[DoctorEldritch]

@ChristianRasmussen Oh nice. I am thinking of getting a Gladius Complete Edition bundle, I think that this time around they really are done with that game and no more expansions are coming. Summer Sale may be a good time to snatch it. It is on sale now, but still quite expensive.

[ChristianRasmussen]

@DoctorEldritch

Yeah. Last time I look into it, the Summer Sale is where the % savings increase and New Years are around the same % and the Summer Sale that year. All the other sales are more focused on a narrower thing and mostly don't have the same big % off.

[DoctorEldritch]

@ChristianRasmussen That's fair. Though I wonder why Summer Sale.

I mean, with Christmas and New Year, you need to shop for presents and it helps you save with those sales if you need to buy games for your friends, your kids, your friend's kids, your kid's friends and so forth, it is a season with lots of expenses. But what's the deal with Summer, it has no celebration like that. I guess the exams are over, but that is not that big of a deal for anyone who does not take those or knows someone who does, and they are different from country to country too.

Maybe they just thought "6 months after the Christmas Sale is good enough"?

[ChristianRasmussen]

@DoctorEldritch Summer Sale because they want to milk you the most. Christmas sale is a sure thing as we all are giving gifts, so bigger percentages are not needed in their mind.


Steam and Gamers Planet mostly (https://uk.gamesplanet.com). Gamers Planet sells Steam keys a little cheaper the steam, so always good to look at their sale and they might be offset a bit from Steam Sales.

[DoctorEldritch]

@ChristianRasmussen I just wonder why it is the Summer Sale and not tied to something symbolic. Like solstice or something.

That is good to know, I see that the Gladius Demolition pack already has a 10% discount there, even though it is brand new and has no discount on Steam. Though several games I see there (like Evil West) are also available on a Game Pass subscription.

[ChristianRasmussen]

Yes, but game pass it not permanently ownership.

[DoctorEldritch]

@ChristianRasmussen That is sadly very true. Then again, I very rarely play games more than once.

[ChristianRasmussen]

@DoctorEldritch For me it really depends on the game. Most war games I like to try out each side at least ones.

[DoctorEldritch]

@ChristianRasmussen Oh, me too, I did not mean it as I only do GDI and ignore Brotherhood of Nod in Tiberian Sun or not try all the factions in Dawn of War. And in RPGs where alignment can change the playthrough considerably, I also play twice, as good and as evil (or whatever they have there). But once I've done that and seen everything the game has to offer, I usually do not feel the need to return to it.

[ChristianRasmussen]

@DoctorEldritch After that I would normally skim forums to see if that was all the interesting ways to play it or where where some side quest I didn't run with a specific interesting outcome, like becoming a Vampire in The Elder Scrolls.