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Steam Getting Rid Of Flash And Daily Sales

Steam is getting rid of the flash and daily sales for the upcoming Autum/Winter 2015 sale

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iNFAMOUZ13100d ago

that is lame flash sales were awesome they better have something better greedy people

ginsunuva3100d ago

Well they weren't obligated to give those sales to you in the first place, entitled people

garrettbobbyferguson3100d ago

Nor am I obligated to give them my money.

Black0ut3100d ago (Edited 3100d ago )

@gin

Bit of a silly thing to say. You could argue that if it weren't for said sales the company wouldn't have nearly as many users and software products sold that they have today.

That's hardly being entitled.

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s45gr323099d ago

But why must gamers cannot get perks like say the movie industry. Local theaters offer loyalty/rewards..... plus student elderly discounts. Seriously, gamers do get the short end of the stick

KwietStorm_BLM3099d ago (Edited 3099d ago )

Nobody is being entitled. We never demanded these sales in the first place, but you're daft if you think the pricing schemes on Steam haven't been a big part of the user base to begin with.

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Black0ut3100d ago (Edited 3100d ago )

Agreed... I've always dished out cash on countless flash sales.

Anyone notice a certain path that Valve is going down? It's like the company is getting more and more unfriendly (it would seem). I actually hope that a direct competing PC game platform opens up to give them a wake up call as it seems that would be the only way.

I love steam as much as the next guy and I have hundreds of games on the platform but their decisions of late are totally not cool.

s45gr323099d ago

Agreed, the whole paid mod fiasco is one. The other is that after the refund addition the sales/discounts have decreased. This summer sale was pretty weak.

Truthandreason3099d ago (Edited 3099d ago )

if anyone would read the article it just says it basically amounted to needless confusion or stress, so everything will be on sale the entire sale period so no flash sales will be needed. Different games will still get their chance to shine on the homepage, but sale prices will remain till the entire sale concludes.

This is good news.

SteamPowered3099d ago

Well said. Very apt user name.

RTetro3099d ago

This right here is correct

MadLad3099d ago

But why read the article, when it's more fun to simply jump to conclusions and whine about a non-issue?

I mean, this is N4G.

callahan093099d ago

I don't mind what they do, but I have a couple of games I have been wanting lately and will buy if they go on sale for a good price. Roughly in order from least to most wanted, if the following go on sale for like 50% or more off, then I'll probably buy them:

Mad Max, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Sherlock Holmes Crimes & Punishments, Xcom Enemy Unknown, Skyrim DLC, Dark Souls 1 & 2, Alien Isolation, The Evil Within, and Grand Theft Auto 5.

SteamPowered3099d ago

Try out CDKeys or Cheapshark if you are looking for deals outside of Steam. Mad Max was ridiculously cheap last time I looked.

BE WARNED THOUGH - some games dont download through Steam, so if you want cloud saves and such just be sure you read through the product description.

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Crimzon3100d ago

The sales probably won't be as good if flash/daily sales are going away. Valve is telling developers to just pick a single sale price, which will likely hover around the 50% region. That's still good of course, but flash/daily sales saw a lot of games having discounts of 75% and above, which was why they were so popular.

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what's even happening at Valve these days. They seem to have abandoned game development entirely (outside of DOTA 2, anyways) and the Steam store has been turning into a complete mess. It's interesting if you contrast this to Blizzard, who have been expanding a lot and starting many new franchises as they expand BattleNet, what with Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone, Overwatch and all the continued support and expansions for the rest of their library (Starcraft 2, Diablo 3 and World of Warcraft).

Don't have a clue what's going on at Valve any more, they seem completely lost.

SniperControl3100d ago

I hope they do away with that trading card crap from last years sale, all i wanted to do was get some good games at cheap prices, didnt have a clue what was going on with them,nor did i care for them.

Crimzon3100d ago

You can sell them on the marketplace to other users for extra cash. I've no idea why anyone would buy them but they do, so it helps make games a little bit cheaper to buy.

Truthandreason3099d ago

so just ignore it and buy games like usual and let other people enjoy a small amount of free money?

DOMination-3100d ago

Perhaps people would spend less holding off for a better deal which may not have come.

Feriku3100d ago

Aw, that's disappointing. I always enjoyed checking in on the sale each day to see what the new discounts were.

I suppose this stops the mentality of waiting until the end of the sale to see if a game will get a daily/flash sale, but I wonder how good the deals will be.

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MikleDemi3100d ago

Well that sucks. I liked the flash sales.

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein18d ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii18d ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo18d ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows9018d ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel198918d ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

Nooderus17d ago

"X" type of gamer conversations are cringe

qalpha18d ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno18d ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan18d ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno18d ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life198118d ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn66918d ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life198117d ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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