The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[rusty_shackleford]

but a socialist company can sell products for profit without contradicting themselves provided the profit is distributed amongst the product's producers equitably or according to their labor contributions.

Wow, that socialism sure sounds a lot like a merit-based capitalist system.

 

[Crane]

but a socialist company can sell products for profit without contradicting themselves provided the profit is distributed amongst the product's producers equitably or according to their labor contributions.

Wow, that socialism sure sounds a lot like a merit-based capitalist system.

Your ignorance of political economy is betraying you. The fundamental socialist critique of wage labor is that it does not pay workers the value of what they produce. The remuneration of workers according to their labor contributions is antithetical to the concept of wage labor, which dominates capitalist economies. Splitting profits equally across the board is even more radical, and the fact that you confuse that with capitalism is just muddle-headed. Most worker co-operatives don't even adhere to that standard.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

The remuneration of workers according to their labor contributions is antithetical to the concept of wage labor,

Reminds me of a Friedrich Hayek quote,
"If socialists understood economics they wouldn't be socialists"

 

[Crane]

The remuneration of workers according to their labor contributions is antithetical to the concept of wage labor,

Reminds me of a Friedrich Hayek quote,
"If socialists understood economics they wouldn't be socialists"

That's not an argument, rusty.

 

[ultimanecat]

Eidos selling 54 games from roughly 2015 and before for around $40. Includes Tomb Raider, Thief, Deus Ex, Legacy of Kain, and Dungeon Siege series', among others.

Your price may vary since Steam will decrease the price for the bundle if you already own something in it.

 

[Ninjerk]

What is the deal with the Blood Omen rights?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

What is the deal with the Blood Omen rights?

They're all wrong

 

[Country_Gravy]

but a socialist company can sell products for profit without contradicting themselves provided the profit is distributed amongst the product's producers equitably or according to their labor contributions.

Wow, that socialism sure sounds a lot like a merit-based capitalist system.

Your ignorance of political economy is betraying you. The fundamental socialist critique of wage labor is that it does not pay workers the value of what they produce. The remuneration of workers according to their labor contributions is antithetical to the concept of wage labor, which dominates capitalist economies. Splitting profits equally across the board is even more radical, and the fact that you confuse that with capitalism is just muddle-headed. Most worker co-operatives don't even adhere to that standard.

He's right. I make a ton more than the people that work for me and I don't do shit.

 

[Life of the Party]

 

[Perkel]

My new favorite Steam game is to torture my SSD.

Install Destiny 2
Uninstall Destiny 2
Install Destiny 2
Uninstall Destiny 2
Install Destiny 2
Uninstall Destiny 2
so on

Ever since i achieved godhood my 1Gbit/s fiber it is the best damn game i have ever played. It feels so amazing to play that when you are no longer mortal with tiny 30mbit/s. Only unfortunate thing is that my godhood can't be fully realized because i wait 25 minutes instead of 12. Steam max download speed is 60ish MB/s.

 

[toro]

it's clunky as fuck

 

[Infinitron]

 

[vonAchdorf]

Steam sales became the epitome of :meh:

 

[Citizen]

Steam sales became the epitome of :meh:

Indie Trash MEGASALE, EVERYTHING UP TO -15%!!!

Buy 500$ worth of games and get a GOOD GOY STICKER for your steam profile that nobody but you will ever see, HYPE HYPE HYPE!!

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

Meh is an euphemism tbh. They've become plain shit, outside of maybe really old games that everyone owns for at least a decade and that are better bought on gog.

 

[Curratum]

Who needs Steam sales when you have key seller sites...

 

[Citizen]

Who needs Steam sales when you have key seller sites...

Yep. During the last few sales I just bought most of what I wanted on a key reseller website, because it's cheaper than getting the game on steam sale lol. Just shows that the sales declined hard, if the reseller still has the key that he bought during a better one few years ago

 

[rusty_shackleford]

enjoy getting the game removed from your library when they do a chargeback on the credit card used to purchase the key

 

[Tweed]

Between Isthereanydeal and grey market I almost never buy anything directly from Steam anymore unless it's something I really want and it isn't anyplace else. Besides, I fucking hate paying sales tax on games.

 

[Citizen]

enjoy getting the game removed from your library when they do a chargeback on the credit card used to purchase the key

Yep, I also though it worked like that, so only got some cheap games for experiment first. But now some of those games had been in my library for years, so I doubt they can still pull it off. And to be honest they don't really need it to do money, I usually see the games appearing on that site right after they were on sale steam with +5-10% margin on top, so they still are profiting as long as they sell most of what they buy

I only buy from one reseller site that I'm pretty sure isn't a scam tho, so can't say about the rest

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Between Isthereanydeal and grey market I almost never buy anything directly from Steam anymore unless it's something I really want and it isn't anyplace else. Besides, I fucking hate paying sales tax on games.

taxalot

 

[taxalot]

I use isthereanydeal too.

But only for uncracked games.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I use isthereanydeal too.

But only for uncracked games.

Tax not a lot.

 

[Perkel]

You have to be dumb to buy on steam these days when key reseller sites are around.
Even better you can just buy an account access these days to new games for something like 1-2$. Especially good if you don't like playing online.

 

[Curratum]

enjoy getting the game removed from your library when they do a chargeback on the credit card used to purchase the key

I've been buying games from key seller sites for half a decade, have upwards of 100 games bough that way. I haven't had a single one of them removed, my dear retard boy.