Community MetaSteam | February 2021 - We Don't Do Regional Pricing in This House

[ExistentialThought]

Oh phooey, I just saw from the Sega survey the other week, I was offered the chance to apply for a spot in a focus group that would have been today. They sent the email on the 8th. Spots were limited, so I probably would have missed the chance anyways. Plus this week is my yearly guaranteed week of hell at work.

 

[MJunioR]

I spent the best part of this afternoon playing the hunting mini-game in Yakuza 5

God I love this series

 

[Kvik]

I spent the best part of this afternoon playing the hunting mini-game in Yakuza 5

I still can't play Yakuza 3...

 

[MJunioR]

I still can't play Yakuza 3...

Why, my kyodai?

 

[Kvik]

Why, my kyodai?

I'm still getting frequent stutters (even with Silent's patch). As Kiryu gets into fights more often, the stutters gets worse. And it's not like my rig is way out of date either (even though it's a six-year old rig) since I can run Yakuza 7 with no issues.

 

[texhnolyze]

it's not their track record i don't like ... it's their refusal to do regional pricing properly

Yeah, but nowadays most big publishers are like that anyway, so 505 is not that special anymore.

 

[PC-tan]

Oh phooey, I just saw from the Sega survey the other week, I was offered the chance to apply for a spot in a focus group that would have been today. They sent the email on the 8th. Spots were limited, so I probably would have missed the chance anyways. Plus this week is my yearly guaranteed week of hell at work.

same sadly I was doing over time other wise I would have taken a part in it.
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This is overrated any way /s

 

[MegaApple]

505s track record on PC is a bit mixed these days

Regional pricings that are worse than EA sometimes.

This is the only reason 505Games make my blood boil

 

[sanhora]

Sad but not surprising.

 

[madjoki]

You'd think VN publishers would start learning and not aim for thin line between what Steam allows and doesn't allow bu stay well below and just release off-site patch (your audience probably knows where to find even if you are not allowed to mention).

 

[Routa]

Was browsing my wishlist and saw SD Gundam for 45% off but still $46. Check the store page and...

They only put the Deluxe Edition on sale. Ok...

Also not sure why the deluxe edition is what appears on my wishlist for the game. Didn't use to be the case.

 

[MegaApple]

Any historical lows for Lunar Sale?

Or any games discounted after a very long time?

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[Tizoc]

This Lunar Sale, why not you fine folks go grab some good ol' shumps and bullet hells developed by the prolific Psikyo

Steam Publisher: CITY CONNECTION

Japanese game company that owns the JALECO IP. We mainly release remakes and reprints of nostalgic games.

store.steampowered.com

Any historical lows for Lunar Sale?

Or any games discounted after a very long time?

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Use gg.deals and link your steam account

I've been using it for months now and been able to manage my purchases well using it

 

[Deku]

Any historical lows for Lunar Sale?

Or any games discounted after a very long time?

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My favourite shmup game

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Zynga Trying To Bring Its Mobile Games To PC And Console, CSR Racing Leads The Charge

NaturalMotion is working with Zynga to create a cross-platform title by the end of 2021.

www.thegamer.com

 

[Tizoc]

Tsk...I want NFS Heat but
a) my region is only allowed to get the Deluxe Edition

b) It's $15 on US origin, but being international I gotta pay EUR 20 instead

c) Hardly any of the more noteworthy key selling sites are offering it for $15 or less :V

Anyways some more stuff on sale to check out

 

[Ganado]

Was browsing my wishlist and saw SD Gundam for 45% off but still $46. Check the store page and...

They only put the Deluxe Edition on sale. Ok...

Also not sure why the deluxe edition is what appears on my wishlist for the game. Didn't use to be the case.

The price shown in the wishlist is always the cheapest way to get the game.

 

[Tizoc]

This looks interesting

 

[tetel]

This looks interesting

There's a demo version and it's really good, I'd recommend giving it a go - Vomitoreum Kickstarter Demo by scumhead

 

[Tizoc]

For any who hadn't watched it yet


GFYCat has been ass for a while so this the best i could do >_<

Season 5 DLC is up, and should be available on humble soon.

 

[Deku]

For any who hadn't watched it yet


GFYCat has been ass for a while so this the best i could do >_<

Season 5 DLC is up, and should be available on humble soon.

25 euro for character pass. 40 euro for the same thing with some more premium stuff

 

[fantomena]

My dekstop dont wanba start up.

I started it up and it went fine. Then Chrome froze so I did I hard shutdown like I sonetine do. Now I start it up, take a few sec abd it shuts down and then it starts up again, this cycle happens until I persobally shut it off.

Edit: fixed.

 

[Wok]

Geforce Now supports Chrome and Safari web browsers: Play GeForce NOW in your browser

 

[Deku]

What are your thoughts on this game?

 

[madjoki]

The price shown in the wishlist is always the cheapest way to get the game.

Not if it's cheapest in complete-the-set bundle or similar deal

 

[yuraya]

My dekstop dont wanba start up.

I started it up and it went fine. Then Chrome froze so I did I hard shutdown like I sonetine do. Now I start it up, take a few sec abd it shuts down and then it starts up again, this cycle happens until I persobally shut it off.

Sounds like a bad display driver. Try rolling back in safe mode.

Always terrifying reading shit like this. Especially a day after I had a windows update

 

[Li Kao]

Snowrunner should be out soon on Steam, no ?
No idea in fact, I lost the link to Mor master list

 

[Deku]

Was browsing my wishlist and saw SD Gundam for 45% off but still $46. Check the store page and...

They only put the Deluxe Edition on sale. Ok...

Also not sure why the deluxe edition is what appears on my wishlist for the game. Didn't use to be the case.

GMG has the base game 50% off
SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS

Deluxe edition also 50% off

 

[Mor]

Snowrunner should be out soon on Steam, no ?
No idea in fact, I lost the link to Mor master list

Don't expect snowrunner to come until the very last piece of DLC is out, however, 1 year mark will be reached in April.

 

[Tomasety]

Any historical lows for Lunar Sale?

Or any games discounted after a very long time?

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The Way of The Samurai 3 and 4 for example as they were posted before.

More examples:

Historical lows - Just some

There are still more historical lows I haven't posted.
If you want me to make an almost full list you only need to ask me.

XCOM 2 -94% - €2.85

 

[Li Kao]

Don't expect snowrunner to come until the very last piece of DLC is out, however, 1 year mark will be reached in April.

Looking at the dlc offering on EGS, this could take some time. They really are milking the premise for all its worth.

 

[fantomena]

Sounds like a bad display driver. Try rolling back in safe mode.

Always terrifying reading shit like this. Especially a day after I had a windows update

It was do to a failed overclock, it works for now.

I just had to wait I guess till it managed to start up as usual again.

 

[Kvik]

I don't know what to get from Lunar Sale... I wanted Sakuna, but it's still at full price. Kandagawa Jet Girls? Only 40% off. CK3? Not at its historical low yet.

 

[Ge0force]

Tsk...I want NFS Heat but
a) my region is only allowed to get the Deluxe Edition

b) It's $15 on US origin, but being international I gotta pay EUR 20 instead

c) Hardly any of the more noteworthy key selling sites are offering it for $15 or less :V

You can buy a month of EA Play on Steam for 80% off. This gives you more than enough time to play NFS Heat, which isn't a great game imo.

 

[Tizoc]

You can buy a month of EA Play on Steam for 80% off. This gives you more than enough time to play NFS Heat, which isn't a great game imo.

:S

Been hearing some good stuff about it from peeps but if that's the case i will just get Forza Horizon 4

Speaking of NFS, what're the more wortwhile games of the series from its 2000s era? preferbly ones that don't have story cutscenes

 

[Joe Spangle]

I ended up buying a few cheapy games including The Sexy Brutale which i've heard is pretty good.

 

[prudis]

Looking at the dlc offering on EGS, this could take some time. They really are milking the premise for all its worth.

iirc only 4th phasse from curent season pass is left to release (Phase 3 released yesterday) ... so April sounds about right for season pass to be done

EDIT:

 

[lashman]

Yeah, but nowadays most big publishers are like that anyway, so 505 is not that special anymore.

that's true

 

[prudis]

Study shows pigs can be trained to play video games

It's long been known that pigs are more intelligent than they're given credit for. They're so smart, researchers from Purdue University in Indiana have trained four of...

www.techspot.com

Because the pigs were farsighted, the screens had to be placed at a distance where the animals could see the targets, and using their snouts meant continually switching between looking at the screen and looking at the joystick. Despite these issues, the swine performed impressively well

That the pigs achieved the level of success they did on a task that was significantly outside their normal frame of reference is in itself remarkable, and indicative of their behavioral and cognitive flexibility,” writes the researchers.

The team believes touchscreens might work better than joysticks for evaluating the pigs’ game-playing abilities

 

[fantomena]

Overpass is listed on the store again. I tried an arrr version back at launch and I found it fun. It's basically Snowrunner/Mudrunner gameplay but as a "racing" game.

 

[Mor]

iirc only 4th phasse from curent season pass is left to release (Phase 3 released yesterday) ... so April sounds about right for season pass to be done

EDIT:

Well, April is when the first year mark is reached, so, it could happen.

Overpass is listed on the store again. I tried an arrr version back at launch and I found it fun. It's basically Snowrunner/Mudrunner gameplay but as a "racing" game.

Yeah, they have been updating it regularly for the last month (they even going to do an in-store page broadcast) so yeah, this one will come day and date with the exclusivity mark.

 

[Mivey]

I kinda wonder why Epic agrees to pay for exclusivity, and not force the publisher to be normal about pricing.
I mean, 60€ for a last-gen port of remasters from PS2 and earlier, is crazy. WIth how people are barely purchasing third parties on EGS, you'd think Epic would be bullish about wanting games priced more competitively.

 

[curi0usBystander]

I mean, 60€ for a last-gen port of remasters from PS2 and earlier, is crazy. WIth how people are barely purchasing third parties on EGS, you'd think Epic would be bullish about wanting games priced more competitively.

One of those 60€ games is a remaster of a 3ds game + a 1 or 2 hours movie + a demo

That said I doubt they would have any interest in imposing prices.

 

[Mor]

I kinda wonder why Epic agrees to pay for exclusivity, and not force the publisher to be normal about pricing.
I mean, 60€ for a last-gen port of remasters from PS2 and earlier, is crazy. WIth how people are barely purchasing third parties on EGS, you'd think Epic would be bullish about wanting games priced more competitively.

Epic only wants to keep those games out of Steam for the first year and see if they can hurt it, that's it, they don't care if you buy it or now, whatever Epic paid for KH exceeded the amount of copies it will probably sell at that price.

 

[Arsene]

KH 1.5/2.5 requiring a DirectX12 supported GPU is fucking insane. What the hell is Square Enix doing with these ports?

They’re PS2/PSP games lmao

 

[fantomena]

Happy to see that Little Nightmares 2 have done much better compared to the first game.

 

[curi0usBystander]

KH 1.5/2.5 requiring a DirectX12 supported GPU is fucking insane. What the hell is Square Enix doing with these ports?

They’re PS2/PSP games lmao

Really?
Then again FFX/X-2 Remaster required DirectX 11 (and it didn't make use of any feature).

 

[Spamlynguist]

Study shows pigs can be trained to play video games

It's long been known that pigs are more intelligent than they're given credit for. They're so smart, researchers from Purdue University in Indiana have trained four of...

www.techspot.com

 

[Arsene]

Really?
Then again FFX/X-2 Remaster required DirectX 11 (and it didn't make use of any feature).

DirectX 12 is listed in the minimum requirements for all 4 KH collections. The GPU/CPU/RAM requirements are different across all 4 games so its not a copy/paste of III’s requirements either. It actually requires DX12 lol

 

[fokkusu]

DirectX 12 is listed in the minimum requirements for all 4 KH collections. The GPU/CPU/RAM requirements are different across all 4 games so its not a copy/paste of III’s requirements either. It actually requires DX12 lol

Isn't DirectX 12 working on majority of GPUs? I mean how old card you need to have it does not work.