Bargain Thread 2012 Edition

Giaddon · 2012-06-19T06:27:35.000Z

There’s a Gamefly client.

robc04 · 2012-06-19T06:29:39.000Z

Giaddon:

There’s a Gamefly client.

Thanks. I’ll probably wait for the Steam Summer sales then. I was interested in the latest Batman game but my guess is Steam will put that one on sale. I don’t like spreading my games across too many clients - gets too confusing :-)

smj123 · 2012-06-19T10:16:30.000Z

robc04:

Thanks. I’ll probably wait for the Steam Summer sales then. I was interested in the latest Batman game but my guess is Steam will put that one on sale. I don’t like spreading my games across too many clients - gets too confusing :-)

Yeah, they do have the cheapest prices I’ve seen yet (haven’t tracked that carefully though) on Portal 2 ($6.79) and Fallout 3 GOTY ($9.99) but I figure what are the odds those aren’t both going to be in the Steam summer sale for at least as cheap. Considering they still haven’t transferred over all of my D2D games yet I’m not in a rush to give them more money.

TranquilityBase · 2012-06-19T19:54:18.000Z

The system requirements on Steam for Indy look weird. 32MB RAM and 155 MB HD space. I bought it when it first released and played it on a 386-40 with 4 MB RAM and a 130 MB hard drive that had a dozen other games installed on it, including Ultima 7, which was 20-something MB - easily the largest install I had encountered to that point. Does this one come with a bunch of extras or something?

red_guy · 2012-06-20T06:17:08.000Z

TranquilityBase:

The system requirements on Steam for Indy look weird. 32MB RAM and 155 MB HD space. I bought it when it first released and played it on a 386-40 with 4 MB RAM and a 130 MB hard drive that had a dozen other games installed on it, including Ultima 7, which was 20-something MB - easily the largest install I had encountered to that point. Does this one come with a bunch of extras or something?

I think the requirement to install Steam for downloading Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (today’s deal at 50% off!) takes care of the 32MB memory minimum. Steam + ScummVM doesn’t come close to the 110MB overhead in those specs though. And I don’t remember any additional goodies when I bought the game from Steam. They’re no GOG.com.

lordkosc · 2012-06-20T09:03:55.000Z

FarCry 3 is $32.49 for pre-order on GMG.

Thats pretty crazy.

Blips · 2012-06-20T09:09:48.000Z

First day of Summer, where is that Steam sale!?!

TimJames · 2012-06-20T09:11:18.000Z

lordkosc:

FarCry 3 is $32.49 for pre-order on GMG.

Thats pretty crazy.

Dang, it comes out in September too. I’ll probably still be looking for new games to enjoy my new videocard. I wasn’t going to preorder this, but that’s a tempting way to do it.

Giaddon · 2012-06-20T09:15:23.000Z

Greenman Gaming has been offering the best deals on pre-orders for a while now. I just picked up Sleeping Dogs for $31 and Hitman Absolution for $36 from them. Both those are Steamworks, however. Far Cry 3 isn’t, and I don’t know how confident I am about GMG’s service. Very tempting, though.

Tyjenks · 2012-06-20T09:25:11.000Z

Blips:

First day of Summer, where is that Steam sale!?!

Ooooh, I had completely forgotten we had this to look forward to. Yay!

Papageno · 2012-06-20T09:28:25.000Z

Blips:

First day of Summer, where is that Steam sale!?!

Just a wild guess, but I bet they start it on Friday, June 29th.

LowComDenom · 2012-06-20T09:31:32.000Z

Blips:

First day of Summer, where is that Steam sale!?!

Damn I should lock away my debit card right now…

Google Play has a Longest Day sale with 99¢ Android apps:

Draw Something
Jamie’s 20 Minute Meals
Grand Theft Auto III
Blue Hat, Green Hat
Shazam Encore
NBA Jam
mSecure Password Manager
Mini Motor Racing
Order & Chaos Online
Clouds & Sheep Premium
Mass Effect Infiltrator
Alarm Clock by doubleTwist
RepliGo PDF Reader
Guns’n’Glory WW2 Premium
FlightTrack
Moo, Baa, La La La!

BrianRubin · 2012-06-20T09:31:52.000Z

Papageno:

Just a wild guess, but I bet they start it on Friday, June 29th.

Right before payday. Those cheeky bastards…

TranquilityBase · 2012-06-20T09:41:47.000Z

My guess is the 28th.

Two_Sheds · 2012-06-20T09:46:02.000Z

Man, if Far Cry 3 was Steamworks I’d be on top of that preorder deal.

stusser · 2012-06-20T12:08:01.000Z

2011 started 6/30, 2010 started 6/24. So… sometime in the next 10 days.

6/30 makes sense, since it’s payday for a lot of people.

Mysterio · 2012-06-20T12:59:48.000Z

stusser:

2011 started 6/30, 2010 started 6/24. So… sometime in the next 10 days.

6/30 makes sense, since it’s payday for a lot of people.

2010’s and 2011’s started on a Thursday, so it will likely start on the 28th.

Giaddon · 2012-06-20T15:07:14.000Z

I ended up getting Far Cry 3 on GMG. I like Steam, but I don’t twenty-dollars like it. I’ll rebuy it there when it’s $10 if I really need it on Steam.

Use GESTU-REOFT-HANKS to make it a little under thirty bucks.

Two_Sheds · 2012-06-20T16:23:51.000Z

Yeah, upon reflection, I did the same thing. Thirty bucks for a preorder on something I’m sure I’ll end up buying? No-brainer.

TimJames · 2012-06-20T22:30:40.000Z

I almost balked on Far Cry 3 because I’m not sure it will be that great, but what the heck.