When does steam Christmas sale start?

DarrenM343 · 18 Dec 2014 at 19:51

Mark A said:
I feel a bit bad for telling you this, but it's currently £15.99 (£12.80 with 20% off voucher) on GMG . Also think it has been as low as £11 odd before.

Always check elsewhere first as Steam sales are usually pretty poor.

many thanks for that - I have just picked this up for £12.80!

AWPC · 18 Dec 2014 at 19:58

Steam prices are awful look at G2A some of the games with global steam keys are 20-30% cheaper right now :eek:

Drizmod · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:00

AWPC said:
Steam prices are awful look at G2A some of the games with global steam keys are 20-30% cheaper right now

Do global keys work fine with what all the region locking steam is doing?

molinari · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:01

Can anyone tell me what the best S.T.A.L.K.E.R game is please?

AWPC · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:03

Drizmod said:
Do global keys work fine with what all the region locking steam is doing?

Not sure right now they should but until you buy no way of knowing!

chaparral · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:13

Drizmod said:
Do global keys work fine with what all the region locking steam is doing?

I sure wouldn't trust buying any cheap steam keys from anywhere at the moment with steam doing there big lock down on cheap keys..

FlamBango · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:16

chaparral said:
I just bought the steam FSX

But there none of the addons forsale on steam......

Just picked it up too, although its a 10gig install. I thought it only came on a couple of DVD's originally so not sure if there is any DLC added to this version.

chaparral · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:22

FlamBango said:
Just picked it up too, although its a 10gig install. I thought it only came on a couple of DVD's originally so not sure if there is any DLC added to this version.

It meant to be the same as the Gold edition which came on three DVD's
And the two Service Packs patches were about another 400mb

Just took a picture of my DVD version

DaleTheWhale · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:23

AFAIK no region locking has taken place yet... love how every key site beats the steam prices as well.

Drizmod · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:31

ThaReaperGuy said:
AFAIK no region locking has taken place yet... love how every key site beats the steam prices as well.

Good to know. I might buy a few more games before it takes place. I got skyrim from G2A for £2 and clicked on your sig for modding but could not be bothered!

chaparral · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:31

Taken less then an hour to download over 10gb.....

gareth170 · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:35

chaparral said:
Taken less then an hour to download over 10gb.....

about 14min for me

AWPC · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:35

According to this the changes apply to new purchases so any keys already bought can be sold safely which probably explains why the key sites are still selling cheap as they have to clear their backlogs incase Valve change the rules again.

http://www.pcgamer.com/valve-restricts-steam-gifting-and-trading-between-regions/

gareth170 · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:45

AWPC said:
According to this the changes apply to new purchases so any keys already bought can be sold safely which probably explains why the key sites are still selling cheap as they have to clear their backlogs incase Valve change the rules again.

http://www.pcgamer.com/valve-restricts-steam-gifting-and-trading-between-regions/

but i think thats only about gifting and trading within steam. not about bought keys..

AWPC · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:47

gareth170 said:
but i think thats only about gifting and trading within steam. not about bought keys..

""This change is not retroactive and only affects new purchases."

Nutella33 · 18 Dec 2014 at 20:55

AWPC said:
""This change is not retroactive and only affects new purchases."

But its only about gifting items and trading games bought and registered via different regions.

there's still nothing stopping someone getting a key, emailing it to someone else in a different region and it being valid. it just stops them from using the in-steam "gift" mechanism to get the game or people buying multipacks and selling the other 3 keys elsewhere.

gareth170 · 18 Dec 2014 at 21:02

AWPC said:
""This change is not retroactive and only affects new purchases."

my point is if i had a friend in the US and i asked him to buy a game for me and gift it or trade it to me it won't work.. but if i bought a key from a US site it will accept it...

the way i read it is people can't purchase a game within steam and gift/trade it with another person in a different region

Nutella33 said:
But its only about gifting items and trading games bought and registered via different regions.

there's still nothing stopping someone getting a key, emailing it to someone else in a different region and it being valid. it just stops them from using the in-steam "gift" mechanism to get the game or people buying multipacks and selling the other 3 keys elsewhere.

yes that what i mean

AWPC · 18 Dec 2014 at 22:00

Just bought a game from G2A its installing now. Ensure you only buy a global key from a non Russian seller & use G2A Shield Protection @ €1 guarantees you will get a legit key.

Cost me under £10 for a game which is £24 in the Steam Xmas sale right now why pay more on Steam

DaleTheWhale · 18 Dec 2014 at 22:23

AWPC said:
Just bought a game from G2A its installing now. Ensure you only buy a global key from a non Russian seller & use G2A Shield Protection @ €1 guarantees you will get a legit key.

Cost me under £10 for a game which is £24 in the Steam Xmas sale right now why pay more on Steam

Don't need the shield if you're paying with PayPal!

Epoch · 19 Dec 2014 at 08:47

ThaReaperGuy said:
Don't need the shield if you're paying with PayPal!

I thought paypal didn't cover digital goods?