When does steam Christmas sale start?

[Devrij]

I guess you could trade cards a bit like the stock market. In theory you could make money, but it would be pretty poor with the trading fees.

 

[pumaz]

Rubbish for me, only game I bought was Bit Trip Runner 2 for 87p. Wished I bought the tomb raider collection when it was £11.99 and really wanted Distance to come on sale, looks amazing like a cross between Wipeout, Trackmania and Tron but £14.99 for a Mostly unheard of indie game seems a little steep!

 

[Devrij]

I got loads. Preordered witcher 3, and bought Rome 2, endless legend, this war of mine, and you need a budget, which I decided I needed after spending 80 quid on games and 149 on a g27

 

[breadturbo]

When did they start adding this to all the early access games?

"This Early Access game is not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development"

Get out clause alert, lol

 

[pumaz]

So basically if a Dev doesn't get enough interest (money) for their game they can just drop it without fear of refunds etc.

As always - buyer beware!

 

[gareth170]

i've finished my buying in this sale. i got:

Altitude0:Lower & Faster
Dovetail Games Fishing
The Room
Season Match 3 - Curse of the Witch Crow
Beware Planet Earth
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery Bundle
Wolfenstein: The New Order ROW
BattleBlock Theater
Red Faction Guerrilla
Red Faction 2
Red Faction
Red Faction: Armageddon - Path to War DLC
DiRT 3
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Standard Edition
Thief Challenge Map DLC ROW
Thief The Bank Heist DLC ROW
Thief Booster Bundle DLC ROW
ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West Premium Edition ROW
Resident Evil 6
Postal 2 Complete
Next Car Game: Wreckfest - Digital Deluxe Edition Upgrade
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
Slender: The Arrival
Gone Home
Halo: Spartan Assault
Super Meat Boy
Among the Sleep
Car Mechanic Simulator
Terraria
ORION: Prelude
Saints Row IV Game of the Century Edition
3DMark Advanced
Alien: Isolation
Toybox Turbos
Portal 2
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
How to Survive - Storm Warning Edition
Dwarfs
Robotex
Broken Sword 4 - the Angel of Death
FaceRig
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

 

[mark43]

So basically if a Dev doesn't get enough interest (money) for their game they can just drop it without fear of refunds etc.

As always - buyer beware!

Well yes. Often they may well be relying on getting enough sales to fund the rest of the development, so it could be called a get out clause but they may well need to stop even though they might really want to continue.

The warning has been there for some time now, I think its fair enough, if people really want to buy an early access game its up to them, but they need to be aware of the risk.

 

[Sleepery]

Besides, you've highlighted the most common misconception - you're not a 'buyer' at all, you're a backer - an investor. You're giving money to support development, with the promise of the finished game when (or if) the game is finished.

Investments don't always pay off

 

[DaleTheWhale]

I guess you could trade cards a bit like the stock market. In theory you could make money, but it would be pretty poor with the trading fees.

You can if you trade smart & follow the guidelines of 1:2 trading for different sets, the money involved is small but I imagine the 4000+ card traders have made a fortune.

I started with £1.27 and around 40 cards from various games.
I traded cards for holiday cards when they were about 15p each, sold them and bought booster packs, dropping me down to about £0.70, then when the holiday cards dropped I traded 1:2 for them, and then traded them 1:1 for other game cards, then on and on I trade.

Currently have gained 2 holiday foils, 1 skyrim foil (£0.48), 90+ cards & created about 5-6 badges, including Skyrim which is an expensive set, so it does work, but does take some time as everyone wants a profit.

1:3 holiday cards for foils was a good money maker as well.