2012 Steam Summer Sale Wish List / Predictions

Quote from Entropic01 : I decided I won't even look at the Steam sale this year because I always end up buying a ton of crap I never play.

I was somewhat in that boat. I now just have one game I don't play: test drive unlimited 2. It is a great game but I was more into the first one. I tried 2 on xbox360 and it is good.

I bought Duke Nukem Forever last time around and just recently installed it. After playing mindless hours of source engine games, DNF has much better graphics than anything valve provides and the online combat is pretty fun along with the good graphics in the maps. I think this game received way too much flack but oh well people complain about everything. I spent $6.99 which isn't the cheapest it has ever gone for.

I'm expecting that it will go on sale for $4.99 during steam sale and the add on dlc will go on sale as well for that or less. I probably should grab the dlc because it includes deathmatch maps.

There's a progression when it comes to Steam sales. First level is that you buy everything that's on sale for ridiculously cheap. Once you've realized that you won't ever have the time to play this stuff for more then 5-10 min at a time (or that the game despite being $2.50 has held your attention for exactly 5 min), you're at level two in which you only buy stuff based both rock bottom price as well as time committed to playing said game. The final level of Steam sales is that you see a really cool game at a ridiculous price and go to buy it only to find out you've had a copy of the game sitting in your library all along.

I feel it is better to buy the games you really desire and leave the other cheap ones there. Use the rest of the money that would otherwise be spent on unused games on server donations.

All the games in my wish list I would play pretty much. I think one of them might have been from the previous sale to put in on the wish list to get coal though but I forgot.

There's threads on Steam of people asking when the sale will start. Well it started last year on the 30th of June so I assume it would be the same date this year. Did they do these sales before last year? I think they probably did and I didn't understand what it was about.

Quote from thermoelectron : There's a progression when it comes to Steam sales. First level is that you buy everything that's on sale for ridiculously cheap. Once you've realized that you won't ever have the time to play this stuff for more then 5-10 min at a time (or that the game despite being $2.50 has held your attention for exactly 5 min), you're at level two in which you only buy stuff based both rock bottom price as well as time committed to playing said game. The final level of Steam sales is that you see a really cool game at a ridiculous price and go to buy it only to find out you've had a copy of the game sitting in your library all along.

My wish list consists solely of sales that do not make me impulse buy. Too many games already and not enough time or desire to play them.
My prediction is that I will probably still buy at least 2 or 3.

I write down all of the games I want or plan on playing. (or put on Wlist) Once I see it on sale for a good price I purchase it and I play when I have time. I still have tones of game untouched and prob will not get to for a very long time...

I want to see GTA on sale myself. I want to buy 3 and VC for like $5 for both

Quote from thermoelectron : The final level of Steam sales is that you see a really cool game at a ridiculous price and go to buy it only to find out you've had a copy of the game sitting in your library all along.

yup

Quote from DaddioDan : L4D/L4D2 - $5, because c'mon, the price on this bundle just keeps coming down and down. I can also see Portal 2 being pretty cheap. Probably around the $7.50 mark or less. Not sure what the lowest has been. Games you'll probably see include Killing Floor, Bioshocks, Civs, Crysis, BF's, and lots of Indie games. Just thinking off the top of my head, but those are almost always in their Summer/Winter sales.

Yes will probably see the same bundle games we see with every Steam sale, killing floor, bioshock, max payne, portal, half-life, renegade ops, prince of persia, tomb raider, dead space, dungeon defenders, serious sam series, assassins creed series, deus ex series, hitman series, civ series, l4d, mafia, metro, stalker series, borderlands, quake series, total war series, batman, dead island, star wars series etc
Just hope to see some new lower prices, newer game -75% / 85% off or bigger better game bundles! Portal 2 would have to be $6.79 to match its low, i think it should be -75% off $4.99 in next sale.

Quote from amptor : There's threads on Steam of people asking when the sale will start. Well it started last year on the 30th of June so I assume it would be the same date this year. Did they do these sales before last year? I think they probably did and I didn't understand what it was about.

Quote from Haast : Anyone remember when the summer sale usually starts?

Yes usually does start the last weekend of June before the 4th and runs through the 4th following weekend of July.
Probably willl start thurs or fri on June 28th or 29th and end on that Monday July 9th!

Would expect some great deal, some same low prices we seen through the year...and also some not so good deals and deal we want that never happen too

Quote from Jabbit : Oh come on, I know you can't resist. What if they have the ticket system again? Or maybe something like the Winter sale coal system? You will watch the sale and you WILL buy.

You could always procrastinate your way to savings. (Miss sale and then say "forget it")

It's a pipe dream, but I'd love it if Dead Rising 2: Off The Record went down to $10-$12. The game was $40 new, and it has run its course on the retail level. Goes for $20 broadly now (though inexplicably it's still $40 on Steam). I haven't seen many (any?) Capcom games get deeply discounted though.

Any discount on Magic 2013 and I'm in. Love that stuff.

Quote from jargonface : It's a pipe dream, but I'd love it if Dead Rising 2: Off The Record went down to $10-$12. The game was $40 new, and it has run its course on the retail level. Goes for $20 broadly now (though inexplicably it's still $40 on Steam). I haven't seen many (any?) Capcom games get deeply discounted though. Any discount on Magic 2013 and I'm in. Love that stuff.

Yes would like to see some new games hit lows on Steam; like Dead Rising 2 etc... Hope we see some new games added to the sales vs same old same

So is the sale going to start in about 30 mins? That's my guess...

I heard that the rumor is that it will start on the 3rd, so not 30 minutes. but maybe you'll be right!! I hope you are, but won't be surprised if you aren't

Amazon has already begun theirs, in case you weren't aware, and they've some pretty good prices!

Quote from MageVortex : I heard that the rumor is that it will start on the 3rd, so not 30 minutes. but maybe you'll be right!! I hope you are, but won't be surprised if you aren't Amazon has already begun theirs, in case you weren't aware, and they've some pretty good prices!

Indeed, no dice on starting today. Hope you are right on it starting tomorrow!