Steam Summer Sale 2011

CaptainRAVE · 2 Jul 2011 at 20:46

physichull said:
Whats Origin like though? As good as Steam? Or is it a steaming pile of...?

I dislike it. I want all my games in one place i.e. Steam. The only thing it does do is add a little competition - resulting in even better Steam sales (hopefully)

Greg0986 · 2 Jul 2011 at 20:47

http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/greg0986

Sigh :rolleyes:

Westyfield2 · 2 Jul 2011 at 20:48

As per them suggestions above I've changed my download location to Ukraine. Speed jumped from the 18k I was getting as UK to 700k but now seems to have settled around 250-300.

Antar Bolaeisk · 2 Jul 2011 at 20:49

CaptainRAVE said:
I dislike it. I want all my games in one place i.e. Steam. The only thing it does do is add a little competition - resulting in even better Steam sales (hopefully)

At least it allows us to add games to it much like Steam so that's not so bad. Buying the games cheap at retail and still having a digital backup = win.

I still don't like it though

lcg · 2 Jul 2011 at 20:50

kennydoc said:
Just Bioshock 2 for me today. Still to play through the original though that i got in the Halloween sale last year,

Haha, same here!

I also just bought Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and redeemed the code to get the Digital Deluxe Edition on Origin

orderoftheflame · 2 Jul 2011 at 20:52

physichull said:
Whats Origin like though? As good as Steam? Or is it a steaming pile of...?

There's nothing wrong with it. It's just another thing to have running.

Very good that you can activate most modern EA games on it even if you bought them from Steam or somewhere else.

I won't argue with a free second download source for a bunch of titles.

Westyfield2 said:
As per them suggestions above I've changed my download location to Ukraine. Speed jumped from the 18k I was getting as UK to 700k but now seems to have settled around 250-300.

Bah, I was here first. Bandwidth thief!

Xelene · 2 Jul 2011 at 20:52

Greg0986 said:
http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/greg0986

Sigh

Must try harder Grasshopper.

http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/sldsmkd

CaptainRAVE · 2 Jul 2011 at 20:53

Antar Bolaeisk said:
At least it allows us to add games to it much like Steam so that's not so bad. Buying the games cheap at retail and still having a digital backup = win.

I still don't like it though

More than anything I don't like that titles are now becoming "exclusive" on there.

Pretty much the only EA game I plan on getting in the near future will be The Old Republic - will have to go to retail to get that because I refuse to support such a lame marketing strategy

Nelly · 2 Jul 2011 at 20:57

Bought nothing this evening, all crap.

Mr Krugga · 2 Jul 2011 at 20:59

Some games aren't showing on Steam Calculator.

I've got 90 on Steam at the moment but there's quite a few that I still buy in retail nowadays.

I'm a bit of a cheapskate so if it comes to the choice between having an inconvenient retail version for half price or less and an expensive Steam counterpart, I usually choose the cheaper alternative.

Only started purchasing games on Steam 10 months ago and vast majority of these comes from Sales

Nelly said:
Bought nothing this evening, all crap.

I don't understand why people whine about the Sales having a crap catalogue, they don't and today's daily deals have some great games, e.g. Half Life 2 + Episodes, Bioshock, Plants vs Zombies, Darksiders, BFBC2 and Football Manager.

Just because you don't fancy any of the games or own them doesn't mean their crap.

Xelene · 2 Jul 2011 at 20:59

Nelly said:
Bought nothing this evening, all crap.

Plants Vs Zombies is not crap.

mrbios · 2 Jul 2011 at 21:00

physichull said:
Whats Origin like though? As good as Steam? Or is it a steaming pile of...?

Not great, they've pretty much ripped off every aspect of steam but not implemented it as well.

Thing i hate the most is that steam is one of very few applications i have set to run on startup, it starts up, i have all my games and friends in one place. I wouldn't want to waste the processing time and desktop space (i generally keep the games list and friends list open on the right side of my monitor) on having two programs running with 2 friends lists and 2 games lists, that's my main reason for hating it.

anuraj · 2 Jul 2011 at 21:00

Mr Krugga said:
Some games aren't showing on Steam Calculator.

I've got 90 on Steam at the moment but there's quite a few that I still buy in retail nowadays.

I'm a bit of a cheapskate so if it comes to the choice between having an inconvenient retail version for half price or less and an expensive Steam counterpart, I usually choose the cheaper alternative.

Only started purchasing games on Steam 10 months ago and vast majority of these comes from Sales

But if you have to walk for it does it still make you a cheapskate?

Mr Krugga · 2 Jul 2011 at 21:05

anuraj said:
But if you have to walk for it does it still make you a cheapskate?

Not at all

I was merely kidding, I like spending money but I try to do it wisely

Nigel014 · 2 Jul 2011 at 21:05

I made a derp, I actually have 158 games on steam... Although still nowhere near the 583 or something that someone had earlier!! :O:O:O:O:O

ALSO: Oblivion with Eyefinity is the sexiest thing I've ever seen :3

Things change I've changed · 2 Jul 2011 at 21:14

Just a heads up, odd as it may sound being that its a 2d plat-former super meat boy really controls best with a anolougue stick so that you fine tune meat boys movement in the air, anyway smb is amazing.

Ballen187 · 2 Jul 2011 at 21:23

Might get Bioshock 2

Dea924 · 2 Jul 2011 at 21:31

Bought bfbc2.. Can part with a fiver I guess

DELETED_83755 · 2 Jul 2011 at 21:35

Yep bough bfbc2! Hope I get a few hours entertainment!

gord · 2 Jul 2011 at 21:47

If you spend tickets on the prizes does that remove them from the grand prize draw?