Anyone else hates steam sales these days?

NZXT30 · 28 Jan 2022 at 12:09

The store becomes harder to navigate and most of all we don't get the normal free weekend to try a cool game. Can't believe steam sales went from "lets setup an alarm" to "meh" to "please stop doing them".

At least there is no other sale until end of May.

Dark Light · 28 Jan 2022 at 12:48

There are no sales anymore, there hasn't been a Steam sale in years. All you have in a price hike period that lasts most of the year and then games return to their standard price for that "sale".

peterwalkley · 28 Jan 2022 at 12:53

Its like DFS: you're either an idiot or completely desperate if shopping outside the "sale".

I just wishlist stuff I'd be interested in and then buy on a sale if I'm feeling in the mood when they pop up.

swillsy · 28 Jan 2022 at 13:40

Yeah agreed it's actually harder to navigate the store when it's on! Would be great to add a way of blocking the GUI from changing

NZXT30 · 28 Jan 2022 at 14:45

Dark Light said:
There are no sales anymore, there hasn't been a Steam sale in years. All you have in a price hike period that lasts most of the year and then games return to their standard price for that "sale".

Spot on there didn't think of it that way but that's exactly what has been going on.

I went through my transactions and noticed that I haven't bought anything directly through steam since 2018. Didn't realise it was that long and I bought plenty of games to entertain me during the pandemic.

apatia77 · 28 Jan 2022 at 15:16

Last time I checked Steam during sale I was like, wth is this, I couldn't find anything so just closed Steam.

Glanza · 28 Jan 2022 at 16:19

No longer a sale, what it does do though is make some items on CDKeys etc cheaper whilst the 'sale' is happening.

.Lethal · 28 Jan 2022 at 16:20

Glanza said:
No longer a sale, what it does do though is make some items on CDKeys etc cheaper whilst the 'sale' is happening.

Yeah this, I'm always looking forward to the CDKey sales more than Steam tbh.

That and Epic's big summer and xmas sale.

Kelt · 28 Jan 2022 at 16:26

.Lethal said:
Yeah this, I'm always looking forward to the CDKey sales more than Steam tbh.

That and Epic's big summer and xmas sale.

Epic actually deliver genuine sales, no prior price hikes (not on the games I've bought from them, anyway), plus £8 and £10 coupons.

Haven't bought from the Steam "sale" in quite a while.

Mainly because they do hike the price prior to sale.

throwaway4372 · 28 Jan 2022 at 16:29

I don't really hate Steam sales no, but I agree it's basically DFS at this point.

I do hate the lack of good games tho.

arknor · 28 Jan 2022 at 16:47

Steam is like walking into a charity shop and being overwhelmed with the amount of garbage and just walking out because finding that rare gem is going to take too much time.

The "top sellers" is now days a bunch of pre order games so why have a "coming soon" tab"

the stores crap but valve take their 30% so don't care.

there's barely any quality just cash ins, meme games and all sorts of unfinished abandoned forever early access titles.

early access is the worst thing to ever happen to gaming, worse than DLC, worse than micro transactions, worse than NFTS, more worse than TF hats

everyones hyped for the metaverse when we all know what that will be a second life that costs more than your real one... but it will be a place with the rich twits can show off their skins...

Gaming is to corporate everything is just about cash grabs even the big companies.

No one wants to make a "good game" anymore they just want maximum returns for the least effort.

look at the devolution of the BF series.... everything is sequels...... too hard to make a new IP these days

MissChief · 28 Jan 2022 at 17:00

Steam sales used to be great. As much as 80 or even 95% off some titles. Now it’s all 50% or at most 75% off some indie game you’ve never heard of. And even older games stay at RRP unless there’s a sale on so as to look like a good price. Hand in heart I haven’t bought anything directly in Steam for four years or more.

Tombstone · 28 Jan 2022 at 17:04

I mean, its not all bad, this is on sale for just £3 now https://store.steampowered.com/app/1849000/SEX_with_HITLER/

malachi · 28 Jan 2022 at 17:32

It used to be good but not anymore.

Either very small discounts, you can find it cheaper else where or its been cheaper on Steam previously.

ace-rimmer · 28 Jan 2022 at 17:57

it was better when they had flash sales etc

azazl187 · 28 Jan 2022 at 18:17

I spent quite a few quid in the last sale but if game pass keeps adding games like it has been then steams days are numbered

arknor · 28 Jan 2022 at 19:00

azazl187 said:
I spent quite a few quid in the last sale but if game pass keeps adding games like it has been then steams days are numbered

it made so much money I doubt gabe even cares. does he even have any interest in it? does anyone who worked on the source engine games even work there any more?

they tried to be cool and ended up being one of the worst corporate companies out there..

I remember when they made games.... steam store was nothing but a curse for gamers

azazl187 · 28 Jan 2022 at 19:52

arknor said:
it made so much money I doubt gabe even cares. does he even have any interest in it? does anyone who worked on the source engine games even work there any more?

they tried to be cool and ended up being one of the worst corporate companies out there..

I remember when they made games.... steam store was nothing but a curse for gamers

For my usage case of collecting and playing games i quite like it. Ive even gone as far as creating badges by collecting cards. I dont mind it

Malevolence · 28 Jan 2022 at 20:19

What I hate is the lack of a simple 'Games that cost less than my Steam wallet' option.

Kainz · 28 Jan 2022 at 20:39

Can't stand using Steam to navigate the store so I rarely touch the store itself. Come to think of it, I use Epic and uPlay more because it just feels cleaner and more refined from a shopping perspective.