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Nice to see at least somebody is actually putting their games on sale. The last few Steam sales have been pretty sad. Back in the day you could look at your wishlist and the average game would be 50% off, with lots of 75%s and 90%s. These days they act like giving you 20% off a five year old game is some big sale.

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I just opened my wishlist and everything is 50-90% off except for two items one of which is a relatively new DLC expansion (other DLCs for the same game are 50% off).

I really shouldn't buy more games now though, when I have so many that I haven't even played yet or barely played.

I picked up Forza Horizon 5 for 50% off and Doom Eternal for 67% off. Cyberpunk is 50% off, Back 4 Blood is 80% off, Control is 75% off. It’s not everything that’s on huge sales, but there’s plenty of deals on big games.

It's probably a matter of tastes but the games I'm interested in are on deep discounts. I only picked up a few because I already have a big backlog. The sales are there but it depends on the game.

That depends on what on your wishlist though. I just bought Halo collection (90% off, includes 6 games) and Sleeping Dogs (also 90% off) for a grand total of $5 (localized pricing).

Heres the thing though:

I got sleeping dogs for the same price several months ago and could have also done so twice a month ever since... It's effectively just the going price and the discount is pulled just as an incentive to push immediate purchase when people do happen to log in....

I've stopped buying things on sale and am now waiting until I'm ready to play a specific game before buying it... Nearly 100 unplayed games on my gig with most never going to get played (I played Baldur's Gate enough as a kid, I don't need to play EE).

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