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"Andrew Rybenkov"<aryb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Flash-sale games are full of unfinished (so called "early access") crap.
>
>now it is even more ridiculous: Flash Sale: a dlc for "early access" game. Really?

Spalls Hurgenson  <spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>DLC for a game that hasn't even been released?

My eyes popped out when I saw the DLC tag on a flash sale item, but it's
not as bad as it looks.  It's a free-to-play game, so "DLC" is the actual
main product being sold.

>This early access bullshit needs to die, and fast. Essentially, you
>are paying for the privilege of being an employee by beta-testing (or
>even alpha-testing) the developer's software.  It's one thing if they
>allow access to the beta for free (in which point, you are still
>working for the employer, but you are getting paid by being allowed to
>see the game before anyone else), but this is just "double-dipping". 

This is mostly how I feel, but at least the developers are being honest
about it.  A lot of the smaller and publishers and developers have a habit
of releasing supposedly finished games that are buggy unplayable mess.
It's not until a few patches later that you get something that could
really be called inished.

>But back on topic, yeah, this year's Steam Holiday Sale is pretty
>poor. The discounts are not impressive on the games I want to buy, and
>those games that do have a good price do not interest me in the least.
>We're three days into the sale and I still haven't purchased one game.

This sale has been a bit better than I expected for me.  I was assuming
I'd get nothing like I did at the Thankgiving sale not too long ago,
but so far I've gotten Spore ($5) and the Bioshock Triple Pack (all
3 games for $15).  Prices otherwise have been what I was expecting,
even on games I do want to buy, but didn't because they were still too
expensive as I knew they would be.

>Instead, I think I will gravitate more towards GOG and get my games
>there. Better prices and no DRM to boot. 

I haven't bought anything from GOG this sale, and I don't really expect
to as well.  I bought pretty much everything I wanted from the site
during last year's sale, so there isn't much left that I'd want to
buy this sale.  I think is the same sort of reason why you, Andrew and
everyone who complains about much how worse the Steam sale has gotten
every year thinks that way.

Another reason why I'm not buying as many games as I have during past
sales is that my backlog is grown way too big.  I've got more than
enough games to last me until to next years sale so a great game at a
great price gets a pass from me if I already have a bunch of games like
it in my backlog.

					Ross Ridge

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