Steam sale starts wed 26
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Most of these Steam sales now amount to:
2-3 months old=25-33% discount (same price as pre-order retail version most of the time
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4-6 months old=33-50% discount
7-9 months old=50-66% discount
10-12 + months old=75-90% discount
So most PC gamers will already own these games they become popular digital sales for newer gamers & or the odd DLC & or game purchase from existing PC gamers. The days of these sales having any genuine bargains are long gone they are now cynical spreadsheet driven events you can predict the prices from in advance
2-3 months old=25-33% discount (same price as pre-order retail version most of the time
)4-6 months old=33-50% discount
7-9 months old=50-66% discount
10-12 + months old=75-90% discount
So most PC gamers will already own these games they become popular digital sales for newer gamers & or the odd DLC & or game purchase from existing PC gamers. The days of these sales having any genuine bargains are long gone they are now cynical spreadsheet driven events you can predict the prices from in advance
Most of these Steam sales now amount to:
2-3 months old=25-33% discount (same price as pre-order retail version most of the time
4-6 months old=33-50% discount
7-9 months old=50-66% discount
10-12 + months old=75-90% discount
So most PC gamers will already own these games they become popular digital sales for newer gamers & or the odd DLC & or game purchase from existing PC gamers. The days of these sales having any genuine bargains are long gone they are now cynical spreadsheet driven events you can predict the prices from in advance
I'm not convinced it was ever much different, just in the early days there were more games on offer that we hadn't all got around to buying, plus less alternative sales. Up to 50% off a game thats only been out 6 months is still a bargain imo.
Bah, just realised Far Cry 4 isn't on SteamI was looking forward to seeing that discounted.
Wouldn't have been much of a discount anyway, its only just been released. Plus the RRP is so stupidly high on this game that you'd need a massive discount to make it reasonable.
I could be wrong but I think its usually only for the major sales, Summer and Christmas (or Holiday!), rather than the little in between sales like this one.
I think origin are going to have a black Friday sale but not sure whats going to be on sale
Do you expect origin to put a game on sale not even a week after it was released? You crazy.
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Galactic civ 3 was/is on sale on star dock for about £17 with a discount code.
