Steam sale ends with a dud

Ouch, I was hoping to actually complete a badge for once. Oh well, time to sell cards for absolutely nothing again.

I picked up some basic stuff like How to Survive+All DLC, Rise of Nations and Bully Scholarship Ed. nothing special. The games I am mainly interested in are the Telltale Game of Thrones/Borderlands, and This War of Mine but they're new releases so it's understandable that they didn't get a big discount. I'll probably pick up The Long Dark from some trader when I get my next paycheck, it's cheap with or without a discount anyway.

funny thing about this, is all you people whining about 'worst sale ever' will still be among the first ones lining up with your wallet open next time valve has a sale.

Agreed only thing is good was skyrim and i already got it.

I actually think the sale went rather well for me. I managed to cross the 1000 game threshold and grab a number of games from my wishlist at some good prices. Though I do agree that a number of daily discounts were pretty meh. I also got some great deals from GMG, Humble Bundle, GOG, and, surprisingly, GameAgent (snagged Borderlands 2 GOTY + all 5 Headhunter packs + Ultimate Vault Hunter upgrade pack 2 for $10 and change). My wallet will hate me for quite sometime, but it was well worth it.

Had $170 in Steam wallet ready for the sale. I now have $165.50...

The sale was just so... boring.

Well, at least i have a second chance to spend 10 Euros and get 2 full games. I regretted i didn't get 'em b4

Crap or not : You have spent approximately $56.67 USD in the store since the sale began.
Got some good gifts for friends and nice games for me so cant really complain.
Steam auction was also worthy for me.

Such broad statement.

I am enjoying this sale. Bought well 150 USD on this Winter Sale.

Edit: You have spent approximately $149.44 USD in the store since the sale began.

Hm, my memory is correct :)

I sold my csgo knife and got a bunch of games this sale.

"You have spent approximately $214.30 USD in the store since the sale began."

Got some nice games from my wishlist, and I didn't use anything from my credit card and still have more leftover on my steam wallet. I am pretty satisfied with the sale.

largely underwhelming sale for me only thing I picked up was the wolf among us while it was on flash sale

Steam sales are pretty damn good, especially if you have a number of games that you wish to acquire. However, I haven't been very moved by the sale, and if you're into crafting (or just making a couple extra dollars for games in the market) you probably are disappointed about the lack of an incentive to craft during the sale on the scale of the summer sale. While it is nice that the community choice no longer requires you to diligently ensure that you have voted in each eight-hour time period, the choices seemed underwhelming both in terms of steepness of discount and relevance of title (there were a couple software-only votes), even after you account for their frequency being reduced by a third. Then I think there seems to be fewer hot AAA titles that people were looking forward to this winter, as well as less impressive discounts on the ones that have recently released than in sales past, though one of these things has no relationship with the Steam sale itself, even indirectly.

Don't be too harsh in judging people who are complaining about the sale. Most of these people have been through several of these and just expect to feel the tug of the Steam Sale/Gaben meme; an inability to resist the Steam sale's hunger for your cash. I felt no such urge, no pleasant helplessness in the face of deal after deal. I have felt it in the past. Because I did not feel it, I instinctively demerit this sale in comparison to the sales of the past.

Of course, if I didn't own the games I have acquired through numerous bundles and past Steam sales I probably would have dropped a Benjamin on this sale easily, so that's a factor. It's tough to jizz in your pants when you jizzed the hell out of a couple pairs earlier.

Steam sale was a dud so its ends the same way.

Everytime is a sale, Don't worry :)

This is not the end of the world :D
And hey, you get the witcher for only 1,19€ and another great Games.

I only see 3 sales (all of them I did not buy anything) and this is the first time I join a steam sale.
I was expected something grand but comparing what valve did in the past sales. This isn't a good sale.
but in the discount sections is good. but overall isn't.
Unless if valve is preparing us to something grand after the sale. Let's say the "GRAND ANNOUNCEMENT OF HALF-LIFE 3" I rated this sale as 4/10.

pros

• great discount

cons

• Too little side-content.

Steam can't give us tons of free/cheap stuff because of limits. This sale is no unique expect the expensive auction.

Feels like there's been less 80-90% off deals, especially in flash deals than normal, and the gimmick this year didn't appeal to me. others may feel different

worst sale ever and the decision with market and region lock make me thinking of leaving steam or do't buy anynmore on it..i 'm with steam when HL2 was released..just to be clear

Greenman gaming had a really good sale. Their prices were cheaper than Steam Sale Prices on certain games.

Was kinda expecting a 2nd day of different encore sales.... was short on money and missed Banner Saga and Wolf Among Us :(

I got few games and there were some decent deals, but compared to previous sales, that I have been witnessed (since 2012 winter sale), it was pretty poor and I have to agree with Comic Book Guy.

Worst Steam sale ever!! Amazon had way better deals. More than half the items I was gonna buy from my wish list I ended up getting cheaper there or GMG or Gamersgate.