Steam Christmas Sale 2012

dannycivic02 · 20 Dec 2012 at 11:34

Wonder if their website can keep up this year?

CaptainRAVE · 20 Dec 2012 at 11:43

dannycivic02 said:
Wonder if their website can keep up this year?

Unlikely, it always suffers when the deals first come up.

Gimpymoo · 20 Dec 2012 at 11:50

dannycivic02 said:
Wonder if their website can keep up this year?

No.

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

Just keep on eye on the number of users logged in later today, nevermind the people just accessing the website.

it is not surprising it crashes out.

dannycivic02 · 20 Dec 2012 at 12:53

Not really just look at sites like facebook they have far greater numbers using it than what steam gets prehaps they need to invest in more/better servers.

CaptainRAVE · 20 Dec 2012 at 12:57

dannycivic02 said:
Not really just look at sites like facebook they have far greater numbers using it than what steam gets prehaps they need to invest in more/better servers.

Wouldn't be cost effective when you consider the fact that it really only happens for 20-30 minutes when the deals first come up.

kmax86 · 20 Dec 2012 at 13:03

does the sale start in US time?

phatboy · 20 Dec 2012 at 13:04

consider the weight of data transfers going on in the steam architecture - 10's of GIG's per game + the amount of users online all downloading at once + secure transactions and the storefront itself being managed....has to be one hardcore infrastructure

games i am hoping for are mark of the ninja, L.A Noire sub £5 (keep forgetting to get this in the sales) and X-Com

Picked up F1 race stars for £7.99 new so thats one ticked off

Glaucus · 20 Dec 2012 at 13:24

Hopfully these two will come up.
Fallout: new Vegas only willing to try it if its cheap after several people in the thread says it feels more like fallout than fo3
And also want x3 with Terran Conflict.

Gimpymoo · 20 Dec 2012 at 13:25

dannycivic02 said:
Not really just look at sites like facebook they have far greater numbers using it than what steam gets prehaps they need to invest in more/better servers.

It is not about number of users online at one time which is the problem, it is the millions trying to hit up the site within a hundredth of a second which causes the problem. Just one of those things.

Ticketmaster has the same issues at times for example, thy hardly need backend upgrades though when the site performs more than adequately the majority of the time.

CaptainRAVE · 20 Dec 2012 at 13:26

kmax86 said:
does the sale start in US time?

6pm UK time.

MrFeathers · 20 Dec 2012 at 13:31

wouldnt mind the transformers games and hitman please!

kmax86 · 20 Dec 2012 at 13:50

CaptainRAVE said:
6pm UK time.

THanks

Martini1991 · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:01

I'm bent over and ready.

lucky13 · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:02

Always love a good steam sale and I hope I find a new game like I did.

Randomly buying mount and blade in the sale a couple of years ago. Took sooo much of my time

tidusjar · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:08

Martini1991 said:
I'm bent over and ready.

You're going to end up with a bad back!

Be careful!

Tepic · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:09

Xmas has me broke. I have told the wife to question me every time I go "Ohhh!"

Gimpymoo · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:25

Martini1991 said:
I'm bent over and ready.

LOL.

At least Valve will say "Please" and "Thank you" when they are done.

E.A would just pull down your pants and violate you on the spot.

youdsy · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:27

Gimpymoo said:
LOL.

At least Valve will say "Please" and "Thank you" when they are done.

E.A would just pull down your pants and violate you on the spot.

thats how i like it.

CaptainRAVE · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:28

what has happened to my thread!

4737Joker · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:30

not played any of the hitman games yet, hope theres some deals on that series.