Steam holiday sale recaps previous offers

by JC Fletcher on Dec 26th 2010 7:30PM

Just one week into the Steam Holiday Sale, the site has already resorted to re-running previous "Daily Deals." But when those re-runs include the $3.75 Super Meat Boy from the sale's first day, we can't be bothered to get outraged. See all the returning deals after the break.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 -- $6.80
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light -- $5.10
Darksiders -- $9.99
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut -- $4.99
Assassin's Creed 2 -- $14.99
Dead Rising 2 -- $19.99
Borderlands Game of the Year -- $24.99 (standard edition $9.99, all Borderlands games 50% off)
Super Meat Boy -- $3.75
Wings of Prey -- $5.99
F.E.A.R Complete Pack -- $9.99
Save 50% on Mass Effect games
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 -- $29.99

Source: Steam

Tags: pc, steam, steam-holiday-sale-2010

Reader Comments (52)

3.75 for Super Meat Boy. DEAL!

6 Dollar BC2 feels like you're stealing from the company. I LOVE IT

$6.80 for BC2...so tempting

@Saiyajin too tempting.....if I didn't got bore with this game on the xbox i would've gone for it.

@Xfamxdomenator
If I didn't have WoW I would be all over this

@Saiyajin I have WoW and I'm still all over BC2 for under 7 bucks. That's highway robbery!

@Saiyajin Yeah, too bad the EU prices are much higher at 13.60€ with this "deal".

"$3.75 Super Meat Boy from the sale's first day, we can't be bothered to get outraged."

I was a tad outraged. Only because I've been diligently checking on the sales every day so I've already taken advantage of these deals :(
Although it did give me the opportunity to gift a bunch of my friends who unfortunately missed the deals the first run. So there is a silver lining I suppose.

@xJimmeh It gave me a chance to reconsider getting SMB. Decided to go for it the second round.

You can't not buy The Witcher at this point.

@TheyDidItFirst I can. No Mac Support. If it did, I'd be all on this.

These are some wicked deals. Picked up Meat Boy just for the soon to be released editor on PC. I'm going to get in on Xbox Live because I'd rather use a controller to play the game.

Also picked up LC: Guardian of Light. I need a good dungeon crawler game and like the co-op aspect.

Now... should I pick up Witcher... That is the questions...

@SelectStartPQ You could always use a 360 controller to play on the PC. Best of both worlds.

@SelectStartPQ You know that if you have a wired 360 controller, you can just plug it in and if you have the Microsoft drivers installed, you can just play SMB with the game pad without having to do anything special?

@Vaitork it's better with a Wii Controller. Superior d-pad.

@Vaitork You can buy a NES controller to USB adapter and play SMB with an actual Nintendo controller. Makes playing games like Cave Story even more enjoyable =)

@SelectStartPQ

i use motioninjoy to use my PS3 controller on my PC (Would of just sued my 360 controller.. but $20 or use a USB cable that I already had (Read :Free)

its full of win :D

@mcnerven How do you run in SMB when using just the 2 button NES controller?

@Faenix Nice! I only have wireless controllers so I think I'll just see if I can get a cheap wired one used at Gamestop.

Thanks for the tips! Looking foward to playing some SMB but didn't even want to try using a keyboard for this game. ;)

@Vaitork Thanks for the tip. I only have wireless controllers but think I will run over to Gamestop today and see if they have any cheap used wired controllers. I found online that they have a wireless receiver for Xbox 360 controllers but unfortunately they are $33. I think I'd rather just get a dedicated PC Xbox controller. =D

Also note that LC-GoL is another 10% off if you own any other TR games. I got it for $3.60, and man it was worth it!

Borderlands GOTY for 25 bucks? Yes, please. Spent hundereds of hours on the 360 version with one set of friends and I am more than willing to spend more playthroughs with my pc set of friends.

PB Winterbottom back to being 50 cents. DON'T PASS IT UP!

Just got a rig able to fully run all of Steam's capabilities. So, naturally, I installed Steam, got an account, and will be playing TF2 and messing around with Garry's Mod tonight. So far, so very nice. Didn't realize this was such a developed and polished service.

@Shadowbender Add me brah
Steam: ALiShaikh94
Xbox: ALiShaikh
PS3:Cheesus00Crust(used to be Alishaikh with like level 9, but I game shared with a friend who gave my details out and then my PS3 got stolen, when I got a new one, I couldn't use my old account due to too many activations and Sony wouldn't do shit)

@Cheesus Crust Sweet man. I'll add those.

@Cheesus Crust

Just added. My username is tennbot.

@Cheesus Crust

I wanted to make fun of your story, but if you hadn't told it then I'd probably be asking why that one was different. Cool foresight, bro.

Here's a tip. While playing any game, hit Shift-Tab. Hit it again when you are done.

@Shadowbender welcome to the fold.

I got the Witcher on this run. Normally, this is where I'd complain about not having any money, but I can afford this on an government volunteer's salary. Which is not much.

Bought the witcher and lara croft and i dont even have a gaming pc...yet.
Ive been hearing good things about super meat boy, but im just not excited about it. I guess its the character design.

Do they have a mass effect 2 package with all the DLC included?(like the upcoming ps3 release)

@Gco How does this NOT look fun?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snaionoxjos

@Rather Dashing

yea i just watched it...and it just looks boring to me. if i dont like the character design then usually i just wont be engaged in the game. and strictly platforming games have never been one of my favorite genres.

@Gco
I guess you could always try the newgrounds version of it to see if it's your thing, in spite of how you feel about the art design

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/463241

Not entirely the same thing as super meat boy, but it'll give you a good idea of what you're in for

@Crayola Q Pants ESQ

i just played it on newgrounds....i cant believe i like it! it has a good bit of challenge to it. thanks for the link...i never knew there was a prototype for the game.

Both Mass Effects are 10 dollars each! If you don't own the series yet you need to take advantage of this sale!

I'd be a lot more excited about these deals if I hadn't already bought most of them. :|

@Faceless Troll

yeah I'm hoping this is just a midway thing and we get new deals up until the last day, giving one recurring sale.

@Cleric
It says new deals start again tomorrow, so there you go.

well i missed out on getting ME2 when it was first on sale and decided to pick it up this round along with:

The Witcher - can finally go back and play this with a computer that will actually output an FPS over 10...

Birds of Prey - WWII Flight Sim. It's been probably close to 10 years since I've played a combat flight sim (not in space that is).

Supreme Commander 2 - Another title i missed out on due to too many other games that released at that time.

also grabbed the 2D Indie Shooter pack, and am debating what to spend my last 20$ on....

@Omnistatic

Save It!!!

-This was only the first week...New Deals coming up this coming week.

--Hopefully that means a new set of everything..Indie Packs, etc.

There was that one rumored Indie pack with Amnesia, Super Meat Boy, Killing Floor, Red Orchestra, and more...hopefully that comes up =) hence why i haven't bought SMB yet.

Oh Super Meat Boy, I've already bought you. And while I can not play you now, know that you must come to the Mac at some point.

And when you do, I will ravage you.

@Pugnaciousturtle

@Pugnaciousturtle

Team meat has said that a Mac version is coming. I gifted this to a friend with a Mac with that in mind.

I'm actually really happy of these recaps. I was outraged a few days ago when my indecisiveness made me miss some of the great deals like super meat boy for 3.75! Or lara croft for 5.10! This feels like Steam overheard my prayers (or curses) for missing those once in a year super good deals!! I'm almost positive that Steam probably hired a brilliant psychologist on board their sales team who is able to predict the average consumer's mindset.

Just a note, buying F.E.A.R. standalone actually includes the expansions, so it's actually cheaper to buy F.E.A.R. 1 and 2 separate instead of in the bundle.

Besides Mass Effect, i'm not really into those other games.

Microsoft, Sony, nintendo, and now valve.

You get what I'm saying here.

I really wonder how self-entitled some people are to get mad at sales.

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