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Article #721172Re: Steam efficiently kills its (previously) notorious sales
From: Andrew Rybenkov
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:56
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:56
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On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:18:12 +0300, Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:19:20 +0300, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, Andrew > Rybenkov wrote: > >> >> http://www.pcgamer.com/steams-autumn-and-winter-sales-will-ditch-daily-deals-and-flash-sales/ >> >> It seems Gabe have earned all money he wanted. > > Meh. Games will still be on sale, just not on "obsessively click the > refresh button" sale. I'll wait to see what the longer term sales look > like. I'm guessing, pretty good. > Flash sales were a major device to lure people (me, for example) to buy games they did not plan to buy. Obviously there will not be crazy "80-90% off" anymore. Steam/Valve/Gabe became rich and boring. -- Andrew Rybenkov
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