![]() ![]() ![]() That said, I've been able to exhibit some self-control, and I've made a mental note to grab The Walking Dead Season 2 and The Wolf Among Us when both series are complete and cheaper during the Steam holiday sale. (Though Bioshock Infinite has been on sale so frequently I imagine we'll all just wake up one day and inexplicably see it occupying space in our Steam accounts.) So I tend to think long and hard about whether or not I'm actually going to play the thing I buy before clicking "add to cart." The skinflint in me has a real problem resisting those AAA darlings when they sink down to $4.99, but so far I've been able to avoid the siren song of Tomb Raider. Okay, that's a little bit of an exaggeration, but after years of sales and review codes thrown my way, I already have enough entertainment for several lifetimes. Just like Mike, I think I’m also reaching "Peak Steam." To paraphrase what a Twitter friend of mine said, the secret to Steam sales is already owning all of the games, and at this point it feels like I'm pretty close. I think that’s leading to some fatigue on the part of PC gamers, because we have a ton of games in our libraries that we’ll never get to. You just have to be willing to look around. At this point there is absolutely no reason to spend full price on any game, because it will always be discounted somewhere. There’s four Steam Sales a year, in addition to further sales at Amazon, Green Man Gaming, GOG, and Humble Bundle. I admit, I am reaching "peak Steam," but that’s not entirely Steam’s fault. I liked Borderlands 2 and the team at Gearbox really went all-out with the DLC, so it’s something that I wanted to pick up before it jumped out of reach. I already owned Borderlands 2, but due to the weirdness of bundles and discounts, it was actually cheaper to buy the GOTY edition than buying all the DLC separately. Otherwise I bought Borderlands 2: Game of the Year Edition. Of course, I'm sitting on 260 games with only 31 installed and I've not even played all the games I've installed. I justify it to myself by saying that the game probably won't be on sale when I want to play it and at least now it’s there in my Steam library waiting for me. Of course, what ends up happening usually is the price is even lower on the next Steam Sale and I still haven't played the game, so I've basically wasted money by not just waiting. This is one of those typical Steam Sales purchases for me: I'm probably not going to play Shadowrun anytime soon, but for the price I figure I might as well pick it up now. I've heard great things about Shadowrun as an RPG, so I know it's something I'll play in the future. I picked up Shadowrun and its expansion Dragonfall for just under $10. Interestingly, more than one editor admits to being at "Peak Steam." What do they mean? Read on to find out. With the Steam Summer Sale now officially finished, we decided to see what everyone picked up. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team. This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. ![]()
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