Steam, Fanatical and others all have some big sales on right now so here's a little look over what to expect from them all.
First up, we have the Steam Lunar New Year Sale which is an interesting one. Valve are actually offering £5/$5 off your first purchase of at least £30/$30 and Valve themselves are funding that extra discount, so developers don't get even less money. Interesting way to do it! It doesn't need to be a single game, as long as your cart hits at least that amount.
Additionally, you can grab some tokens here to get some extra discounts and you get more tokens to get more prizes after buying more stuff. Valve is again, funding these extra discounts themselves.
Of course, there's too many games for sale for me to list even a fraction of them! You can find all Linux games on sale at this link. Their sale ends February 11th.
That's not all from Valve though, on February 8th at 10 AM Pacific/6PM UTC the winners of the Steam Awards will be announced and the broadcast will be on Steam.tv which is a first.
On top of that, Fanatical also just announced their own Lunar New Year Sale with tons of games discounted, they're even offering an additional 8% off if you use the discount code "LUNAR8".
While you're here, just a reminder that Humble Store also has plenty of bundles going on like the Caffeine bundle which includes games like This War of Mine, Tyranny, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun and so on.
Humble also have book bundles you might fancy, including "Break into the Game Industry" and "Programming Cookbooks".
GOG fans don't need to miss out either, as they have their own Weekly Sale with some great Linux games cheaper too.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: EhvisQuoting: ziabiceIf I recall correctly, it's the first time that Valve gives customers money (credit) for purchases: game stores battle has begun!
I wouldn't go as far as them giving you money. I received 5000 tokens and I have a suspicion that that is the maximum amount. Since you need 15000 to get 5 euro off, you need to spend 83 Euro to get there. I small return from the money they earn.
heh I had the same though when I received 4000 tokens "based on previous purchases" - why is it a round number? must be the max amount ^^
Still it's *very* gimicky, something I expect from less serious shops. But maybe "loyalty" programs such as this is the new norm
Quoting: EhvisStill it's *very* gimicky, something I expect from less serious shops. But maybe "loyalty" programs such as this is the new norm
sure, it's gimicky, but the gimicks are a big part of the "real" steam-sales for me, i quite liked them in the past ^^
And it still sometimes shows that valve don't take themselfs too seriously still :)
On sale on fanatical with the 8% more with LUNAR8
Quoting: Guppyheh I had the same though when I received 4000 tokens "based on previous purchases" - why is it a round number? must be the max amount ^^
I guess they're rounding. I've got 5000. Anyone something else than 4000 or 5000, maybe not even a straight x * 1000 amount? Or more than 5000?
Quoting: Whitewolfe80Nice dig but thanks i have a pretty good life but besides which a lot of the things people claim they dont have the time to do is because they are making time to do bullshit things like get shit faced and do drugs i dont do either of those things.
Woken up by crying (every single day), bring my two (lovely) children to kindergarten, drive to work, full-time job, drive back, care for children, eating, maybe an hour of getting something done or relaxing, sleep, rinse and repeat.
I wish I'd still have the time to do some drugs... :D
Quoting: EikeAlso there are those other things...Quoting: Whitewolfe80Nice dig but thanks i have a pretty good life but besides which a lot of the things people claim they dont have the time to do is because they are making time to do bullshit things like get shit faced and do drugs i dont do either of those things.
Woken up by crying (every single day), bring my two (lovely) children to kindergarten, drive to work, full-time job, drive back, care for children, eating, maybe an hour of getting something done or relaxing, sleep, rinse and repeat.
I wish I'd still have the time to do some drugs... :D
...like socializing with friends, (outdoor) sports... generally having a life.... :D
Quoting: BoldosQuoting: EikeAlso there are those other things...Quoting: Whitewolfe80Nice dig but thanks i have a pretty good life but besides which a lot of the things people claim they dont have the time to do is because they are making time to do bullshit things like get shit faced and do drugs i dont do either of those things.
Woken up by crying (every single day), bring my two (lovely) children to kindergarten, drive to work, full-time job, drive back, care for children, eating, maybe an hour of getting something done or relaxing, sleep, rinse and repeat.
I wish I'd still have the time to do some drugs... :D
...like socializing with friends, (outdoor) sports... generally having a life.... :D
Captained Rugby team for fourteen years a married i have a child i have my own house i had plenty of fun in my time but i also play games its my hobby its what i do to relax you can stop trying to be an edgelord now youre failing.
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