This Steam Summer Sale is exactly why I'm never excited for sales events

This year's Steam Summer Sale has been a bit of a flop, and underwhelming discounts alongside game selection are at fault.

[shinoff2183]

Yakuza games alone have been on sale cheaper on ps4/ps5 sales. I imagine the same on Xbox as well

[Vits]

Yep, it's even worse if you are in a non-main region, as many publishers have revised their regional pricing. So often, even if it's the highest discount (percentage) the game has had, it's still more expensive than an older discount from a previous sale because the base price of the game has increased.

For example, Samurai Warriors 3 is currently 50% off, which is the highest discount it has ever had. However, because Koei has revised the base price in my region, it now costs more at 50% off than it did at 40% off a year ago.

[TheNamelessOne]

I sort of agree. This is definitely lackluster than they usually are.

[INMATEofARKHAM]

Gg.deals, wishlist and track the games you want till the sale price matches what you want it to be.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Yeah, I use GG Deals and Enbra.

[INMATEofARKHAM]

Isthereanydeal.com is a good one to use too. I just started to go to GG more often for some unknown reason.

[isarai]

I don't gane on PC much but pretty much what i did, got UPPERS for $7 instead of $20, im happy 🤷‍♂️

[Christopher]

One time Steam Summer Sale isn't good and people act like they've never waited on it every other year because it was good all the other times.

[TheNamelessOne]

Makes for an easy article, I guess. Truth is these Steam sales typically always feel like a big event.

[Kornholic]

Steam Summer Sale hasn't been good since 2014.

[Profchaos]

This 100 percent games that were six months old could be found for 70 percent off it really was the golden years of steam sales basically g2a pricing on legit games

[DustMan]

Preach. It was their Golden Era. I remember waiting for the holiday sales and getting a lot of great stuff at the steepest discount you'd see of the year. Now it's just the same sales they run all year essentially.

[VincentVanBro]

I actually disagree, I’ve snagged quite a few great games at historic low prices. Spent over $150 already.

[UltimateOwnage]

Agreed. I’ve snagged a dozen games, half of which were on my wishlist and I got for a heavy discount since the sale started. Not sure what else to demand if the sale. New releases launching at 50% off?

[VincentVanBro]

Exactly a bunch of wishlist items went on sale, some for the first time since release. I’m happy! Lol

[ZycoFox]

It's only good if the other key sites have higher prices.

Otherwise I just buy software I need or games from Humble Bundle or elsewhere.

[roadkillers]

This is what happens when half the audience has been around for 15 years. All the sales repeat and virtually none of the people purchasing all of these games have beat them let alone played most.

[Crows90]

People bitch about backlogs and now complain about sales that only work to make their backlogs bigger.

[DivineHand125]

I got Dragon age inquisition and I am thinking of getting the mass effect collection.

[porkChop]

The Mass Effect trilogy is an absolute steal at that price. All the DLC too. Crazy good value.

[phoenixwing]

Lunarlux was cheap enough for a buy

[Nerdmaster]

I really miss the old awesome sales. Nowadays I just take a quick look, see the disappointing 10%/20% discounts on games I actually want, and don't buy anything. Especially after the updated regional prices.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Got a big list to buy once I get my 401(k) full payout and my first gaming laptop along with it!

[Profchaos]

Feel like steam summer sales have been on the decline for the last 1.5 decades they used to be epic around 2011 with near new games going for 70 percent off those sales made me actually choose PC gaming more often than not.

Nowadays there's not much of a price difference between consoles and PC's and steam sales just don't get to the same lows

[Lexreborn2]

Sekiro on pc has gone on sale for the bajillionth time to the same 30 dollar sticker. What’s the point of sales if they always hit the same price mark on every sale? You think because you rarely put your 4 year old game on sale for more then 10% on basic sales that we think it’s a great deal when your “Big sale” puts it on for the same 50% is a joke

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Combine the sales with the Augmented Steam addon for Firefox and sometimes you'll find the game a little cheaper, especially helpful if the game hasn't quite hit your strike price but is close. I feel like the sales got more messed up when some developers increased the prices on their games, especially the older ones (I assume this is to cover inflation?).

I think I might pick up Megaton Mushashi and maybe Hogwarts Legacy (I would have liked to see Hogwarts $5 cheaper though).