Steam Summer Sale?! No! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOO!

[LimpingFish]

Well, there goes all my money.

Got your eyes on anything in particular? Looking to feed more to your already heaving game-belly?

Discuss.

[Ghost]

I like the option to vote for games. And yes, just a casual glance made me greedy for some of them games.
Antichamber. Left 4 Dead 2. Rogue's Legacy.

Soon... Soon you shall be mine!


I'd also like to recommend some games that are now laughably cheap:
They Bleed Pixels - a punishing and stylish jump-and-run; think Super Meat Boy meets Cthuluh meets Cute Monster Girl
Dungeons Of Dreadmor- a fun, challenging yet tongue-in-cheek roguelike. No healing potions here, but 30+ different types of cheese
Gnomoria- Dwarven Fortress with less features, and doesn't take ten years to learn how to play
Don't Starve- A game where you must not starve

[Peder 🚀]

I'd buy something, if only Steam would let me........ I'm always having issues buying things through Steam for some reason.

[Mati256]

I'm only hoping for a cut in the price of the ROME II preorder. I don't know if this will happen, but it's the only game I'm looking forward to right now.
Some advices to get the best prices: http://lifehacker.com/how-to-make-the-most-of-the-steam-summer-sale-735529736

[Ryan Timothy B]

If FTL goes on sale, I may scoop it up.
Also if there are any Elder Scrolls type games up on sale, do let me know. I have a hard time connecting with my phone right now. Their servers must be busy.

[qptain Nemo]

Don't be fools, fellow adventurers, and seize the moment by rushing to buy the games from the two very best current major adventure game developers!
Daedalic Bundle
Pendulo Adventure pack

[Ghost]

Daedalic Bundle
Pendulo Adventure pack

I need more jobs. 

Ryan, FTL is already there!

[Vince Twelve]

Man, I think I'm going to buy me some Resonance. What a steal!!!

(I bought Antichamber, and will buy Dishonored as soon as it wins this Community's Choice vote.)

[Ryan Timothy B]

Ryan, FTL is already there!

Excellent! Thanks for the heads up. I purchased it as soon as I got home from work.

I've been eyeing up that Endless Space game as well.. I've always been a huge fan of Homeworld, but I don't know if I want to consume that much time right now. Hmm. Does anyone know if it's worth the time?


Edit: Ha! I knew that was going to happen! I could've saved a whopping $2.50 if I would've just waited an extra day. Darn diddly dang it.
That's like... like... 2 beers!

[Armageddon]

I learned my lesson last sale, no buying games unless I really really really really want them.

[Anian]

My first pay check is supposed to come next week, which is definitely a temptation, but it's supposed to go to "new pc savings", so the motivation to resist is high. Then I just need to resist for the next three months or so. 
Besides that, no real great discounts yet.

[Fitz]

So... what did you guys get so far/planning to buy? I bought Primordia and Fez, just now -- and I think that's it.

[LimpingFish]

Borderlands 2 Season Pass
Offspring Fling! 
Zack Zero 
FEZ 
Afterfall InSanity: Extended Edition 
Strike Suit Infinity 
FTL: Faster Than Light
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 
Scribblenauts Unlimited

Just shoot me now.

Edit:

The Bionic Commando Pack

Edit:

ARMA II Complete
Mars: War Logs
Super House of Dead Ninjas
Dungeons of Dredmor
Universe Sandbox
Really Big Sky
Terraria
Torchlight 2
Risen 2
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

[Anhi]

Good choices, LimpingFish

Also yeah, FTL is really really worth it.

Hi btw, first post, lurking around for a while, loving the community.

[Anian]

Anybody else still playing Borderlands2 (without season pass) It's 10 euros, but I'd hate to play alone through the game.

[kaput]

Just shoot me now.

I think it's time to admit you have a problem.

It's all so tempting but fiancee would totally kick my ass. Shared budget ftw.

[Armageddon]

Kairo(Sucks)
Sleeping Dogs(Awesome)
A New Beginning(Suck so hard why did I buy that ugh)
Alien VS Predator(Haven't installed and probably never will)

At least I got some trading cards out of it.

[Ghost]

Anybody else still playing Borderlands2 (without season pass) It's 10 euros, but I'd hate to play alone through the game.

I'm playing that AND for two days now I have teh stable internets! Would love to do some shooterings wih you.

[Anian]

I'm playing that AND for two days now I have teh stable internets! Would love to do some shooterings wih you.

Sweet. I added you on Steam, wth you got 94h already?  Oh, well. (anybody else, feel free to add me, look for the bottle of milk icon in the AGS Steam group)

And there goes the money...

[geork]

Hahaha! You're all weak, WEAK I tell you - No prissy, namby pamby shiny little deal deal could prise the money from MY cold stingy hands, oh no, I'd rather-THE WITCHER 2 FOR £3.74!?

...

I guess it's never too late to hop on the bandwagon!

[LimpingFish]

(anybody else, feel free to add me, look for the bottle of milk icon in the AGS Steam group)

Steam profile link under our forum pic! Steam profile link under our forum pic! SOMEBODY MAKE IT HAPPEN! I WANT MOAR FRIENDS!

EDIT: I'd also like to mention that I am hot at the moment. Very hot. It's too warm. Very too warm.

P.S...I hate the sun.

[Ghost]

(anybody else, feel free to add me, look for the bottle of milk icon in the AGS Steam group)

Steam profile link under our forum pic! Steam profile link under our forum pic! SOMEBODY MAKE IT HAPPEN! I WANT MOAR FRIENDS!

+1 that, when we have Fezbook icons Steam is just the sensible next step. It's basically my Operating System these days.

Anyhoo, I go by "lostcraft" on steam and I look like this:
[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/AxHEG.png[/imgzoom]

I like friends too. Just add me.

[Myinah]

I have been spending waaaaaay too much on games recently. I just bought a 3DS XL which was very, very bad, but I really love it! I keep hoping "Night of the Rabbit" will go on sale more that 33%, but I realise it's unlikely to drop any more as a new release.

I found the steam group and joined! Yaaaaay for friends.

[Fitz]

Me too! I've beem trying to stay away from games for a while, reading a lot -- but once I started playing Fez in the evening yesterday, I went on till 3:40 am. Great game, btw.

[Ryan Timothy B]

@Icey Games: RPG Maker is on sale for $24.

[LimpingFish]

I have been spending waaaaaay too much on games recently. I just bought a 3DS XL which was very, very bad, but I really love it!

3DS XL shout-out! Bonus Virtue's Last Reward shout-out! Whoo!

Game prices...boo.

I bought a Vita about a fortnight ago, for some reason. Well, the actual reason was that GameStop had a good package deal on (Vita/Soul Sacrifice/8gb card/90 days PSN+ = â,¬229), and were also doing 2 for â,¬30/â,¬50 deals on Vita games.

Turns out the Vita is a damn fine machine, though it's unfortunate that the buttons and sticks seem to have been designed for use by some human/chimp hybrid with toothpick fingers.

[monkey0506]

For anyone who doesn't already have them, I saw today that you can get both Ben There, Dan That and Time, Gentlemen Please (together) for $0.49 (through 22 July, 90% off). That's just a ridiculous price for these two games. Well worth the spare change. I'm even considering buying a copy myself for gift purposes (already have the games for myself).

[Tabata]

for the great tip, monkey.

Got it! 

[Myinah]

I have been spending waaaaaay too much on games recently. I just bought a 3DS XL which was very, very bad, but I really love it!

3DS XL shout-out! Bonus Virtue's Last Reward shout-out! Whoo!

Game prices...boo.

I bought a Vita about a fortnight ago, for some reason. Well, the actual reason was that GameStop had a good package deal on (Vita/Soul Sacrifice/8gb card/90 days PSN+ = â,¬229), and were also doing 2 for â,¬30/â,¬50 deals on Vita games.

Turns out the Vita is a damn fine machine, though it's unfortunate that the buttons and sticks seem to have been designed for use by some human/chimp hybrid with toothpick fingers.

That is actually one of the games I bought the 3DS for! I really liked the first game so definitely want to try the sequel. The game prices do suck though!

The vita looks really good, but compared to the 3DS its not got as many titles I would enjoy so it always had the edge. But it looks like a great piece of hardware. I had a psp and to be honest I didn't use it as much as I could've.

[Magic]

Includes:
Dishonored
Machinarium
Fez
Beyond Good and Evil
Chivalry
Darksiders
Deadlight
Napoleon: Total War (Still got Empire to finish off, then Shogun 2...)
Organ Trail
Sleeping Dogs

I'm hoping Bioshock Infinite drops below 40% at some point. I can then add it to the Windows 7 games I've bought but am unable to play until I upgrade my PC and OS...

[MrNashington]

Covering up your Viagra pill emails there I see?

[Fitz]

Speaking of FEZ -- or Phil Fish, to be more precise -- here's an eerily familiar-looking fellow. Who, might I add, has pictured himself thusly many times before this particular instance, dating back to June 2008. Hm...

I also heartily recommend the comic!

[ThreeOhFour]

You just reminded me how much I miss Beaver and Steve. 

[Ghost]

I'm hoping Bioshock Infinite drops below 40% at some point. I can then add it to the Windows 7 games I've bought but am unable to play until I upgrade my PC and OS...

Bio Inf is put up for voting; it'll be 50% off then- looks like your wish could become true!

[Dave Gilbert]

All the Wadjet Eye Games are available for 40-70 percent off!

That includes:

Blackwell Legacy
Blackwell Unbound
Blackwell Convergence
Blackwell Deception
Puzzle Bots
Gemini Rue
Resonance
Primordia

No Emerald City Confidential sadly. We don't "own" the game so we don't have a say in whether it goes on sale or not.

[Dropped Monocle Games]

All the Wadjet Eye Games are available for 40-70 percent off!

Awesome! I know what I'm going to buy today then,
I'm short on cash as always, so love steam sales
so far I have not gotten a lot, just

DLC for Skyrim
Gifted Scribblenauts to my girlfriend

Edit: Silly me, I already had all the blackwell games, I'll be sure to get the others

[AGA]

All the Wadjet Eye Games are available for 40-70 percent off!

That includes:

Blackwell Legacy
Blackwell Unbound
Blackwell Convergence
Blackwell Deception
Puzzle Bots
Gemini Rue
Resonance
Primordia

No Emerald City Confidential sadly. We don't "own" the game so we don't have a say in whether it goes on sale or not.

I now own all of Wadjet Eye's games on Steam!  I think I already had half of them by other media, but since they're going so cheap why not collect them all in one place.

[Magic]

'Ey yo, add me to your Steam lists. ben.brown@talk21.com \ Magic. I've joined the AGS group too if that makes it any easier.

I'm hoping Bioshock Infinite drops below 40% at some point. I can then add it to the Windows 7 games I've bought but am unable to play until I upgrade my PC and OS...

Bio Inf is put up for voting; it'll be 50% off then- looks like your wish could become true!

Sad thing is that I want it even cheaper than 50% off. I know it will be at some point (Maybe not in this sale, but you never know). I know it's one of the best games this year, but I also have other games to play for now so I can wait. Not even counting my current games, once I get a new machine with Win7 I'll finally be able to play Battlefield 3, X-COM, Sleeping Dogs and Dishonored available ...

[Ryan Timothy B]

Primordia came up on the Community's Choice vote. I voted for it. Now, everyone give it hell and push the popularity of it and adventure games.

[DoorKnobHandle]

I voted as well but it looks like Surgeon Simulator won.

Just got 20 bucks in paysafecards, deciding what I'm going to get. Faster Than Light is a must for me, I wanted to play that for ages and it's only 5 bucks now. Maybe Mirror's Edge for 5. I'd take Sleeping Dogs for 6 in an instant but I can only get the German cut version through the Summer Sale which *sucks*.

[Ghost]

Faster Than Light is a must for me, I wanted to play that for ages and it's only 5 bucks now.

That game *is* very good, and for 5 bucks it is a steal. I didn't get too much mileage out of it now, but each and every playthrough has been awesome.

[DoorKnobHandle]

Hey, so if anybody on Steam that isn't from Germany could buy Sleeping Dogs (make sure it does NOT say low violence version under the Steam game page video area, I want the regular standard version) in the next 5 hours and 30 minutes (where it is 75% off, at 6.25 euros or your regional equivalent) and gift it to me on Steam, I would give you 7.59 euros (or your regional equivalent) in the form of a paysafecard (which you can use on Steam for example). Getting the right version of Sleeping Dogs would be worth the extra buck to me.

Anybody up for that, please shoot me a PM!

[Babar]

Are you sure that would work, though? If you buy a game from one region and gift it to someone in another over steam, I get the feeling they get their own region version of the game- so for you it'd be the "low violence version".
At least that was the experience of my friend in Australia (which also has strange censorship laws with regards to games, I think).

[DoorKnobHandle]

Hmm, really? Damn. "Somebody on the internet" suggested getting a person from outside Germany to buy the game and gift it to you as one way to get around the problem - but if you've tested this before. Oh well!

[Ghost]

No, it doesn't work that way. I tried getting the uncut version of Borderland1 that way, and it's really that Steam checks what version is "legal" for you. The gift is just "unlocking" your local version.

[DoorKnobHandle]

Ouch, thank you for letting me know!

[DoorKnobHandle]

Just bought the original Deus Ex and System Shock 2, two legendary titles that I have played but not owned - for 6 bucks total. Now I'm waiting for Faster Than Light to maybe be reduced in price even further in the next flash sales. If it doesn't get cheaper by the 22nd when the Summer Sale ends, I'll just get it for 5 bucks anyways!

Can't wait to start summer vacation on the 26th and play my newly bought games!

[Mati256]

That same thing is happening to me right now with Batman: Arkham City. 

[Ghost]

Well the sale is nearning its end and I have not purchased anything. Yet. I have to change that and I can't decide. I like quantity. I'd rather buy half a dozen quirky little fun games (you know, casual indie stuff) than one big AAA title. Any recommendations? Anyone played Ms Splosion Man?

[LimpingFish]

I'd rather buy half a dozen quirky little fun games (you know, casual indie stuff) than one big AAA title. Any recommendations?

Hotline Miami (addictive!)
Surgeon Simulator 2013 (funny, and a little disturbing!)
Organ Trail
Half Minute Hero
Little Inferno
Sang Froid Tales of Werewolves (this is 66% off at the moment)
Sine Mora (great bullet-hell shooter)

All of the above are good.

After a few days where I bought zip, today was a day of twos for me.

Torchlight 2
Risen 2
Euro Truck Simulator 2

Hoorah for twos!

[Ghost]

I should take SurgeonSim into consideration. Looks wonderfully sick
I also dug up Children of the Nile (2,79) and the Alexandria expansion (0.79) ... good classic city building fun from the guys that made Pharaoh.
Yes, I am that old.

Also, congrats on Torchlight2. Good fun, that one, and the last boxed game I bought so far.

[RetroJay]

I HATE STEAM !!! (please note the use of extra exclamation marks.)

I wish it would just crawl off into some dark forgotten realm of the WWW and die!

Peace and Love.

Jay.

[LimpingFish]

I HATE STEAM !!!)

But...wwwwhhhhyyyyyyy?

[RetroJay]

Why?

Ok.
Me and my Brother live in the same house.
My Brother buys a game that has to go through that rancid piece of rat s**t, otherwise know as steam.
I like the look of the game he has bought but I can't play it cos he has already installed it.
So they expect me to go out and buy a second copy so I can play it on my comp.

They can go to hell if they think I'm having two copies of the same game in one house.

Bring back the old days when you just used a cd key and the entire family could install it on their own machines and play.

So that's why.

My rant is now over and I feel that a tremendous weight has now been lifted.

Yours.
Jay.

[DoorKnobHandle]

Can somebody explain this to me?

They had CS:GO up for ~4,50 bucks on community vote (I only have 5 bucks left and was looking forward to it). Me and others voted for it, it got picked and they put it up BUT changed the reduction from -75% to -66% and that made it ~5.30. Has this happened before?

[AGA]

That's a Valve game, so maybe they wanted to squeeze the extra ¢80 out, since they're in control.

[DoorKnobHandle]

Hm I see, that's annoying. I mean, one part of judging whether or not you vote for a certain game is the price and when they change that post-vote... Oh well!

[LimpingFish]

Can somebody explain this to me?

I've actually seen the opposite of this happen. Arma II was due to appear at 4.?? euro (I can't remember exactly), but suddenly appeared at 3.36 euro (I presume it was a similar 66% becoming 75% situation, just reversed.)

It could also be down to some random errors, with US/EU offers getting mixed up. The Steam servers are in a pretty sorry state at the moment.

I doubt it was done on purpose, as advertising something at one price before hiking it up once it got voted would (hopefully) be a breach of some law.

[DoorKnobHandle]

I doubt it was done on purpose, as advertising something at one price before hiking it up once it got voted would (hopefully) be a breach of some law.

It is indeed as far as I know, 'false advertising'. It's not so much that one euro more, it's just that I actually stayed up until 3 in the morning for the deal, happy to have gotten a chance to spend my remaining 5 bucks on it.

Oh well, with all the amazing deals going on it is hard to complain. Yesterday I got Deus Ex: Human Revolution plus its add-on The Missing Link for around 3 euros and went for GTA IV for five.

[LimpingFish]

It's not so much that one euro more, it's just that I actually stayed up until 3 in the morning for the deal, happy to have gotten a chance to spend my remaining 5 bucks on it.

That sucks.

Hopefully it will make another appearance as a flash deal. I got in a flash deal a few days back, and I'm almost certain it's appeared at least once more since then.

Anyhoo, today I bought Monaco and Trials Evolution, both at 50% off. Not as cheap as I would have hoped, but I doubt they'll go any cheaper.

[Ghost]

Anyhoo, today I bought Monaco and Trials Evolution, both at 50% off. Not as cheap as I would have hoped, but I doubt they'll go any cheaper.

Ya, according to some FAQs once a game hits a flash sale that is as cheap as it gets. I'm curious about the "encore" sale.

I imagine the internet equivalent of a shoe store with a "Buy one pair, get one free, plus a trading card and a muffin if you buy a second pair, which will get you yet another one free but no donuts" advertisement, a couple of really scared clerks, and rioting shoe-fans with shotguns.
Nosferatu would be there too, gently hitting the manager with his coffin until he gets that extra 2% off.

[DoorKnobHandle]

Yay! Just picked up FTL, a game that I have wanted to play and own since it released pretty much. And I got it for 2.49 bucks too which is crazy cheap, relative to the amount of money it costs usually. Can't wait to give it a try tomorrow! Staying up for the 3am flash sale payed off tonight!

[qptain Nemo]

So, I don't know if anyone gives a damn about what I've bought during this sale on Steam or not, but here goes.
Ironclads: Anglo Russian War 1866 - was extremely cheap, so bought out of curiousity. Immediately regretted anyway. Turned out to be even more boring than I expected. I love me some pirate game and ship sailing gameplay for fun, but I'm not an actual ship/naval battle nerd.
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome - was cheap and I loved the original. Didn't regret at all, played for over 6 hours so far. Was fun to play it again. No other game conveys "indie" as well as this.
Bastion - still not in the mood for this game, but it was piss cheap so it felt almost like a crime not to buy it.
Driver: San Francisco - basiaclly I have been waiting since last summer sale to buy it because my friends told me it was a pleasant driving game. Seems to be true.
System Shock 2 - it's on my backlog, so what the hell.
Fallout: New Vegas - I'm very conflicted about it, and it still haunts me, so adding it to my collection for a very low price felt like the right thing to do.

[Ryan Timothy B]

Bastion - still not in the mood for this game, but it was piss cheap so it felt almost like a crime not to buy it.

I wasn't either before I started playing it, but from all the good reviews, I had to give it a go. I definitely enjoyed the hell out of that game. Super captivating and that narrator is awesome.

[Mati256]

I have only bought one game so far, Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition. 

[Ghost]

System Shock 2 - it's on my backlog, so what the hell.

You're in for a great game. 

[DoorKnobHandle]

YES! CS:GO went on sale again a minute ago. Bought it right away!

[DoorKnobHandle]

Okay, looks like the Steam Summer Sale is over! In total, I spent 30 bucks on these 10 games:

Code: AGS

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link DLC
FTL: Faster Than Light
Grand Theft Auto IV
Hotline Miami
Retro City Rampage
System Shock 2
Wizorb

Can't wait for my vacation to start in a week!

What did you guys pick up?

[Ryan Timothy B]

This year I only bought:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution  and  FTL

I'll play them eventually, just like the half a dozen games I bought on the last Steam summer sale. 

[AGA]

Alan Wake Bundle	£3.09
Assassin's Creed	£2.49
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - Deluxe	£6.24
Assassin's Creed II: Deluxe Edition	£2.49
Assassin's Creed Revelations - Gold Edition	£4.74
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition	£3.74
Batman Arkham City GOTY	£4.99
Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY	£2.49
Bioshock 2	£3.49
Bully: Scholarship Edition	£2.49
Dishonored - Void Walkers Arsenal DLC	£1.91
Gemini Rue	£2.79
Portal 2	£3.74
Primordia	£4.19
Puzzle Bots	£1.04
RAGE	£3.24
The Blackwell Bundle	£5.99
The Cave	£2.99
The Witcher 2	£3.74
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition	£1.74
	£67.62

I didn't spend very much on any one game, but I accidentally bought infinity games overall.

[scab]

I think my best deals was Sleeping dog and Chivalry for 6$ (each).

[Fitz]

I managed to stay strong in the face of all the temptations and only got FEZ (finished the basic run in two manic days) and Primordia (still on hold, need to do some actual creative work before I indulge myself again, but really looking forward to it).

Oh well, too many games, too few hours in a day

[nihilyst]

I've bought

• Skyrim Legendary Edition
• The Blackwell Bundle
• Psychonauts
• Mirror's Edge
• Dishonored
• Anno 2070
• Time Gentlemen, Please!

When will I have time to play this?

[AGA]

Skyrim, possibly never (500+ hours here since it was released ).  Dishonored is awesome though, and relatively short.

[Ponch]

I wanted to pick up Bioshock Infinite but I missed the cheap sale. So instead I picked up:

Bioshock 1 and 2
KOTOR 1 and 2
Borderlands 2: Gaige and Kreig character packs and the Natural Selection Annex pack.

Not bad. I certainly didn't spend as much as I did last summer.

[Armageddon]

AVP 2000
Sleeping Dogs
Kairo
A New Beginning (Game sucks so much)
Remember Me
Tomb Raider (Game sucks too but it's more meh than suck)
The Cave (Really fun but also tedious and prone to rage quiting)
Shadowrun Returns (I hope it's good)

[LimpingFish]

• Borderlands 2 Season Pass
• Offspring Fling!
• Zack Zero
• FEZ
• Afterfall InSanity: Extended Edition
• Strike Suit Zero
• Strike Suit Infinity
• FTL: Faster Than Light
• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Scribblenauts Unlimited
• The Bionic Commando Pack
• ARMA II Complete
• Mars: War Logs
• Super House of Dead Ninjas
• Dungeons of Dredmor
• Universe Sandbox
• Really Big Sky
• Terraria
• Torchlight 2
• Risen 2
• Euro Truck Simulator 2
• Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
• Rise of the Argonauts
• Two Worlds - Epic Edition
• FUEL
• Damnation
• Nail'd
• Lost Planet 2
• MDK2 HD
• Monaco
• Trials Evolution Gold

...

And so it goes...

[AGA]

I feel like a phony.  All you lot are buying indie games, while I seem to have bought nothing but AAA titles (and a few Wadjet Eye Games...)

[Ponch]

I feel like a phony.  All you lot are buying indie games, while I seem to have bought nothing but AAA titles (and a few Wadjet Eye Games...)

Don't be silly. Look at my list! I'm a corporate sell out just like you. We should hang out and scoff at all the "indie hipsters" around here.

[Babar]

I didn't really buy a lot of indie titles; I usually pick the indie ones up during a bundle for fairly cheap, so I can't pretend any moral superiority or anything, but I wonder how much of it goes towards the developers? I know in the HIB you can choose how you split it...

[Ryan Timothy B]

I didn't really buy a lot of indie titles; I usually pick the indie ones up during a bundle for fairly cheap, so I can't pretend any moral superiority or anything, but I wonder how much of it goes towards the developers? I know in the HIB you can choose how you split it...

From what I've been told and have researched, Steam takes 25%.

[Vince Twelve]

 

[LimpingFish]

All you lot are buying indie games, while I seem to have bought nothing but AAA titles

That's all I used to buy during sales, but I'm at a point where I already own most of the AAA titles that I'm interested in. Plus, it's getting harder to find AAA titles that don't require some outside DRM hassle (Origin, uPlay, etc.) which makes buying them on Steam (since they don't use Steamworks) seem a bit pointless.

Most EA and Ubisoft PC titles eventually turn up at GameStop for less than twenty (in some cases less than ten) euros, anyway. I picked up Mass Effect 3 for 9.99, and over the weekend I bought Assassins Creed III Freedom Edition...thing...for 24.99.

[Vince Twelve]

One great side-effect to dedicating all your free-time for five years to making a game is the big backlog of games to play when you're done.  I used to get super psyched by game previews and buy them full-price day of release.  Now, I've got 5-years worth of reviews, word-of-mouth, and hindsight to help me play only games I think are worth it. 

Plus, all the games are now deeply discounted.  I haven't payed more than $15.00 for a AAA game since.  Some of the games aren't even that old.  Just snagged Dishonored during the Steam Sale for around $10.

[Ghost]

I feel like a phony.  All you lot are buying indie games, while I seem to have bought nothing but AAA titles (and a few Wadjet Eye Games...)

Nah, Wadjet is still indie. You're safe and sound!