The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Theodora]

Why wait for a sale at all if you're just buying the game as a glorified donation to the bums making them?

Well they're not going to go dramatically on sale any time soon, especially not when they're still in development. I don't have the money to give them all full price (obviously, very few of us do). But I'd rather not rely on pirating from people I want to suceed, for games I want to see updated.

Obviously if you actually want to support a dev, buying off Steam isn't the thing to do (buying directly or from itch.io is way better).

 

[good fucking shit happen]

I don't have the money to give them all full price (obviously, very few of us do).

You shouldn't be buying them at all in that case. It's doubly bad because you're buying something you can't truly afford and you know how you're not supposed to feed wild animals? It's like that with these hobo devs. If you have money to spare then it's fine to throw them a dime if they have made something worthwhile, but most of the time you're not helping anyone by supporting their terrible lifestyle choices, if your money reaches them at all. When Cleve or VD comes out with a passion project then that's admirable, but giving your money to tards like the Caves of Qud devs, or Toady or the Butterlord devs, then you're making unwise moves with your money. I did buy Mount & Blade: Warband when it finally came out, but no way I'm giving those lazy turks my money until they put together something properly again.

You also did point it out yourself that steam grabs a slice of the pie, but looking at things like replastered C&C, that's just giving money to one of the gaming megacorps. So looking at it from that angle your sales reccs still don't make a lick of sense to me.

All that money you waste on games could have been put to much better use, you should start pirating everything until you can afford to be wasteful with your money.

 

[Theodora]

I think this is getting a bit silly and off-topic, but the commentary was only relevant to the tiny sales, of which '35% off' already escaping with relatively cheap titles like C&C remastered. Which ... the main reason to buy is access to mulitplayer anyway.

All that money you waste on games could have been put to much better use, you should start pirating everything until you can afford to be wasteful with your money.

Next to no one can buy every game ever, is the point. Entertainment is hardly a waste in a world where most people have awful mental health though, a lot of times piracy is just strictly inferior, as per C&C there.

 

[good fucking shit happen]

Next to no one can buy every game ever, is the point.

I already have more games than I have time to play, and those that I don't play I have no idea if they are good or not. I think what you're missing is that if you have to wait for sales then you probably shouldn't buy them in the first place. It's fine to be greedy and only buy them out of convenience when they get cheap enough, but that's different than wanting to support those creative type cunts. Charity requires money and this ain't philanthropy.

Entertainment is hardly a waste in a world where most people have awful mental health though

Pretty sure games make that worse more than anything.

Enough off-topic shitposting though, scram. Back to the sales.



Anime weebs might want to grab this, I've heard good things but not played it myself.

 

[Theodora]

It's fine to be greedy and only buy them out of convenience when they get cheap enough, but that's different than wanting to support those creative type cunts. Charity requires money and this ain't philanthropy.

It's one thing to pirate singleplayer stuff that's made by big studios, but when games are being developed off the back of early access sales, it's in your interest to support it if you really want it to come through.

But yes, worth highlighting that all the tales of games are heavily on sale,

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

Random sales:

-10%
-20%
-20%

There's always too many to post, really.

Gaben plz

Seriously, I don't even get out of bed unless it's at least 75% off these days.

and even then, most of the times it's a 75% off full price of some half turd from the previous decade.

 

[Ghostar]

Fun game with a nice and complete spacepedia.

 

[Theodora]

Shenmue III launching at 66% off:


Personally loved Human Revolution, on sale for near nothing:


May the naysayers last time have less to say here!

 

[Burning Bridges]

I don't have the money to give them all full price (obviously, very few of us do).

You shouldn't be buying them at all in that case. It's doubly bad because you're buying something you can't truly afford and you know how you're not supposed to feed wild animals? It's like that with these hobo devs. If you have money to spare then it's fine to throw them a dime if they have made something worthwhile, but most of the time you're not helping anyone by supporting their terrible lifestyle choices, if your money reaches them at all. When Cleve or VD comes out with a passion project then that's admirable, but giving your money to tards like the Caves of Qud devs, or Toady or the Butterlord devs, then you're making unwise moves with your money. I did buy Mount & Blade: Warband when it finally came out, but no way I'm giving those lazy turks my money until they put together something properly again.

You also did point it out yourself that steam grabs a slice of the pie, but looking at things like replastered C&C, that's just giving money to one of the gaming megacorps. So looking at it from that angle your sales reccs still don't make a lick of sense to me.

All that money you waste on games could have been put to much better use, you should start pirating everything until you can afford to be wasteful with your money.

Exactly don't give money to those bums. If you want to be charitable give it to some junkie in front of the train station.

The so called games in question that are flooding Steam in the 1000s are easily made with the existing sample apps, low effort crap. And still they usually don't even finish them because their attention span is a few months at max.

I received some of them as gifts and do not even bother to install them, because my time is too precious.

 

[Burning Bridges]

The Hunter Call of The Wild is on sale again, with an even more ridiculous discount. Tremendous content and value for this price. It looks like they will eventually give the base game for free.

 

[markec]

The Hunter Call of The Wild is on sale again, with an even more ridiculous discount. Tremendous content and value for this price. It looks like they will eventually give the base game for free.

Can you hunt people?

 

[Burning Bridges]

No, the gameplay consists entirely of shooting little defenseless bambis just for fun.

 

[Harthwain]

No, the gameplay consists entirely of shooting little defenseless bambis just for fun.

No high-stake bear hunts and such? Sounds like a missed opportunity.

 

[Burning Bridges]

There are bears and 50 other species, and there are some incentives to hunt realistically. But most people just shoot anything that moves.

Bears, bisons, buffalos and hogs also attack you but it has little consequences (except that you sometimes respawn at a lodge).

This is most a game about spotting wildlife before it runs away and drop them with a perfectly placed shot, so you don't have to look for dead animals. All internal organs are simulated. If you dont hit them well they run forever.

But the guns and vegetation are top notch, especially if you like bolt action rifles. It also has very good multiplayer.

 

[Zombra]

Don't be silly guys. There are 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 shooters where you fight monsters, beasts, or men. Having a game that centers around hunting, which is a very different activity, is cool and you should support the existence of a gameplay model unlike any other.

 

[Theodora]

Exactly don't give money to those bums. If you want to be charitable give it to some junkie in front of the train station.

The so called games in question that are flooding Steam in the 1000s are easily made with the existing sample apps, low effort crap. And still they usually don't even finish them because their attention span is a few months at max.

I received some of them as gifts and do not even bother to install them, because my time is too precious.

Absolutely no one was saying you should give any money you have spare "for charity" to gamedevs, lol. I would entirely support giving junkies money (though on an individual level that doesn't really work, and plays out based on Who's A Better Actor, not Who Is Most In Need).

The idea of "supporting" a dev consciously is wanting to contribute to the plausibilty/sustainability of a single-developer or team of only a couple of people being able to work on a game fulltime, rather than having a day job. Yes, it's obviously what a dev wants, but if you really like a game or the idea of a game that's still being developed, then that's the best thing that you can do (without getting into absurdities and actual ill placed charity) if you want its development to continue and the result to be of reasonable quality and not simply a bug riddled mess.

Can you hunt people?

For that you want,

 

[Dexter]

The fuck is this shit?

 

[Melcar]

Those games suck.

 

[Sukhāvatī]

The fuck is this shit?

aweigh

 

[Burning Bridges]

The fuck is this shit?

the day gamerx have been waiting for

 

[Burning Bridges]

From the comments

 

[Ezeekiel]

The latinos in the comments seem unhappy... Wonder if Valve is going to respond or not.

 

[Endemic]

Apparently we're not alone in thinking "What the fuck is latinx", a research firm agrees it's bullshit: https://thinknowtweets.medium.com/p...inos-do-not-identify-with-latinx-63229adebcea

 

[Konjad]

Maybe it's Latinos who use linux

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Maybe it's Latinos who use linux

Melcar please confirm.