Topic: The Unofficial Steam Sales Thread

Strange. It doesn't show yet in my steam shop. :/
Not going to get it, it's available at gog.
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/alien_shooter_expansions

There's a Call of Duty sale and free-to-play weekend for Black Ops.

I....have.. no idea what to say....

It's just EA's retail Valve games, no big deal.

Ok I am lookin to get the Sims 3 for my Laptop problem is my Laptop doesnt have a drive so I have to get a digital download from somewhere. I tried to go through EA or Origins or whatever its called only to run into all kinds of problems that I really dont want to go into needless to say I am getting a refund from them and I will never go that route again.

Anyway I want to know before I end up in another predicament like I did with EA I was wondering how good is Steam. Is it easy enough to pay for your game and download it right away? Sorry if this is a noob question but I never used a system like this before.

@Tasuki Steam has worked out fine for me. There are seven steps to getting a game on Steam;

#1. Create a Steam account (duh).
#2. Add items to your shopping cart by going to your desired game's page and clicking the giant, green button that has the words "ADD TO CART".
#3. When your done adding items, click on the green button on the top-right side of the browser that says "CART".
#4. If you have everything you want, click on the "Purchase For Myself" button.
#5. Choose your payment method, fill out the required information, and finish the purchase.
#6. Download the Steam Client by going to the front page and clicking the green "Install Steam Now", which should be above the "Merchandise" section on the right of the page (you will need to scroll down the page to see it).
#7. Install Steam, log on to your account, go to "Library", right click on the game you want to download, and click the "Install Game..." option.

And there! You should start downloading the game. For me most downloads have been fine and rarely take over 5 hours since I have a high-speed internet connection (it usually plateaus at about 1.2 MB per second). There may be times when you won't be able to download a specific game mostly because too many people are already downloading it, but it doesn't happen too often.

EDIT: As for payment options, Steam pretty much supports everything that isn't country-specific.

EDIT #2: As for my personal opinion, I think Steam is fantastic. It works extremely well and it has tons of cheap sales.

@Tasuki Steam is a fantastic service for downloading games.

@Tasuki It is great.

Also, beat Deus Ex: Human Revolution today. It was fan-freaking-tastic. Yes.

So, the Steam Trading feature is out of Beta and is fully functional. Spiral Knights and Portal 2 are now eligible for the trade-items-for-games system. Looks like it's time to play some more Spiral Knights and see if I can get any unfortunate souls to trade in-game items for actual games. >=)

EDIT: I have a gift version of Portal! Who wants it for another game/some TF2 items?

And for those who would like to trade, here's my TF2 backpack: http://www.tf2items.com/id/irken006
I'll usually trade any duplicate items I have (unless they're hats or aren't trade-able)

Civilizations V is on sale for like $12.50. I did hear there were a lot of problems with it, but it may be worth it at that price.

Must...not...spend...money...

I hate you so much right now...

Haha. I am planning on getting Red orchestra 2 so I am not spending any money at the moment.

I have some duplicates collected too if you want to trade. http://www.tf2items.com/profiles/76561198035989390

Edit: Looks like I could use an amputator, vita-saw, and half-zatoichi. I think I might have a couple weapons you could use too. I have no idea what is fair trade value though.

My word, that game looks fantastic.

I have to wait until Tuesday or Wednesday though
I hope i still get my 20% off.

When it comes to trading, I usually go for weapons that I would find useful (whether it be for combat or crafting), not by its true value. Just send me a trade request sometime and I'll trade the items you're looking for for some of yours.

So, I just played the Hard Reset demo today and WOW does it make me want the full game! Even though the story can be summed up as "Blah-blah blah blah blah-blah-blah!", the demo showed me some really good atmosphere, mostly because of how pretty the engine is and how non-existent the loading times are. Also, the action is solid and chaotic. However, I'm waiting for a sale on this one, as I've heard some things about how the game becomes repetitive and doesn't do anything "Wow!"-worthy after the first few hours.

Well, I've been considering instead of building a PC from scratch, I'd just buy a pre-made one and upgrade it from there, and I think I found something that will do well for awhile. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227339

@Xkhaoz If you're going with that computer, you're going to want to upgrade the graphics card. From what I've read and seen, the GeForce GT 520 is rapidly becoming a low-end card that will probably not last for a full year. Other than that, the computer looks pretty solid.

EDIT: As for my argument on why the GeForce GT 520 is becoming low-end, the card can't run The Witcher 2 very well, even on low settings.