What Are Your Hopes For The Coming Steam Holiday Sale?
Unless you are a new comer to the brotherhood of PC gaming, in which case welcome, you have probably found yourself getting ready for the now annual Steam Holiday sale. It should be kicking off in a week or two now and to help get everyone excited I figured it might be fun to see what everyone is hoping to find on sale this year.
Between the last couple events, and their summer sales that they started doing, there isn't a heck of a lot left on Steam of interest to me that I don't already own. Still, there are a handful of games that I always seemed to manage to miss for some reason or another and I hope/plan to pick them up this time around. Plus there are a few games that have come out since then that I'm hoping will finally get on sale this time around. Now that Microsoft started doing some awesome deals of their own with those .99¢ deals on Games for Windows Live they may feel the need to try one upping them, which could lead to some really amazing deals for us.
So what is everyone hoping to see/get out of this sale? What games have you always seemed to miss and are planning to make sure you get this time around? Or maybe there is something that has always seemed to never be on sale that you are hoping to see this time around?
Hopefully Borderlands will drop to <$5. Other then that I'm not really keeping my eye out. Just anything super cheap gets my attention.
I'm personally looking for:
- Batman Arkham Asylum -I always missed it when it dropped to the $5-$10 point for some reason.
- The Stronghold Pack to go on sale.
- Deathspank to go on for super cheap.
- Super Meatboy to go for even cheaper
- Dragon Age Ultimate Edition- I own the boxed original, but I would like a steam version and I still need all the DLC.
- Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising- I enjoyed playing the single player co-op with a friend, but that's it for me. So I have been waiting for it to drop to the magic $5-$10.
- Any of the Fallout games- If they make a nice Fallout pack I would pick it up just so I had everything.
I'm sure there are a handful of others that I can't think of right now, but those are the big one's I'm hoping to pick up.
Other than that, I'm not sure.
I use the Steam sales to replace my old CD roms (Cloud>CD keys & discs). Really the only big gaps to be filled are a good sale on F.E.A.R. and the Age of Empires games, which stubbornly refuse to come to Steam.
If it's dirt cheap, I'll probably grab CnC4, just for completionist's sake. I loved that series. Red Alert 1 is still one of my favorite games ever.
Lesee... Well, I wan't Farming Simulator 2011 for like $10, because I want to fuck around in there but not enough to pay full price. Mostly I want to do some MP with my friends and we will crash farming equipment.
I also want to get that Amnesia game, so if it went on sale that would be cool. Also I might get Blops if it goes on sale real cheap, I am kinda interested in the SP, but not at all in the MP.
@crusader8463 said:
I was lucky to get a lot of that stuff when it was a weekend deal. Well, I got Arkham Asylum for like #30, but that was when it was like a month old. I got the DOW2 stuff real cheap as a weekend deal, and same with Fallout (I think I got 1,2 and Tactics for 10 or 15$) when they were first released on steam." I'm personally looking for:
I'm sure there are a handful of others that I can't think of right now, but those are the big one's I'm hoping to pick up. "
- Batman Arkham Asylum -I always missed it when it dropped to the $5-$10 point for some reason.
- The Stronghold Pack to go on sale.
- Deathspank to go on for super cheap.
- Super Meatboy to go for even cheaper
- Dragon Age Ultimate Edition- I own the boxed original, but I would like a steam version and I still need all the DLC.
- Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising- I enjoyed playing the single player co-op with a friend, but that's it for me. So I have been waiting for it to drop to the magic $5-$10.
- Any of the Fallout games- If they make a nice Fallout pack I would pick it up just so I had everything.
I'm a new comer and I already enjoyed a bit of the Thanksgiving sale. I'm hoping for Dead Rising 2, Mass Effect 1 and 2, Fallout 3 and NV.
Hopefully a good deal on The Witcher 2, maybe Super Meat Boy and Brothers in Arms, which I really want to try.
I just want something worthwhile to come to the Mac store....But I realize that this is asking too much.
CODBLOPS, it's a pipe dream I know.
Darksiders, AC2, Amnesia I guess. Nothing else I can really think of.
Ooooh Maybe Back to the Future will be out and they'll be some sorta deal.
" I want a cheap Sam & Max, all 3 seasons, bundle"If you didn't know, Telltale are having specials all this month. So you might be able to find something there.
" Really, really crap time to be without a PC. Gotta get on that. When do these sales usually start? "Apparently the 20th, right after the treasure hunt thing.
Also, you can buy stuff even if you have a crap computer. Things like VVVVVV and Machinarium would even run on a toaster (an awesome toaster that plays video games o:)
Deathspank double pack of some kind for cheap, like 50% off. Other than that I'll just look at the daily sales, there is nothing screaming out at me right now, I have a ton of games on steam but every Xmas sale I end up picking up a ton of games anyway. But I'm always happy with what I get honestly.
" @Rayfield said:" Really, really crap time to be without a PC. Gotta get on that. When do these sales usually start? "Apparently the 20th, right after the treasure hunt thing. Also, you can buy stuff even if you have a crap computer. Things like VVVVVV and Machinarium would even run on a toaster (an awesome toaster that plays video games o:) "
Cool. I'll be picking up my new PC on the weekend of the 18th-19th. Just in time. Thanks.
Now I just hope to have enough cash to spend...
" I'm personally looking for:Dude, we have very similar tastes!
I'm sure there are a handful of others that I can't think of right now, but those are the big one's I'm hoping to pick up. "
- Batman Arkham Asylum -I always missed it when it dropped to the $5-$10 point for some reason.
- The Stronghold Pack to go on sale.
- Deathspank to go on for super cheap.
- Super Meatboy to go for even cheaper
- Dragon Age Ultimate Edition- I own the boxed original, but I would like a steam version and I still need all the DLC.
- Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising- I enjoyed playing the single player co-op with a friend, but that's it for me. So I have been waiting for it to drop to the magic $5-$10.
- Any of the Fallout games- If they make a nice Fallout pack I would pick it up just so I had everything.
I would love all those plus:
Civ 5
Witcher 1 + 2
Some penumbra point and click adventure games
Morrowind
TF2
Left for dead 2 + DLC
I am building a new PC when my bonus gets here, can't wait to finally get back into PC games hah
Worms is about the last game on Steam I've yet to buy that I'm interested in. Maybe I'll pick up a few more indie adventure games too, if they come up for sale.
I'm hoping they put Crysis back on sale again like last year. I missed it back then and it wasn't offered this Thanksgiving. Also, I'd love Civ V and the addons combined into a nice collection. And finally, more Bioware games on sale. I have Dragon Age and KOTOR from past sales but I'd like Mass Effect & ME2 (this time on the PC) and Jade Empire still.
Sam and Max season 3 for under £5, Star Wars Force Unleashed 1 & 2 under £5 each or a bundle for £7.50, GTA IV Complete Edition for £7.50, Amnesia Dark Descent for under £5. other than that I can't think of anything but I'm sure I'll end up buying other stuff.
" I'm hoping they put Crysis back on sale again like last year. I missed it back then and it wasn't offered this Thanksgiving. Also, I'd love Civ V and the addons combined into a nice collection. And finally, more Bioware games on sale. I have Dragon Age and KOTOR from past sales but I'd like Mass Effect & ME2 (this time on the PC) and Jade Empire still. "They usually have those games on sale. I got Jade Empire for $2.50, Mass Effect 1 for $5 and ME 2 for $10-$20 during another sale not too long ago. I would be surprised if they didn't put them up again.
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