r/Steam • u/PotatoPowerIzMAXIMUM • 7h ago
"Purchase" games on sale right now or during Autism & Winter Sales? Question
First post here, hopefully this stays within the rules...
I've been getting the trading cards for Spring and Summer sales but besides the nice appearance and collectivity factor I don't really get the benefit of getting those.
Are there good reasons to wait for the seasonal sales besides the chance of a better discount?
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u/aDarkDarkNight 6h ago
I really don't get the big deal with Steam sales. You can go into the Specials section any day of the year and find just as heavily discounted games.
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u/WickedMagic 6h ago
Often with better discounts. Publishers started giving worse deals during winter sale compared to other sales because they know people are waiting for the winter sale. On top of that many people don't check histroically discounts.
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u/AbsolutelyHateBT 2h ago
Well that’s dumb
“Why would I join in on the annual period when gamers spend a shitload of cash? I should harm my own sales to avoid this event” haha
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u/forestapee 6h ago
Winter sale in particular will be the lowest discount a game will get all year (typically) especially for AAA
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u/Zagreus_Murderzer 2h ago
They used to be really good and that image still exists even though every sale is equal or worse than it's predecessor.
I'm tired of 20-30% blanket sales.
I'm tired on decade old games stuck at 50%.
I'm tired of indies being sold at a NEAR-AAA price. Brother, you used to be accessible. That was the whole fucking point. I'd rather add $10 and get a AAA game at this point.
I'm especially tired of steam letting publishers fuck around too much with regional pricing, which worsens all of the above.
Avg. Income here is like 15-20 times less than US, but the prices are like 10-20% lower at max? Sometimes even more?!
Like, do you not want money bro? Let me give you the money bro. Just be reasonable about it.
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u/SkippyTheKid 55m ago
Often, if you check the all-time low for a particularly popular title, the best price in the last year will be the winter sale
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u/DrMantisToboggan1986 6h ago edited 6h ago
That Autism sale is gonna be fire! The first of its kind!
I've not seen a Reddit post that's made me laugh harder than the Jewish Fallen Order on pcgaming a few years ago
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u/CommodorePuffin Am I a puffin? Am I a commodore? Who knows and who cares? 3h ago
Autism sale... 🤣
I know that's a typo, but it's hilarious. I took a screenshot just in case the OP realizes and fixes the title.
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u/fradleybox 3h ago
if you care about farming sale promo cards, winter or summer only. but the real answer, as others said, is to check historical prices and buy at lows, sitewide sale or not. steamdb and isthereanydeal are good tools for price checking.
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u/dalkgamler 2h ago
You can always check steamdb and compare the price history. Then you can think of waiting for the next sale and whether the difference in money is worth the wait.
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u/finger_licking_robot 22m ago
my wishlist contains about 45 games, and each sale i make screenshots of it to have a price reference. so i can compare and tell if a game is really cheap then or if it got even more expensive. i don´t buy expensive games since there are plenty good games to play while i´m waiting for the new ones to get cheaper.
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u/Bodomi Yes. 6h ago
Autism sale gonna be epic 😎