Steam Gift Garbage Pile

Does anyone actually have all of these games? I mean, I know they are selling them cheap, but that is for good reason. I would love to participate in this sweepstakes, but all of the games are junk. Is this not the worst promotion Steam has ever had to try and sell their low end games or what?

Well I had some of the games. In fact two of the games, Defense Grid and Orcs must Die. So I didn't encounter that problem.

Does anyone actually have all of these games? I mean, I know they are selling them cheap, but that is for good reason. I would love to participate in this sweepstakes, but all of the games are junk. Is this not the worst promotion Steam has ever had to try and sell their low end games or what?

ZOD777

Its a sale tactic, they are not going to put in achievements for games that are 50$ cause people are less likely to buy it for the promitons. As said above dont buy the games for the sweepstakes.

inexpensive indie games =/= junk. There have been many quite good games in the gift pile promotion.ferret-gamer

Its cool that Steam is supporting small developers trying to make them some cash. Some of the indie games are quite good--worth a couple of bucks. None of them are worth buying solely for acheivements and lumps of coal in a sweepstakes that you are never going to win.

Good strategy. Make people buy a ton of little games they'll only play once to get a lump of coal :P

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Does anyone actually have all of these games? I mean, I know they are selling them cheap, but that is for good reason. I would love to participate in this sweepstakes, but all of the games are junk. Is this not the worst promotion Steam has ever had to try and sell their low end games or what?

MythPro1

New? Have had Steam for YEARS. I usually don't bother with the stupid promotional crap because it is just that....crap. It is a sad marketing ploy. 99 times out of 100 I just close the Steam Update News box without scrolling through unless there is a game I am specifically hoping has a deal.

Some of the games are crap, but some are pretty good (ex: Orcs Must Die, Psychonauts, Defcon, EYE Cybermacy, Frozen Synapse, Audiosurf). Also, some of them are free too (Spiral Knights, Rise of Immortals). All that said, only a fool would buy games just to get these Christmas achievements. You're far more likely than not to get a coupon or coal than you are a free game, and even if you do get a free game it's also likely to just be something cheap ($2.50 or less) than a real, expensive game.gameguy6700

Chance to win a good game or the grand prize is small but the games are so cheap and you get a chance to try out some good games that you thought is bad and if you are so lucky to get one of the really good game like Batman: Arkham City then you just get all your money back and also not all coupon is worthless. if you get a Gold coupon then you can use it on this Winter Sale.

[QUOTE="gameguy6700"]Some of the games are crap, but some are pretty good (ex: Orcs Must Die, Psychonauts, Defcon, EYE Cybermacy, Frozen Synapse, Audiosurf). Also, some of them are free too (Spiral Knights, Rise of Immortals). All that said, only a fool would buy games just to get these Christmas achievements. You're far more likely than not to get a coupon or coal than you are a free game, and even if you do get a free game it's also likely to just be something cheap ($2.50 or less) than a real, expensive game.DarkblueNinja

Chance to win a good game or the grand prize is small but the games are so cheap and you get a chance to try out some good games that you thought is bad and if you are so lucky to get one of the really good game like Batman: Arkham City then you just get all your money back and also not all coupon is worthless. if you get a Gold coupon then you can use it on this Winter Sale.

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[QUOTE="gameguy6700"]Some of the games are crap, but some are pretty good (ex: Orcs Must Die, Psychonauts, Defcon, EYE Cybermacy, Frozen Synapse, Audiosurf). Also, some of them are free too (Spiral Knights, Rise of Immortals). All that said, only a fool would buy games just to get these Christmas achievements. You're far more likely than not to get a coupon or coal than you are a free game, and even if you do get a free game it's also likely to just be something cheap ($2.50 or less) than a real, expensive game.gameguy6700

Chance to win a good game or the grand prize is small but the games are so cheap and you get a chance to try out some good games that you thought is bad and if you are so lucky to get one of the really good game like Batman: Arkham City then you just get all your money back and also not all coupon is worthless. if you get a Gold coupon then you can use it on this Winter Sale.

Yes, everything I don't have interest in is garbage. Every single thing.guynamedbilly

Some of them are crap yeah but some of them are better then games that cost more. Buying games just for the achievements is fairly stupid especially when there's no hope of you winning the draw because people abusing coal.

Does anyone actually have all of these games? I mean, I know they are selling them cheap, but that is for good reason. I would love to participate in this sweepstakes, but all of the games are junk. Is this not the worst promotion Steam has ever had to try and sell their low end games or what?

ZOD777

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Does anyone actually have all of these games? I mean, I know they are selling them cheap, but that is for good reason. I would love to participate in this sweepstakes, but all of the games are junk. Is this not the worst promotion Steam has ever had to try and sell their low end games or what?

slvrraven9

I am entitled to my opinion and do not have to play a game to think that it is junk. That is what reviews and gameplay videos are for. I don't have to play a game to formulate an opinion based on screenshots, game description, review score, and genre. Besides, just because you like certain types of games doesn't mean that I have to also. I am sure that some of these games appeal to some people, but if they were really genuinely good games (in the eyes of the vast majority) they would be much more popular, and not a part of this stupid promo. So that being said, I don't have to give a game a chance, and to assume that I am uneducated is a much larger oversight on your behalf than any opinion that I could ever have about a video game.