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[TheExhaustedWalrus]

Damn it, I'll be on vacation the entire time. It seems this is really early compared its usual July dates.

 

[Durante]

The Divinity OS devs you mean? For that matter can I go into Divinity OS without having played the past Divinity games?

Yes, absolutely. The story connections between all the Divinity games are tenuous at best.

Spoiler

Buy it now

 

[Slowdive]

Oh good, not long to wait then.

 

[HammerOfThor]

Oh man I still have like 30 games I never played from last year lol

 

[fijim]

Oh man I still have like 30 games I never played from last year lol

I think I have a few hundred unplayed games from the last several years

 

[Hamster Plugin]

I always manage to minimize my backlog by checking if the game publisher is fucking over Europe with 1$=1€ pricing and not buying the game if they are. At this point about 90% of games on Steam are like this. Euro-Steam is fucking terrible and I've moved on to using Amazon US and GMG exclusively.

 

[Instro]

Time to fast. I must cleanse my body.

 

[Santiako]

 

[Lunar15]

Assassins Creed 4 and Wolfenstein are top of the list for me.

There's a couple others I've passed over.

 

[luxarific]

Probably won't be buying a lot this year, there are only a couple games that have come out in the past year that I'd be willing to specifically add to my backlog.

Besides that, those Steam Sales are frequently not all they're cracked up to be.

Agreed, there are just too many competing sales now and the discounts/bundles are frequently much better than (if not equivalent to) what Steam puts up during the sale. The only reason I really watch it now is to take advantage of any pricing errors.

 

[thefil]

Hurray, I'm unemployed! No temptation.

 

[CecilRousso]

Good timing, my steam backlog is pretty much cleared.

 

[Danielsan]

Ooh boy, right before my holiday.

 

[Tizoc]

Yes, absolutely. The story connections between all the Divinity games are tenuous at best.

Spoiler

Buy it now

Will see how cheap it is with TF2 keys. Latest I can buy it is on the 29th when I get my paycheck.

 

[nrvalleytime]

Time to fast. I must cleanse my body.

which includes cleaning his bank account
and preparing for some unknown glory

of 75%, 80%, 90% discounted adventure,
an untold, unquestioned, unlimited amount
to explore from your computer desk chair.

 

[Hamster Plugin]

Agreed, there are just too many competing sales now and the discounts/bundles are frequently much better than (if not equivalent to) what Steam puts up during the sale. The only reason I really watch it now is to take advantage of any pricing errors.

I rarely buy games on Steam because of the Euro prices. Other sites always beat them. Like right now GMG has Arkham City $4.99 - Steam is not going to be that cheap ever because of the $1=€1 conversion which would make it €4.99.

 

[jon bones]

i really need to idle a bunch of games for cards before this

 

[rrs]

I'll have to sit this one out, no spare money for me.

 

[mug]

Saving up for a vacation... Damn it Steam!

 

[Emperor_EL]

Can't go ham like I did last year, but thankfully there's not a lot of games that I want/need.

 

[Tregard]

Wishlist is 45 strong and building, let's do this.

 

[hwateber]

Yup gonna set a budget this year....Oh but that game's only five bucks. This one's got a bundle with all the DLC? Two dollar flash deal? Shiiiiiiiiiet

 

[UrbanRats]

Hoping for Revengeance and Resident Evil 4 on dirt cheap prices.

 

[Dolor]

Deleted.

 

[Bradach]

aw yeah. Batman Arkham Origins come to daddy

 

[Leatherface]

whelp. I knew this day was coming. I suppose I'll just take my lashing just like I deserve. heh

 

[Doctoglethorpe]

I don't think I've even finished any of the games I bought during the last winter sale. smh

 

[The Llama]

There's too much garbage on Steam now and there are too few good games coming out each year (so I've already bought them long before they went on sale) so it's been years since I've bought anything on a Steam sale.

I'm so sorry to hear that.

 

[BobLoblaw]

Works for me. Been clearing out some backlogged games and I'm actually looking forward to this. Too bad I'm still on games released in 2011-12 and there's no way any new games I buy get played this year.

 

[Omegasquash]

WTF is it about these sales that make me buy hard and fast? Good god.

 

[kewlmyc]

Can't wait to buy games I'll never play.

Looking forward to:

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
South Park
Resident Evil Revelations HD
Skullgirls
Saints Row IV
Rise of the Triad

 

[DedValve]

Just remember WAIT FOR THE DAILY DEALS YOU BASTARDS

 

[Danneee]

That settles it, any plans I had about buying any games this week are delayed til next week.

Must. Only. Buy. Wish listed. Games.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

But ea just had that awesome sale where I picked up great stuff like dlc for dead space 3

Too late valve!

 

[Fried Food]

dark souls 2 and maybe revengence

 

[somesayyea]

my favourite part of the summer

 

[NewVegasDog]

Hmm, maybe I'll buy some games that I've been interested in. But, money is tight for me atm with bills and other things.

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

Crap I'm broke. Do not break into savings do not break into savings do not break into savings.

Gabe why you do this?! Haha

 

[gdt]

I've got a few games I'm looking for. Don't expect to spend more than like $80 this year. Nice and light hopefully.

Saving for a Wii U really. Those exclusives are stacking up over there.

 

[Maintenance]

It has been some time since I bought something at a Steam Sale, I guess most of the stuff that I want I already have.

 

[dreamfall]

It seems a little earlier this year?

Always so much fun - community voting, and waiting for the daily sales!

 

[Tizoc]

Remember kiddies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoGxA48HQ1g

 

[Random Painted HIghway]

Man, I need to work on a list.

Skyrim legendary for 7.49 or less....what else...hmmm a few indies I hoped would show in a humble bundle that didn't. Holding out foolish hope for an activision actual sale. Would love to play through the cods sp, but not for the recent prices.

I went way overboard last summer and in the winter, so I need to be more careful this go around.

 

[JaseC]

I figured it'd start on the 19th as Mysterious Cards replaced coupons as a crafting reward yesterday and there were 9 days between this and the Winter Sale last year. I'm not happy about Valve moving the sale forward to June again, though. I was expecting it to begin mid'ish July as it has the past two years, so I won't be spending much money and thus will have to wait until the end of the year before I can splurge.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

I rarely buy games on Steam because of the Euro prices. Other sites always beat them. Like right now GMG has Arkham City $4.99 - Steam is not going to be that cheap ever because of the $1=€1 conversion which would make it €4.99.

If it was always a $1=€1 conversion then there would not be so much variance as evidenced via Steamprices. That is to say publishers may be able to set the exchange rates. But maybe older games are grandfathered into a $1=€1 conversion.

 

[nded]

Aw man, goodbye paycheck.

 

[Netherscourge]

If Dark Souls 2 goes on Sale - I'm buying!

I have NEVER played a Souls game, so this could finally be my entry to the series.

And it'll be with the preferred, PC version.

 

[SparkTR]

There's too much garbage on Steam now and there are too few good games coming out each year (so I've already bought them long before they went on sale) so it's been years since I've bought anything on a Steam sale.

There are a ton of good games coming out each year, feels like more now than any years prior.

 

[JaseC]

If it was always a $1=€1 conversion then there would not be so much variance as evidenced via Steamprices. That is to say publishers may be able to set the exchange rates. But maybe older games are grandfathered into a $1=€1 conversion.

Publishers can set their own prices, but by default Steam converts $1 to €1.

 

[The-Bean]

If Dark Souls 2 goes on Sale - I'm buying!

I have NEVER played a Souls game, so this could finally be my entry to the series.

And it'll be with the preferred, PC version.

Why not just start with Dark Souls 1? It will almost certainly be on sale, and for cheaper. By the time you're finished maybe DS2 will be on sale, cheaper again.