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    *** OFFICIAL Steam Games Deals Thread ***

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by crash, Feb 20, 2009.

  1. aznguyen316

    aznguyen316 Rock Chalk Jayhawk

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    I duno if the option is still available but I saw that they had listed those games at 75% off a piece so if you didn't want one or only wanted one or two, could save a few bucks. Like dirt2 for $9.99
     
  2. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    yeah. i was all about dirt 2 and grid, which came out to basically 17.50 anyway, so i picked up TOCA 3 and the other ones... (i'll play toca 3, grid, and dirt 2, but i won't touch the other 2, still an amazing deal)
     
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    Cin' Anathema

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    Max Payne 1 & 2 Bundle - $3.74 (75% Savings)

    LINK
     
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    Aleksey_rus Newbie

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    Hello everyone.
    I'm from Russia, and I just want to buy a Rockstar Collection, but it's seems that "this item is currently unavailable in my region".
    Could anyone please buy it for me as a gift. I'll paypall you, of course.
    I'll be very grateful.
     
  5. hakira

    hakira <3 xkcd

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    GTA San andreas is back again for $5 til 10pm pst, probably the last time it'll be on sale for a while (c'mon gta IV go on sale again)
     
  6. BenLeonheart

    BenLeonheart walk in see this wat do?

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    I cant make up my mind between Grid and DiRT 2...
    Pros/Cons each?

    I really lke the muscle cars in Grid...
    but...

    inputs, PLEASE?
     
  7. aneroid

    aneroid Notebook Evangelist

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    DiRT and DiRT 2 are Rally racing which I prefer. I find racing games/sims too tedious because of the precision required in controlling even in basic levels. I don't have that problem with rally-style racing even in advanced levels (not expert though).
     
  8. aznguyen316

    aznguyen316 Rock Chalk Jayhawk

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    GTA IV is back on sale for $7.50
     
  9. Aleksey_rus

    Aleksey_rus Newbie

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    Anybody, please help me to buy Rockstar Collection.
    Only one day left. :(
     
  10. aznguyen316

    aznguyen316 Rock Chalk Jayhawk

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    aleksey are you out of region? I would be willing to help but I would need payment first so I could purchase it and gift it.. Preferably via paypal.. not sure if you can pm yet.. but let me know
     
  11. Aleksey_rus

    Aleksey_rus Newbie

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    aznguyen316, thank you for answer, but I've already buy this pack.
    Thanks anyway.
     
  12. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Looks like Steam is doing it again:

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Preload Now for the Upcoming Free Weekend!


    Announcement - Valve

    Steam News LINK
    :eek:
    Cin...
     
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  13. Portman01010

    Portman01010 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well #$%@ ! I was hoping they'd have something interesting on sale for the weekend since they skipped the midweek sale but nooooooo, gotta try to push Modern Warfare 2 again for some reason. And of course that means it will be the only game on sale.
     
  14. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    I've been too busy to update the thread as usual, so I just added in some images and links for now. Sorry for the slow updates, thanks for keeping the thread alive.
     
  15. Senor Mortgage

    Senor Mortgage Notebook Evangelist

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    No worries, usually the Sharks season is well over by now so all your time isn't being taken. ;)
     
  16. aznguyen316

    aznguyen316 Rock Chalk Jayhawk

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    RaYYaN Back on NBR :D

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    SWEET NEW OFFER

    To celebrate their release of Steam on Mac, Valve is giving away portal for free to all members until the 24th.

    I think its permanent but I'm not 100% sure since I already have it
     
  18. TomTom2007

    TomTom2007 Notebook Deity

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    RaYYaN Back on NBR :D

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    OK

    Thanks for clarifying
     
  20. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Act now to get your free copy of Portal by Valve before May 24th. Those who grab a free copy before the 24th will be allowed to keep the game forever free of charge!

    Portal is FREE!

    EDIT: As long as you get your copy before May 24th it's FREE FOREVER!!!
     
  21. redrazor11

    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    Awesome. Gotta love freebies!
     
  22. firstwardo

    firstwardo Notebook Consultant

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    arg. beat me to it!
     
  23. @nthony

    @nthony Notebook Evangelist

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    haha +1 beat me too it

    Oddly enough the page displays blank for me, I had to view source and that's when I thought I discovered some uber top-secret like GLaDOS, until I came here.
     
  24. tetutato

    tetutato NBR Troll

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    argh you beat me too
     
  25. @nthony

    @nthony Notebook Evangelist

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    What I don't get is the terms of "freedom". At first I thought there were merely joking about the deadline... so what happens on the 24th? The game becomes unfree again?

    If that's the case, it's very stupid on their part IMO, it merely encourages people to hoarde hundreds of Steam accounts with "free" Portals.
     
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    tetutato NBR Troll

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    yea.. expect to see tons of "Steam account with portal installed" on ebay haha
     
  27. Felinfilou

    Felinfilou Notebook Enthusiast

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    Check your infos

     
  28. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Actually Valve is pretty good at shutting down Steam account sales on eBay.
     
  29. @nthony

    @nthony Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm sure there are many other venues. I just think the person who thought up making it free until a certain date while placing no restrictions on the number of accounts you can have needs to not have a job anymore. Either that or he should be forced to do menial tasks given to him by their database engineer.
     
  30. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Already got Portal when Orange Box first got out for PC, but my little brother loves Portal, abd he doesent have it on his account.
    THis is the perfect time for him to stop using my account. haha

    So thanks for the share.
     
  31. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    I'm sure that they already did the math and decided that the new customers they will get by offering an older game for free will outweigh the lost sales during the free giveaway period and the lost sales in the future from account resale.
     
  32. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    So what about the weekly sales, that this thread is devoted to? Someone could buy lots of copies of a game at a cheap price and sell the accounts later! Oh no!

    The person who thought this up should probably be getting a huge bonus. How many more people will install the Steam client now, and be exposed to all the sales and other games?
     
  33. aznguyen316

    aznguyen316 Rock Chalk Jayhawk

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    ^it's true.. portal is widely popular or known already anyway, who would want a used account anyway with JUST portal?

    I got my Bro with a mac to download and install steam/portal. Bam potential there! He never used steam before that, just played the orange box on 360.
     
  34. @nthony

    @nthony Notebook Evangelist

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    Market trading 101: Something bought for value risks being sold at a loss; something acquired for free can never be sold at a loss.

    Anyways, I think Masterchief is probably correct. Although I'm sure this can and will happen, probably Valve has calculated that sales gained by Mac fans who missed the sale will probably outnumber sales lost through "3rd-party" resellers.
     
  35. aznguyen316

    aznguyen316 Rock Chalk Jayhawk

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    ^ the problem would be selling these steam accounts. ebay won't allow it, although sure some get through, you really have to push yourself through forums etc to sell it and even then you're getting a used account for Portal.. I mean.. it's just portal lol, no worries here IMO.
     
  36. Swiz

    Swiz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, this is by far an excellent piece of marketing for Valve and their Steam service. People love free stuff, and I'd imagine new customers who never bothered installing it onto their system before is much more valuable than the lack of sales from a game for a weekend.
     
  37. Pluberus

    Pluberus Notebook Evangelist

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    I searched multiple times, but it appears all free portal threads on this forum have disappeared. Please forgive me (and lock this thread) if this has already been posted. (Either way, its worth reposting :D )

    To celebrate their release of Steam on Mac, Valve is giving away portal for free to all members until the 24th. As long as you register it to your account before the 24th, it is free forever (you don't have to download it right away).
     
  38. IIIM3

    IIIM3 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    RangerXML Army of None [TRH]

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    To take advantage of the offer, go to the Steam store homepage, on your right hand side you'll see Play Portal for Free, click on the link and it will take you to a page with a big red button (love big red buttons) and click it. Sign into Steam and it will be added to your game list and you get to keep it and re download it when ever you want (you OWN it now).

    Again, this offer is only good until May 24th, 2010.

    D.
     
  40. Levenly

    Levenly Grappling Deity

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    might want to move this to the gaming subforum.
     
  41. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    You won't find a thread because the moderators have moved them all to the "Steam Deals" thread.
     
  42. Pluberus

    Pluberus Notebook Evangelist

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    Ah. Sorry.

    Well, I have a feeling more people will see it in the Game forum. :D
     
  43. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    That thread is only a few positions below this one. It's still in the gaming forum.
     
  44. KamiliaKoala

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    wait, so you guys meant that portal is free for a limited time- till 24th may or portal is free for life?
     
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Portal is free for life if you sign up for Steam and get it before May 24th
     
  46. Geforce2go

    Geforce2go Notebook Consultant

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    I would get it apart from the fact you have to install Steam. Just more Adware.
     
  47. Amnesiac

    Amnesiac 404

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    Lmao. :D

    Umm, it's a games client, not adware. It's just a means to download games for the price or cheaper than buying boxed copies, like Direct2Drive, etc. In no way does it slow your system down, and I certainly don't find the advertising intrudes on my experience.

    Each to their own though, I suppose. :)

    I may as well get it. Particularly since it's free.

    EDIT: Steam servers are all over the place, my connection seems to be going mad.

    Is it just me, or is Steam a bit off when it comes to telling me the download speeds, and how much I have downloaded? I have two different download speed readings on two different counters...
     
  48. pkim1230

    pkim1230 Notebook Deity

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    stop moving these threads to steam deals cz nobody checks steam deals page anyway.
    thanks OP, i would've missed this great deal if you hadn't posted it, despite the fact that it's been posted on steam deals thread like a thousand times.
     
  49. HollywoodLights

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    Well I finally found a reason to join Steam. Free game. If I like it I may start buying all my games digitally. :D
     
  50. Pluberus

    Pluberus Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes.

    I have converted another one. :D
     
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