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    Steam Christmas sale and a few hundred bucks :)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by DCMAKER, Jan 5, 2011.

  1. DCMAKER

    DCMAKER Notebook Deity

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    So yea this Christmas sale was awesome....a few hundred bucks later and this is what my steam account looks like ^^

    SteamCalculator.com - How much is your Steam Account worth?

    I will total all i have spent later but i think its just over 500. Could have been less but several packs i bought i already owned a few games in it. They didn't have some of these packs when i bought some of the games during weekend/thanksgiving sales so oh well. Now i pay attention to the games and make sure they are not in packs. if they are i won't buy them until the pack goes on sale. Follow those words of advise and you'll save a good 70 or so bucks :/
     
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  2. Madstrike

    Madstrike Notebook Consultant

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    and I thought I had spent a lot these christmas sales....
     
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  3. City Pig

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    And I felt like a fool for spending $160...

    Well, I am a fool for getting GTA IV Complete and Shattered Union. -_- They don't run. At all.
     
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  4. spaghetticheese

    spaghetticheese Notebook Smasher

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    My Irish friend bought a LOT of games and packs for himself, a couple of packs for his brothers, various games for friends.
    I dread to think what he has spent, the crazy fool.
     
    spaghetticheese, Jan 5, 2011
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    Astrogiblet Notebook Evangelist

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  6. Syberia

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    Do they just perform badly, or flat out refuse to launch?
     
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    They refuse to launch.
     
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  8. Syberia

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    That's weird. Does Steam have tech support?
     
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  9. DCMAKER

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    yes....kinda. Its real crappy. It's email based and they would probably tell you to contact the developer.
     
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  10. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    Don't feel bad, GTAIV has a 10% success rate for running on PC.
     
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    :( this wont' work with my account for some reason. Says $0 worth of stuff
     
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  13. City Pig

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    I do feel bad. And, despite the fact that I love GTA, I'm never getting another Rockstar game again, since I fear that if something breaks, it'll never get fixed. Took nearly eight hours to download this damn games, and this happens? What a load of bull.
     
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  14. DCMAKER

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    just don't get it for PC anymore ^^
     
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  15. Syberia

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    Try uninstalling Internet Explorer 9, if you have it installed
     
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  16. City Pig

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    I don't even know if it's worth the effort. I'm just so pissed off that I don't know if I can enjoy the game.
     
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    _Lightning_ Notebook Guru

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    This was my first Steam holiday sales. I had gotten a G73Jh months ago and finally was able to get a bunch of great games for excellent prices!

    Here's mine: SteamCalculator.com - How much is your Steam Account worth?

    I've spent about $50 on their sales... not too bad! The most expensive was DA:O Ultimate Edition but was totally worth it. What a game.
     
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  18. DCMAKER

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    not bad but i recommend on getting the packs also don't buy games in those packs. You could have gotten the THQ pack for 50 bucks and thats like 25 great games.
     
    DCMAKER, Jan 5, 2011
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