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I hate Steam...

  • Bunglo
  • June 20, 2010 at 9:01 PM
  • Bunglo
    • June 20, 2010 at 9:01 PM
    • #1

    WTF! Every time I open that damn program, my bank account gets smaller!!!!

    OF COURSE I'm going to buy Dragon Age: Origins Digital Deluxe Edition + Awakening for $54...

    How can I save $2000 to build a new machine if I keep buying games all the time?!?!

    ... I hate you Steam... I really, really do...

  • Nurb
    • June 20, 2010 at 9:14 PM
    • #2

    I can completely relate to this Beeing bored and having Steam open is a bad combination for me and my wallet. I buy many smaller games which I wouldn't even know about if it wasn't for Steam (which is a very good thing in a way). The costs aren't that steep, but sadly they do stack X( So yeah, it's a bit too easy to buy games from $team sometimes

  • the0rthopaedicsurgeon
    • June 20, 2010 at 9:17 PM
    • #3

    i don't buy anything off steam since they localised the prices, except a couple of indie games. even during the sales everything is way more expensive than literally anywhere else. fallout 3 was reduced from £30 RRP to £15 last week, when the standard price on play.com is £13.

  • FrieChamp
    • June 20, 2010 at 9:38 PM
    • #4
    Quote from the0rthopaedicsurgeon

    i don't buy anything off steam since they localised the prices, except a couple of indie games. even during the sales everything is way more expensive than literally anywhere else. fallout 3 was reduced from £30 RRP to £15 last week, when the standard price on play.com is £13.

    That isn't completely true, they've got some good offers every now and then. I remember Metro 2033 being a recent example for a good deal. However by far not every price promotion is one. It seems like publishers keep the price up on Steam and do not incrementally reduce it like retailers do. Then they run temporary ZOMG 50% OFF!!!!11 price promotions and users go apeshit. In reality this often only means that the game's price touches the physical retail price for a short amount of time and then goes up again. So yea, it's still worth comparing prices, because the notion that digital delivery decreases the costs of distribution and these savings are given on to the consumer doesn't necessarily hold true in practice...

  • ElectroSheep
    • June 20, 2010 at 9:42 PM
    • #5

    Especially for valve game and big promo. Like crysis last week. But yeah if i look at my account, I'ts very expensive...

  • Zacker
    • June 20, 2010 at 9:42 PM
    • #6

    While the standard prices on most games might not be particularly impressive, then those offers they run regularly are totally unmatched! Just this week you have offers like Crysis for 10 bucks or Burnout: Paradise for 3-4 bucks. At these prices for top games, then nobody should be able to complain about video games being too expensive anymore.

  • Warby
    • June 20, 2010 at 9:46 PM
    • #7

    i like steam

    ( the karma of this thread is once again in balance !)

  • Pampers
    • June 20, 2010 at 11:26 PM
    • #8

    http://www.steamcalculator.com/

    post your "score"

    check different prices here http://www.steamprices.com/

  • ⌐■_■
    • June 20, 2010 at 11:28 PM
    • #9

    excuse me,I haven't formulated an opinion yet.

  • Campaignjunkie
    • June 20, 2010 at 11:41 PM
    • #10
    Quote from Pampers

    http://www.steamcalculator.com/post your "score"

    Haha it says Lost Coast is $100 USD

  • dux
    • June 21, 2010 at 12:29 AM
    • #11

    I always wait for the special deals, so I always end up saving when I spend. Eh eh.

    http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/dux13

  • ElectroSheep
    • June 21, 2010 at 12:41 AM
    • #12

    http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/3Dnj

    Lol that's completly false. 80% of my game got the wrong price (on the good way of course exept l4d)

    And dux, you defeat me

  • ⌐■_■
    • June 21, 2010 at 12:48 AM
    • #13

    lol wtf

    http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/76561197989605410

  • Bunglo
    • June 21, 2010 at 12:53 AM
    • #14

    Haha, it's the same for me as well:

    http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/76561197968831023

    Be proud, very few have been apart of Steam since the start of the 70s

  • Skacky
    • June 21, 2010 at 2:10 AM
    • #15

    http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/skacky

    I paid Mass Effect only 3 bucks (promos, weeeee).

  • Minos
    • June 21, 2010 at 2:58 AM
    • #16

    http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/mino

    $1422.07 USD

    of course i got most of those games on weekend deals and stuff, I must have spent 200 or something.

  • dux
    • June 21, 2010 at 3:18 AM
    • #17

    Nice collection mino, you money whore

  • Minos
    • June 21, 2010 at 3:25 AM
    • #18
    Quote from dux

    Nice collection mino, you money whore

    the sad part is that I don't have time to play any of those games these days. So i just stopped buying steam games for now. Almost bought Dragon Age today but I thought it would be better to just leave it alone and complete the other games wanna complete first: deus ex, batman, borderlands, dead space, far cry 2, riddick and crysis.

  • Sentura
    • June 21, 2010 at 3:40 AM
    • #19

    i have the same problem

  • e-freak
    • June 21, 2010 at 7:15 AM
    • #20

    Jamie Madigan (Psychologist) on the topic:

    http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/2876 ... undles.php

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