Steam Summer Sale is on!

[Lucifersam1]

I just built a gaming PC a few weeks back, and bought a few Steam games over the past few weeks. Just noticed the Steam summer sale is on, and there are some really great deals. Might get a game or two today (Although, I did end up getting Skyrim for free from Amazon $39.99 Steam match an then used Amazon CC points!).

Anyone going to be picking anything up?

[Collector_Gaming]

jesus christ some of these prices are insane!

5 dollars for portal 2? I mean i got it on Xbox 360 already but I am tempted to rebuy it just so I can play with the level editor they released for the pc version!

[substantial_snake]

And I just bought ArmaII: Combined Offensive for DayZ last night. Awesome.

Ah hell, might pick up STALKER: Call of Pripyat too..still pissed that this series is effectively dead now.

[FxMercenary]

Awwww YEA!!!!

[Berserker]

Some strategically-placed dollars here can fill out my modern gaming needs for the rest of the year. I'm mainly waiting for Skyrim to go down some more, and hopefully ARMA II as well, because DayZ looks like a shit ton of fun.


TIPS

- If you see something you want to get that's NOT a Daily Deal, Flash Sale, Community Choice, or 75% off already, then you have nothing to lose (except perhaps time and sanity) by watching and waiting until the last day of the sale to buy them, because often these will be slashed even further before then. The Flash Sales and Community Choices change every 8 hours, so check it a few times throughout the day if you're able to.

- Check this list to see what type(s) of DRM a game you're planning to buy might contain, if any. This is one thing I wish I would've looked into more closely last year, because there were a few I picked up that had as many as 3(!) different types of DRM on them, which I refuse to install and hence meant that I wasted a few bucks there.

[G-Boobie]

Some of the bundle deals are excellent, though I've discovered that I've already bought something like 70 percent of the entire Steam catalog, so slim picking for me so far. I picked up Super Street Fighter IV AE for ten bucks, like I needed another copy of that game.

Thinking about pulling the trigger on that Bethesda bundle, though.

[heybtbm]

(Although, I did end up getting Skyrim for free from Amazon $39.99 Steam match an then used Amazon CC points!).

Skyrim is currently $29.79 on Steam. You could've bought 5-6 games with that extra $10.20.

[Lucifersam1]

I saw that I did end up getting it for free though w/ Amazon points!

So far I have gotten:

Arkham City $10.19
Dead Island $10.19
Dark Messiah $2.49

Hoping they deep discount Sims 3 (currently 50% off), Fallout 3 (currently 40% off), and GTA IV (currently 50% off). Unless they do a flash sale or deal of the day on those, those current discounts should be good until the end of the sale (so I would pick them up anyway).

Skyrim is currently $29.79 on Steam. You could've bought 5-6 games with that extra $10.20.

[Berserker]

Pay attention to what's going on in the bundles before you snatch them up. I'm noticing that sometimes it's cheaper to buy the same DLCs individually or in other smaller bundles, and sometimes a DLC included in them isn't discounted at all.

Hoping they deep discount Sims 3 (currently 50% off), Fallout 3 (currently 40% off), and GTA IV (currently 50% off). Unless they do a flash sale or deal of the day on those, those current discounts should be good until the end of the sale (so I would pick them up anyway).

All three of those were Daily Deals during last year's Summer Sale, so I think it's highly likely that they'll be cut down even further before this one is over.

[Lucifersam1]

GTA IV did not win the community choice vote! Hopefully it goes down more than 50%, but if not that is still a good price point.

Today I have gotten:

Fallout 3 GOTY - $4.99
Fallout New Vegas Ultimate - $9.99
Rage - $9.99

[Griking]

I've spent more than I'd like to admit.