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Old 12-20-2010, 04:13 PM   #1
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Thumbs up Steam Holiday Sale

If you missed the Perils of Summer sale... this is for you.

http://store.steampowered.com/
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Old 12-20-2010, 04:18 PM   #2
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Was going to post this as well, these sales are good and bad at the same time. Do I really need to buy more games?
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Old 12-20-2010, 04:22 PM   #3
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Was going to post this as well, these sales are good and bad at the same time. Do I really need to buy more games?
Yes. You can never have to many options.
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Old 12-21-2010, 03:30 AM   #4
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I'm not sure if I've spent more money or less on games because of Steam. Probably more.
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Battlefield Bad Company 2 purchased for: US$6.79
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Old 12-21-2010, 06:24 AM   #6
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Battlefield Bad Company 2 purchased for: US$6.79
There's a big title that depreciated insanely fast.
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Old 12-21-2010, 08:37 AM   #7
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There's a big title that depreciated insanely fast.
Picked it up as well...add on the Vietnam Xpac pack and it is a great deal
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There's a big title that depreciated insanely fast.
Disagree - the game is fantastic and with the Vietnam DLC coming out for only $14.99 (and getting fantastic reviews) this is an awesome bargain!
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Old 12-21-2010, 08:39 AM   #9
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$4.99 for Titan Quest Gold? nice - that game was a really good Diablo clone.
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Old 12-21-2010, 08:41 AM   #10
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$7 for BC2?? They must be hoping people spend the $15 on vietnam.
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Old 12-21-2010, 09:07 AM   #11
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Any chance NFS: Hot Pursuit goes on sale?
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Old 12-21-2010, 09:59 AM   #12
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Super Meat Boy is amazing game and is definitely worth picking up.
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Old 12-21-2010, 10:36 AM   #13
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They have the entire Civ 4 bundle for $7. Includes all the expansions.
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Old 12-21-2010, 11:15 AM   #14
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Here's a tip to help overcome the inevitable slow DL speed due to volume.

  • Go to the "Steam" menu (top left) and select "Settings"
  • Go to the "Downloads+Cloud" tab
  • For "Download region" select something that's NOT in the US. Try one you think won't have as much traffic, e.g. Indonesia
  • Steam will have to restart
  • Watch your game download WAY faster

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The amount of people BC2 online increased by a massive amount cause of the sale. This sale has more than revived any players lost over time since the release and to Black Ops. If your a veteran of this game there's a lot of noobs out there to frag.
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Disagree - the game is fantastic and with the Vietnam DLC coming out for only $14.99 (and getting fantastic reviews) this is an awesome bargain!
I think you have a different definition of depreciated than I do. Depreciation refers to the price. Low price is for a good game is what makes it good value.

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If your a veteran of this game there's a lot of noobs out there to frag.
Lots of other noobs is also good if you're a noob.
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The amount of people BC2 online increased by a massive amount cause of the sale. This sale has more than revived any players lost over time since the release and to Black Ops. If your a veteran of this game there's a lot of noobs out there to frag.
Awesome, fresh lambs to the slaughter.
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Old 12-22-2010, 01:18 PM   #18
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I think you have a different definition of depreciated than I do. Depreciation refers to the price. Low price is for a good game is what makes it good value.
Yep - I thought you meant the value of the game was equal to the price. My apologies.
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Anyone know if that Aliens vs Predators game is any good? Mind you, for the prices they are selling some of these games at, it's worth the risk just to buy a bunch and hope one pans out.
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Anyone know if that Aliens vs Predators game is any good? Mind you, for the prices they are selling some of these games at, it's worth the risk just to buy a bunch and hope one pans out.
It's average. If you're a fan of the series buying it for $5-$10 isnt that bad but it's not worth full price.
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