Originally posted by ✯Amin:

Now day's I feel it's just a cash grab tbh.

With all due respect to Steam, but fact of the matter is that it has always been a "cash grab" (aka: the intent has always been to lure people into making more purchases).

For example.... "Steam girl" has become quite popular but as much as I love the whole thing myself, it's also fair to argue that the media itself was a bit of a cash grab of its own, with the main difference that it wasn't about immediate currency but Steam points.

Each to their own of course, but to me the sales have always been about the games; anything extra was usually nothing more but icing on the cake.

Can't say I miss them, to be honest. Sure, they were a nice distraction, but that's all.

I can imagine it's simply not worth the effort considering all the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ & moaning every time about those events. I doubt they'll need the events to get more store engagement, so they likely outlived their purpose.

Steam simply doesn’t need to offer those types of customer incentives anymore since price parity clauses and the like allow them to set the prices on other platforms. When you have full market control with absolutely zero meaningful competition you can essentially do whatever you like.

Sale? Cash grab? What’s next? You going to tell me the ocean is full of water?

I dunno, I kinda just want the steam girl back rather then whatever weird cult thing they got going on

The presentation can't change what's on offer, and what's on offer is an industry that has nothing, but utter contempt for their core audience, and has forgotten it's in the business of entertaining. When it isn't getting needlessly political, and attracting trolls like moths to a flame. It wants to talk in public about gaming like plumbers talk about wrenches.

You roll back the clock half a decade, and the electronic entertainment expo. Was still very much on your mind. Coming into the Steam summer sale. You were already excited. You had so much to talk about, and you were here to feast. Fast forward to today, and the fun has died. It's always bad news, and real low energy.

A couple dollars worth of digital cards, and a server murdering flash game. Can't erase that sense of malaise. Today we don't even watch the shows. We listen to someone else who watched, and
get bullet points about power points. The industry sanitized away the excitement, and completely killed off our collective buzz. So much so we can't even get a contact high.

From a fellow player having a fantastic sale. So many of us are coming in miserable, because our escape isn't an escape anymore. We are now so inundated by people with agendas, and by folks in suits who do vulgar things right in public. Like talking about monetization when all we want to hear about is improvements to the weapons system.

You have to be excited about the future of gaming. While you pick your way through the bargain bin, and nobody is excited any more, and that kind of thing is really contagious. Unless you came in really stoked about filling up. You're liable to succumb to the overarching sense of apathy. The cards and flash games couldn't have overcome that.

Originally posted by ✯Amin:

I really miss the old day's. We had some Event's to play and Gain some points.

I don't. I'm glad those exploit fests are gone.

Originally posted by Dodece:

salty snip

Incorrect.

Well, I need to make this clear. It's not only about the Steam trading cards. The fun part and entertainment are missing. In those festivals, you were so happy to be part of something, having fun with your friends and enjoying games. Nowadays, games feel like a trap. You are excited and enjoy them 200% at the beginning before Steam or Ubisoft remove the game you like to play.

And to be honnest, yeah i prefer to go back in time and be part of something and enjoy games. The reason this system was build, was about to spend your time to enjoy games.

And if you are talking specifically about the discounted games here, then I can't tell you that there are over three other websites that can offer you the same at a lower price. Or if you are a game collector, then that's something else.

All sale games i played sucked balls

Originally posted by ✯Amin:

Well, I need to make this clear. It's not only about the Steam trading cards. The fun part and entertainment are missing. In those festivals, you were so happy to be part of something, having fun with your friends and enjoying games. Nowadays, games feel like a trap. You are excited and enjoy them 200% at the beginning before Steam or Ubisoft remove the game you like to play.

And to be honnest, yeah i prefer to go back in time and be part of something and enjoy games. The reason this system was build, was about to spend your time to enjoy games.

Ah, I see the trending stuff on the clickbait sites gets added to the discussion. Begs the question how much in good faith it is.

Originally posted by ✯Amin:

Well, I need to make this clear. It's not only about the Steam trading cards. The fun part and entertainment are missing. In those festivals, you were so happy to be part of something, having fun with your friends and enjoying games.

That’s one reason to buy new games. Something to do with your friends.

Originally posted by Doomerang:

I dunno, I kinda just want the steam girl back rather then whatever weird cult thing they got going on

exactly the current stuff so ugly, i want steam girl stickers or new frame to use