Quote Originally Posted by LordsOfSkulls View Post

Especially during Summer/Christmas for Steam their are Sales... that can get you off brand new games 30-77% off.. that is HUGE. I got over 100s of Video Games on Steam just because how cheap it was... I spend over $500 for $3000+ worth of GAmes in last 2 years. That is something that even "Used Game Market" will never be able to do.

The only problem, is that Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo aren't going to ever have such drastic sales on their flagpole games. It's just not going to happen. With Steam, (or PC gaming in general), you're losing tons of unauthorized rights (ability to trade, sell, give to cousin) , and you're gaining the ability to get triple A games for dirt cheap if you're willing to wait long enough. When Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo eventually all go download only, we will loose all those unauthorized rights that we took for granted, but we really aren't going to be gaining much of anything. We aren't ever going to see the crazy kinds of prices that show up on Steam and Green Man Gaming and Amazon, etc.


Even more worrisome, is that if Steam starts getting "too" big, with the whole Steam Box thing, the days of the 80 percent off sales might be gone as well. I personally believe that the Steam sales that we currently enjoy, aren't going to be around forever. The sales will still be there, but the discounts won't be as drastic. (if Steam's popularity explodes).