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by **JetFred** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:03 pm

Sorry for making this a new thread if this is premature, but I'm a little excited. Codemasters stuff just went all on sale on Steam even though there's no mention on the front yet, and there is already a deep-discount Command & Conquer series midweek sale. I'm hoping this is it, but if it's not, I still wanted to post the Codemasters sale outside of the regular deals thread.

Edit (July 4): Codemasters sale seems to have gone down now, maybe it'll come back up. It was 25% off everything until July 12, and a Codemasters person acknowledged it on Twitter so I wouldn't think it was a mistake.

by **Kasey Chang** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 3:11 am

Apparently some Reddit / Steam fans got a little too steamed...

http://kotaku.com/5923292/terrorists-fr ... abe-newell

by **msduncan** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:41 pm

Where is the summer Steam sale anyway? Aren't we overdue?

by **theohall** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 3:07 pm

msduncan wrote:Where is the summer Steam sale anyway? Aren't we overdue?

Rumours on the Steam forums were suggesting it would be mid-July, instead of the usual beginning of July. I am wondering if they are trying to run their sale at a time it won't coincide with everyone else's (Amazon, GamersGate, etc.) sales.

by **Smoove_B** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:07 pm

What seems to happen is that STEAM starts their sale and then everyone else matches or beats their prices...so maybe this was an attempt to draw everyone else into the sale first and the unleash it after all the other vendors show their cards. I dunno...but I'm guessing they're rolling around in so much money they can sort of float these types of experiments to see what happens.

by **LordMortis** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:52 am

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/s ... stcount=60

by **JetFred** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:57 am

Yeah, they're just milking it over there. There's one thread that's something like 800 PAGES.

by **LordMortis** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:07 pm

I won't complain. I still have a few games I bought at Christmas I haven't played (To say nothing of too many games from much further back). Though right now Endless Space is calling to me and I don't think I could stop myself if it is goes on sale... Even if it will just sit there...

by **TheMix** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:10 pm

That one is calling me too!

But I suspect that is one of the few that won't sit.

by **JetFred** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:25 pm

I certainly don't need more games, but I set aside some cash for the sale and I'm gradually using it. I'm no good at waiting.

by **Octavious** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:35 pm

I'm just hoping for a sale on Dead Rising 2 Off the Record. It never seems to go on sale on steam and there's no freaking way I'm paying 40 bucks for it. You can get it through the Xbox for 20 bucks. Which is still too much. I'm hoping for 10... :lol:

by **Pyperkub** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:44 pm

Honestly, I'm fine with the games I have, but I miss the summer camp competitions.

by **hepcat** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:11 pm

The wait is starting to piss me off, to be honest. How can it not when my backlog of games is in serious danger of dwindling to under 300!!!???

by **Carpet_pissr** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:22 pm

Kasey Chang wrote:Apparently some Reddit / Steam fans got a little too steamed...

http://kotaku.com/5923292/terrorists-fr ... abe-newell

"Like these two "threatening" terrorists, claiming they'll kill the man in the video for every day the Steam sale remains elusive."

Soooo, they're going to kill the same dude over and over? Dicey.

Day 1 that Steam sale remains elusive: kill prisoner
Day 2 that Steam sale remains elusive: kill...Doh!

by **YellowKing** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:14 pm

I have $50 from Father's Day that I have earmarked for the sale. I NEED more games to not play while I'm playing Diablo 3!

by **Daehawk** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:23 pm

I put $25 in but TF2 junk has been eating away at it. Hurry up already.

by **JetFred** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:34 pm

I was planning on $100 but then I bought Torchlight (via TL2 preorder) and XCom Collection and all 5 C&C games and Indie Royale summer bundle. And some other stuff. Call it $60 now. I have a problem, and it's not just math.

by **Doomboy** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:32 am

Carpet_pissr wrote:
Kasey Chang wrote:Apparently some Reddit / Steam fans got a little too steamed...

http://kotaku.com/5923292/terrorists-fr ... abe-newell

"Like these two "threatening" terrorists, claiming they'll kill the man in the video for every day the Steam sale remains elusive."

Soooo, they're going to kill the same dude over and over? Dicey.

Day 1 that Steam sale remains elusive: kill prisoner
Day 2 that Steam sale remains elusive: kill...Doh!

Actually it should go something like this:

Day 1 that Steam sale remains elusive: attempt to kill prisoner only to realize that pink tipped machine gun is a toy... doh!

by **Sectoid** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:26 am

They are really dumb at this point. Almost every week Amazon, Gamefly, Gamersgate, etc. are having sales. They are not going to let up. These sales eat away at a gamer's budget. Not to mention the fact that schools are off NOW. Those kids that are gamers (and teachers that are gamers) have already spent their dough on something to play during their time off. Postponing the sale until mid-July (allegedly) is just a bad move.
That being said, I'll probably spend some money if they have offers I can't pass up. I do have a huge backlog as it is, though.

by **YellowKing** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:04 am

I'm hoping for a sale on Mass Effect 3. The time is ripe for a deep discount on that one. I'd also love to see Max Payne 3 < $30 but I know that's probably unrealistic.

by **Sectoid** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:53 am

YellowKing wrote:I'm hoping for a sale on Mass Effect 3. The time is ripe for a deep discount on that one. I'd also love to see Max Payne 3 < $30 but I know that's probably unrealistic.

Well, technically Max Payne has already been <$30 at $29.99. I think it was on Amazon, though.

by **GreenGoo** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:39 am

I'm in no rush for the sale. For the last couple of years most of my purchases have been due to sales, not because I specfically wanted a certain game, although there have been exceptions. I think the only think I'm looking forward to getting is Dead Island, but I'd have tor review.

So as far as myself personally, my budget (which really isn't one) is sitting nice and snug in my bank account. If Steam decides to sell me something at a deep discount, I'll be ready. Otherwise, *shrug*. Diablo 3 is eating all of my gaming time, and even if it weren't, I have Warlock, Endless Space, Spore and DarkSpore all sitting around unplayed and patiently waiting. The first two are quality strategy games, so I'm good for months no matter what happens.

by **miltonite** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:39 am

You just have to make it to Sepember18th Goo.

by **GreenGoo** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:55 am

miltonite wrote:You just have to make it to Sepember18th Goo.

I might still be on D3 at that time.

I assume it will be available on Steam? Looking forward to it.

by **Jag** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:59 am

Come August 25th, there will be only one.

by **miltonite** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:18 am

Yeah now that I think about it we might as well wait and get the game with the DLC. I imagine I will still be pretty deep in GW2 when BL2 is released.

by **Teggy** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:39 am

I assume there was some logic in waiting so long with the sale, I just don't know what it is.

by **GreenGoo** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:02 pm

miltonite wrote:Yeah now that I think about it we might as well wait and get the game with the DLC. I imagine I will still be pretty deep in GW2 when BL2 is released.

I waited for the original to drop significantly before picking it up, although it was a bit difficult to wait that long. I'm perfectly willing (I say that now) to wait for the first sale on BL2 before picking it up. That said, if you guys pick it up right away and want to start a group I'll pick it up right away as well.

by **Pyperkub** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:04 pm

Per Blue's, Valve has confirmed that there will be a sale, at least

by **Daehawk** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:16 pm

I want to see a cheap Max Payne 3

by **Carpet_pissr** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:20 pm

GreenGoo wrote:I have Warlock, Endless Space, Spore and DarkSpore all sitting around unplayed and patiently waiting. The first two are quality strategy games

The buzz on Endless Space does seem great, but Warlock? 70 on Metacritic currently.

by **GreenGoo** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:29 pm

Carpet_pissr wrote:
GreenGoo wrote:I have Warlock, Endless Space, Spore and DarkSpore all sitting around unplayed and patiently waiting. The first two are quality strategy games

The buzz on Endless Space does seem great, but Warlock? 70 on Metacritic currently.

I've played the demo, played a little of the retail, and our own thread in PC gaming is fairly positive. Both were had for $20ish dollars as pre-release purchases. It's a quality strategy game, even if some don't find it compelling or triple A material.

by **TheMix** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 4:03 pm

Agree. I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of Warlock. I do feel that the full game is still coming though. It may end up being a $40 game when all is said and DLC'd. My only real complaint at the moment is that the DLC is not coming fast enough.

by **JetFred** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:59 am

I've got over 40 hours in Warlock, which for me is very rare.

I'm imaging that the people who are predicting Thursday for the sale will be right, but it could be today for all we really know.

by **Matrix** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:33 pm

Just got European Escalation for 50% off. I been looking at it for a while, but was not about to pay 40 for it. Though i think sale has ended, Endless space is another one i would get if it went on sale.

by **JetFred** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:48 pm

I'm watching Tropico 4. At the moment, all the content will run you $65.

by **Pyperkub** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:57 pm

I picked up Warlock when it was $10 ($12 & change with the DLC). I've got around 10-12 hours in and I've enjoyed it, though I've barely scratched the surface...

by **LordMortis** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:50 pm

There are leaks and insinuations claiming to know what the summer sales will be:

http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/122/1225352p1.html

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments ... es/c57ez5x

http://www.geekosystem.com/summer-sale-list-leak/

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/07/09/possi ... ils-arise/

If these lists are accurate, short of the Batman pack, my money is safe for now.

by **Blackhawk** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:17 pm

That's the same thing they did last time - other than the bundles, almost everything is a quirky indie game, which are fine games, just not games I usually enjoy.

by **tgb** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:19 pm

LordMortis wrote:There are leaks and insinuations claiming to know what the summer sales will be:

http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/122/1225352p1.html

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments ... es/c57ez5x

http://www.geekosystem.com/summer-sale-list-leak/

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/07/09/possi ... ils-arise/

If these lists are accurate, short of the Batman pack, my money is safe for now.

If those lists are accurate, color me underwhelmed.

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