
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Just picked up Torchlight and Altitude for only $13. My weekend is officially made.

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Finally bought Torchlight at $10 and goddamn is that game addicting.

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Witcher Enhanced and Tropico 3 Absolute Power. 
 
14  dollars. I think I got away easy.

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God fucking dammit, and just after I spent a ton during EA Week.

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*starts Steam* 
*clicks on View -> Small Mode* 
 
If I can't see it, it's not there. Lalalalala

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Literally just got paid today. Just picked up aion and the witcher. Think im gonna get trine too

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Cryostasis, Full Pipe, and Puzzle Kingdoms for £4 - how could I resist?

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Got the Introversian pack for 5 bucks. Couldn't resist!

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I was actually looking at Vampire Bloodlines last night, but did not choose to buy it yet. Then I woke up to this sale, and it seems that game is the only one not on sale:p
Guess activision didn't want to sell stuff cheaper.
I might pick up some other games if they are really cheap, but for now I think I'm good.
 Still got a huge backlog after the winter sale

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I just picked up:
 
Darwinia
Multiwinia
Defcon: Everybody Dies
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
Cryostasis
King's Bounty: The Legend
King's Bounty: Armored Princess
 
All for 25 bucks. Which isn't bad considering that Armored Princess is normally 40 bucks when not on sale, and The Witcher is normally 20. I'd say I saved a fair amount on some decent games. They'll keep me busy for a while at least.

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Man, I bought BioShock 2 like a month ago when it was 39,99, after convincing myself that there was no way that Steam would do a summer sale. I even looked through year old Steam news to make sure they hadn't done it before. Damn you Steam!
 
I'm looking at some older Tom Clancy games and maaaaaybe the first two Commandos games. I would love to see a daily sale on Vampire: The Masquarade Bloodlines and The Longest Journey. I've been waiting for a Vampire to be on sale FOREVER. I might also be persuaded to buy Borderlands, Bad Company 2, Dawn of War 2 and Just Cause 2 with some insane pricing.

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Was tempted, but I'll wait till there is a game I MUST buy. 

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So far...
 
Counter-Strike: Source
Trine
 
These stupid sales.  I have never wanted Trine, but somehow $4 seems so cheap that I have to try it to see if I'm wrong.  And upon playing CS:Source for the first time, I see that I'm hilarously bad at it.  I guess TF2 skills are not transferable.

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Hello? Visa?
 
Yeah, hey what's my limit? Okay....uh huh.
 
How much can that be raised by.....just out of curiosity.

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Oh man, ALL 2k games for 80 bucks? Everything by S-E/Eidos for 75? THQ's stuff for 50?
 
I'm pretty sure I'm just about to spend 200 € on stuff I'm not even interested in/already own.

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I'm not sure what I'd really want right now.  From the stuff I've seen on sale, I'm gonna have to take this day-by-day for a bit.

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since i made a mistake in the christmas 2009 sale i can't really look at steam, i still have many games from that sale to finish, plus all the FEAR games. Though im eyeing up Flotilla atm, i really shouldn't, StarCraft 2 is incoming :/

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I bought the Overlord pack, despite already owning and completing both games at some point. But for £3.75 I can't not. You know... incase I want to play it again. Ok, from now on only really cheap things that I have to play right now.

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Can someone help me pick?    
 
Overlord pack, Trine, Cryostasis, Freedom Force:Freedom Pack, The Witcher, Beyond Good and Evil, and Deus Ex all for $40 
 
or the THQ pack for $50, none of the games there interest me as much other than S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Saints Row 2

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Just when i thought i had chance to take a break from buying games, this insane sale comes on.

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so far i haven't bought anything.
Resisting bioshock 2 for £10. I'm not even interested in playing it, but god damn it i want it so bad.

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Bought The Witcher: Enhanced Director's Cut for $6 and some change. Going to pick up Cryostasis today for $3.

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@GrandpaJelly:  
 
Get your list of games for $40. Stalker and Saints Row are always on sale somewhere.
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@GrandpaJelly said:
" Can someone help me pick?     Overlord pack, Trine, Cryostasis, Freedom Force:Freedom Pack, The Witcher, Beyond Good and Evil, and Deus Ex all for $40  or the THQ pack for $50, none of the games there interest me as much other than S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Saints Row 2 "
I can vouch for Deus Ex, Trine and Freedom Force being totally awesome.
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Does valve expect the world to end?! Oh well, who cares!

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There are so many big names in the sale it's hard to spot the smaller gems.
Does any one have any recommendations.
I'll point out that Safecracker is only £1.50 and I loved it (short logic puzzler), also Trials2 is only a few pound and I've sunk 400 hours into it, so it's got a lot of value for money :)

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Torchlight here i come!

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My wife is gonna kill me...

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I also purchased the Introversion pack. I'm just a sucker for Mutually Assured Destruction. 
  
edit: I can't wait for the new edition of the 'Steam Purchases I Regret' segment

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Damn you Steam, why do you make me buy so many games I'll only play once?

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@ChineseTea:   Then I guess I made the right choice. Thank you!  I have the hardest time deciding on things ;_;