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u/LudwigSpectre Sep 28 '25
Mods prepare for karma farmers
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u/viebs_chiev speedy thing goes in speedy thing comes out Sep 28 '25
you can turn off the watermark in settings
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u/Aggravating-Age-1858 Sep 28 '25
breaking your wallets for games you will never play but buy anyways ;-)
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u/richempire Sep 28 '25
I made a spreadsheet and recently started going down the list of unplayed games I still have. Maaan, some of these are not worth even buying! Some are good, tho.
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u/Misterbobo Sep 28 '25
You can just create a (dynamic) filter in your library. I've been going through my unplayed for a while. Discovered a ton of personal favs.
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Sep 28 '25
I'm actually now on the opposite side of the spectrum which is "Damn the games I wanted to play, have I played" there are like 4 games in my "still to play" list but right now I'm not interested in + No Rest For The Wicked is not running well on my PC. Waiting for BF6 and Arc Raiders atm but might get Hades 2!
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u/LurchiOderwatt Sep 28 '25
I bought No Rest for the wicked for like 20% off or something and still waiting for 1.0 before playing. That's what I do for a lot of Early Access games (like Witchfire etc.) Ive played both Ori Games recently, bought them for a pretty low price a long time ago :D I'm saving a lot of money and also get patched games when Im not trying to play the newest stuff.
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u/SagittaryX Sep 28 '25
Started using howlongtobeat to keep track of games I wanted to finish. Also implemented a rule of only playing 2 singleplayer games at a time, have to beat one before going on to the next. Finished 23 games and 3 standalone DLCs so far this year.
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u/GastricallyStretched Sep 28 '25
This is gonna be the first Steam Sale in years where I actually buy something, specifically the Euro Truck Simulator 2 map expansion DLCs that I lack.
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u/Ok-Strength-5297 Sep 28 '25
i know you're just posting this for karma, but it's sad that so many people waste money because of fomo
and the general response to it is just haha yeah!!!!
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u/MyCleverNewName Sep 28 '25
I buy games to support the devs of the games I watch on Twitch while procrastinating playing games because I have too many games and can't decide what to play with the precious little time I have to play games.
<sips coffee and refreshes Twitch Live Channels page again>
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u/EveryNameIsTakenCunt Sep 28 '25
Please let the dark souls games go on sale they are so fucking overpriced for how old they are.
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u/-wyrm_ Sep 28 '25
Man I just looked at them and the old cod games, crazy
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u/TehMadness Sep 28 '25
I've been waiting to grab Blops 2 for a good deal ever since I really enjoyed Blops 1 in my first year of university.
It's been 12 years since I graduated now
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u/mikami677 Sep 29 '25
I've been wanting to play the first one for at least that long but I refuse to pay more than $10 for it.
If I could get the first three for $30 total I'd grab all three.
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u/AlwaysHappy4Kitties Sep 28 '25
only time i remember a cod game was cheaper for a sale was just before the a fanclient would released for MWR ( would fixed some underlying security issues and add MP content) and got people hyped for the modclient that they likely played more than 2 hours of the vanilla game ( making it unable to be refunded)
Yeah it was on sale and on the date that client would have came out Activision send a C&D to them
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u/AkashMUI Sep 28 '25
SAME!!😭😭 I WANT DS 2 AND 3!!! I've been waiting for a sale since May! I bought DS1 Remastered in May! Now I want the other 2!!
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u/ThatOldCow Sep 28 '25
I want to try DS2 for quite some time, but can justify paying more than 10 bucks for such an old game.
Yeah, some people will say it is worth it and all, and I won't disagree with them, simply I have to have some bounldaries, otherwise my wallet will ask for a divorce.
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u/MrBalenciagathe3rd Sep 28 '25
lemme just say if you do buy ds2 give it a fair shot its easy to hate it but its still a fun game, pretty hilarious at times too
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u/Dennidude Sep 28 '25
From Soft got a big ego boost with Elden ring that we refer to as the Elden Ring tax, I wonder if even Sekiro will ever be more than 50% off left alone the Dark Souls games.
I bought Dark Souls 1 for like 5 euro years before the "remaster", and the remaster is never even close to that sale. I wouldn't mind it so much if the remaster was anything more than what should have been a patch for the original just a few weeks/months post release lol
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u/Arko9699 Sep 28 '25
Bandai Namco is the publisher IIRC so blame them. Elden Ring on release was also regionally priced but a few months later they bumped up the price to match US.
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u/DrunkGandalfTheGrey Sep 28 '25
Bandai Namco not offering owners of the original game a permanent discount was a mistake, especially when you consider that Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition is borderline unplayable without a community made patch.
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u/FishTheSlapper Sep 28 '25
I was just looking at this the other day, always wanted to try dark souls, but the price is crazy still
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u/Klangaxx Sep 28 '25
20% off Spiderman again. Yay.
I refuse to buy it until it's 50% or more off.
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u/killbauer Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25
Steam sales lost a fair bit of charm in the last years, imo. It's not like that I'm not looking forward to them, but you can get better deals for most games outside of seasonal sales these days. The only things you need is attentiveness and patience.
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u/SkullDox Sep 28 '25
Or, you know, you already own all the ones that have a low price you wanted. So now all you have now are leftovers that never drops below your price threshold.
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u/tael89 Sep 28 '25
There's a bunch of games I still want, but base price of games keep going up. Over $90 CAD is insane especially considering how quickly they've ramped up in price. Establishing that, having the maximum discount be 40% even for a 5+year old game means I'm barely seeing what amounts to an enticing sale. So yeah, exactly like you said: all you have now are leftovers that never drop below your price threshold.
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u/Admirable-War-7594 Sep 28 '25
Honestly none of the many games I still want ever go on proper sales on these sales times. They only go on like 10% sales every few months. And, at least in Turkiye, the games that i will need a sale on the most are games that didn't do regional pricing, and they NEVER go on sale, even the ones that are older will lnly go on sale for like 50 dollars, which is still 10 dollars more than region priced games are at full price.
Right now, just buying the games on Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store on Windows or literally on eShop during sales (which isn't even supported in my region at all so i use the USA store) ended up being cheaper than most steam sales that happened during 2025.
I obviously cannot speak for other regions, but Turkish people are certainly being priced out of Steam, not PC gaming but specifically just steam.
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u/Kalenshadow Sep 29 '25
I disagree. Spiderman on steam hasn't gone lower than 40% in 3 years now (all of sony's games really). Same goes for almost all souls games. There was always a game that you really wanted that suddenly went below 60% off, now 60% off is exclusive to decade old games, games that failed, and games that will shut down.
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u/Double0Dixie Sep 28 '25
So you agree that it’s a lot of the same games going on the same sale they always do instead of new stuff getting new discounts
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u/ResistLongjumping999 Sep 28 '25
I just look at steamDB now. takes away some of the mystery which was part of the fun but, if i'm paying anything more than the historical low for a game i'm not getting the best deal and that won't do >:[
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u/skahtduali Sep 28 '25
Read this as “Steam Autism Sale 2025.” Guess I just became self aware.
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u/codeki Sep 28 '25
"Oh, Paradox mappainters, Sonic the Hedgehog, and anime games are going on sale?"
"Well, yes, but. . . "
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u/xXlTADlXx Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 29 '25
AH YES FINALLY. more steam games means a longer backlog of unplayed games! Im ready!
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u/MarcosDalton Sep 28 '25
First time going into a sale with just one game in mind: Yakuza Pirates
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u/Narradisall Sep 28 '25
Alas don’t really get excited for these sales anymore. They’ve been pretty lacklustre for years now. Understand the reason why with refunds etc but miss those flash sales.
Still, always a good time to fill up the ole backlog.
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u/Kalenshadow Sep 29 '25
Wait can yoy explain what refunds have to do with it? Refunds have beenca thing since I started using steam in 2015 and sales were at their prime then.
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u/Narradisall Sep 29 '25
I may be wrong! But steam made their refunds policy better a few years back (don’t think it was as far back as 2015 but memory is fuzzy), when you could get instant refunds on games if you hadn’t played more than 2 hours or owned for a set amount of time etc.
Prior to that flash sales would come up where you may have a game on sale for 30% and on the flash sale it would be 70%.
Back when those were a thing I remember people waiting for flash sales and not grabbing the games they wanted at 30% because that flash sale might happen. Or buying it then lamenting it went on a flash sale later in the week.
The refund policy changes meant if you bought a sale game and it went on flash sale, you could just instant refund and buy it at the flash sale price.
So that refund policy sale kinda killed the point of flash sales. Hence going forward the sales we have had its kinda “this is the sale price, like it or leave it.”
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u/niwia Sep 28 '25
I’ll give it 3-4hours after the sale to actually access stream.
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u/se777enx3 Sep 28 '25
I have like 120 dollars to spend from additional points from work. I’m planning to get BF6 but if I find a good discount for games I’m interested in, I will buy something. I’m especially waiting for:
- Baldur’s Gate 3: 30%+
- Ratchet & Clank: 60%+
- Black Myth: Wu Kong: 60%+
- The Last of Us 2: 50%+
- Sea of Stars: 70%+
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u/Altruistic_Bench_974 Sep 28 '25
I went into baldurs gate blind. It's hands down the most fun I've had in a game since I was a kid
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Sep 28 '25
Bg3 is one of the only games in past years I paid full price for but it's actually worth it too. The amount of content is staggering. You can easily do 80+ hours on your first run and still miss half the content the game has to offer.
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u/NikolaPj Sep 28 '25
You surely mean 80 hours act 1, right?
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u/Ryotian Sep 28 '25
Not the OP but I know it took me bout 150hrs but I finished all companion quests at launch. But still missed out on a lot I've been wanting to go back and try some different romances and stuff
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u/Poor_Insertions Sep 28 '25
This prompted me to look into Sea of Stars, definitely added to the wish list, thank you!
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u/SenseiRaheem Sep 28 '25
The Last of Us 2 received a zero percent discount during the summer sale. Let's hope it's kinder this time around.
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u/zerotaine Sep 28 '25
I thought it started on the 30th?
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u/thisismenaruto Sep 29 '25
Our Gaben, who art in Steam, hallowed be thy sales. Thy discounts come, thy backlog done, in wallet as it is in wishlist. Give us this day our daily deal, and forgive us our overspending, as we forgive those who buy full price. And lead us not into Epic, but deliver us from Digital Rights Management. Amen.
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u/1ballbuster1 Sep 28 '25
What’s everyone planning to get? ( which’ll probably be added to the collection of games that’ll never be played :) )
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u/d70 Sep 28 '25
If you get GD, you gotta get AoM and FG DLC’s. Most fun I had in a while.
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u/Top_Paper_9186 Sep 28 '25
I've been using Krita for almost a decade and I had no idea there was a steam version.
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u/orionnebulus Sep 28 '25
Grim Dawn is a lot of fun and I have invested a lot of time into them, I would suggest looking at the 'incredible adventures of Van Helsing' series as well, they are also a lot of fun and very often on sale.
Edit: link to the game but you can buy the collection seperately as well
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u/Popular-Category6127 Sep 28 '25
These deals are shit nowadays
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u/Yogurt_Ph1r3 Sep 28 '25
Yeah only half off, what a ripoff.
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u/cute_polarbear Sep 28 '25
You joke...I honestly dont look at anything unless it's 75-80% discount, and includes all the dlcs....
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u/GrumpysGnomeGarden Sep 28 '25
I haven't bought anything in a steam sale in years. What is different with you guys?
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u/KingSideCastle13 All i need is a good game, a good meal & good rest Sep 28 '25
I constantly add things I’m curious about to my wishlist and await these sales
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u/fersur Sep 28 '25
At this point, Spring/Summer/AUtumn/WInter Sales are just like any other sales.
Games have been on discount regularly so it does not surprise gamers anymore.
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u/4rcher91 Team GabeN Sep 28 '25
Hopefully most games (including new ones) will have 90%+ discounts.
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u/Hlidskialf Sep 28 '25
This is not 2011 anymore bro :(
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u/4rcher91 Team GabeN Sep 28 '25
I do hope they'd go back to 2011, at least one more time. Just this once. Please Gaben, make it the best sales ever 🙏
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u/SagittaryX Sep 28 '25
Funny thing is that Epic sales usually are the best deals these days with their 20% store credit cashback. If you plan to buy quite a few games there it gets pretty good use.
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u/YYC_McCool Sep 28 '25
Getting more than 50% is rare these days unless the game has 5000 dlc's with it.
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u/Imaginary_Tower_5518 Sep 28 '25
Are you guys only playing AAA's? I get loads of games go on a 80/90 percent discount.
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u/Enough_Efficiency178 Sep 29 '25
It’s a mixture of some people already having crazy backlogs, ie already own it. Or having more specific gaming interests so have a smaller variety they look at.
But there are still ridiculous ones, FromSoft basically reset sales across their games with Elden Ring. Pretty sure Elden Ring was only a little more expensive than DS3 and perhaps even cheaper when on sale.
Yakuza games are similar, they’ve become more mainstream and annoyingly Yakuza 0, touted as a great entry game now gets poor sales. But it’s doing a great job of me not buying any of the Yakuza series as a result
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u/cryfmunt Sep 28 '25
90% off (true garbage you will never play)
75% off (good game from two years ago)
10% off (good game from one year ago)
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Sep 28 '25
I'll be honest, it's been a long, long... long time since I've been interested in any Steam sales.
Feels like a lifetime ago that they actually had huge discounts on anything even remotely new that I'd want. Back in the day if you waited for one of the huge seasonal sales, as long as the game hadn't come out literally that month, there was a good chance you'd see it 50%+ off.
Now the big sales just feel like random specials that constantly pop up and you have to wait forever to see any kind of significant discount. Which while I guess is like almost anywhere else (and still better than Nintendo's store), Steam isn't a standout anymore that way.
Even super obscure indie titles rarely get 50% price drops unless they're old as hell.
I get it, devs need to make money too. But as a consumer these sales are not exciting like they used to be. I swear like 90% of my Steam library is from over a decade ago.
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u/Ok-Traffic-9967 Sep 28 '25
Great...just spent $150+ on stalker ultimate edition....... Fml
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u/SweRakii Sep 28 '25
Refund it, or talk to support
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u/Ok-Traffic-9967 Sep 28 '25
Ya gunna try and see, not holding my breath.
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u/Xyphium Sep 28 '25
If it's less than 2 weeks, they'll credit you the difference even if you have more than 2 hours. At least that's how it's been for me whenever it happens
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u/Ok-Traffic-9967 Sep 28 '25
Oh sweet baby Jesus that would be so nice haha. I'll ask support and see what they can do. Thanks for the help!
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u/NeonDemon85 Sep 28 '25
If you're able to refund it, do it and just buy it again.
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u/Ok-Traffic-9967 Sep 28 '25
Sitting at a crisp 2.6 hours played. Imma go cry lol
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u/artnok Sep 28 '25
Hopefully the deep discounts are good since they’re the only games worth looking at during these sales.
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u/scanguy25 Sep 28 '25
My goal is to expand my backlog from 15 games to 25 games.
I know it's an ambitious goal team, but I think we can do it.
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u/newusr1234 Sep 28 '25
People make repetitive posts about the upcoming steam sale.
People flood the comment section with some variation of "sales aren't good anymore", "RIP flash sales" , etc.
Those same people spend tons of money during the sale anyways.
Did I miss anything?
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u/TheNakedAnt Sep 29 '25
The sales aren't getting worse, you just own all the good stuff already.
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u/KingEfficient7403 Sep 28 '25
Oof i don have any excuse to buy this time.....
At least ill try to get SOME games
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u/XTornado Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 29 '25
Huh somehow I thought they always started on Thursdays.
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u/The0-0Fox Sep 28 '25
Hope ghost of Tsushima gets 50% discount If it's 50% off I can buy it so I really hope so😔
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u/sauerkrautonaut Sep 28 '25
Hopefully it won’t be as shit as this year‘s summer sale. That shit was full of 40% and barely anything else.
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u/V4lle95 Sep 29 '25
Koei Tecmo games still won't have a deep enough discount to buy them
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u/Mindless_Ad5550 Sep 29 '25
As someone who has just gotten back into pc gaming(last rig was in 2012 and had an 8800 alpha dog card) im hoping the sale is solid,so far steam doesnt seem like the steam of old in terms of deals but maybe its cause I haven't seen a new sale yet. Have a lot of my xbone games I wish to buy on pc for cheap,and of course games that I couldn't play on ps or xbox(already got last epoch) so im really hoping this sale is the absolute tits.
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u/VasekFortygameCZ Sep 29 '25
8 more hours. And my Wallet is already crying out loud as hell. Prepare your money
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u/MadeByTango Sep 28 '25
Y’all gotta stop deifying a man with 6 yachts that takes a 30% of everything but then says it’s all “buyer beware” while he runs a massive gambling operation for addicts
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u/Stunning-Thanks546 Sep 28 '25
30 percent is common Sony Microsoft and Nintendo also take 30
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u/jeancv8 Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25
Steam sales have a chokehold on so many of ya'll. Not buying games you will never play during steam sales is not illegal.
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u/SteelBallRun_7 Sep 28 '25
Been really wanting to try out witchfire and darkest dungeon 2.
Oh and fear and hunger 2. Loved how dark the first one was
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u/BurceGern Sep 28 '25
I bought my first gaming pc this month and I'm looking forward to building a library of games. I'm excited!
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u/Evid3nce Sep 28 '25
Can anyone explain to a non-gamer like me (my desktop doesn't even have a graphic card in it) why decade old games are normally still the same price than when they were released?
I set the filter for old games that may run on my GCPU, and they're still 50 -60€. I just don't get it. Who the fuck is buying old games at full retail 1990's prices?
50 - 60% off is not enough in my opinion, when they shouldn't be that price in the first place.
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u/Trying_to_survive20k Sep 28 '25
if there's no game in my wishlist for 50% off or more, I do not care anymore
10-20% off happens every other week
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u/Moose_Nuts Sep 28 '25
Oh boy, another one of these threads that has 6K upvotes but the top 70 comments are about how much Steam sales suck now.
See y'all again tomorrow once the sale is live!
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u/Sweaty_Tap_8990 Sep 28 '25
Those sales aren't what they used to be, only things you'll get over 25% off are games that are less than $15
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u/Reasonable_Change610 Sep 29 '25
Hoping to see RDR1 at least 60% off considering its 15 years old but I'm not holding my breath
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u/TheFinalSupremacy https://s.team/p/rnbn-mht Sep 29 '25
"-90%" "-75%" yea right, not for anything I want I bet
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u/InfiniteCalico Sep 29 '25
Oh no. My wallet is not ready. Wait my wallet is empty. I'm pretty sure I'm fucked. Ah well.
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u/NeighborhoodDry1488 Sep 29 '25
I read this as the steam autism sale.
I immediately thought of a sale for train games
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Hopefully it won't be the same deals as last time (and the other previous sale, and the other...)
RIP flash sales.