Surviving the Steam Holiday Sale - Day Two

The Steam Sales are something that we all anticipate with equal amounts of excitement and fear. How many awesome games will be reduced? How many of them will I have already paid full price for a few days before? Will I end up spending my life savings on games I never looked twice at before? We’ve all been there, and the Holiday Sale is no exception.

With a name like Holiday Sale, you almost feel compelled to buy stuff, you know, it’s the holidays, you deserve it, right? Of course you damn well do, you made it through the year! Only problem is, you’re already in debt from all the presents you had to buy for family and friends, and the random people you drew in your work’s Secret Santa that you spoke to once that time by the coffee machine. So seeing all these great deals come up becomes a bit of a balancing act. It’s almost like an equation really.

Where X = happiness:

X = (Game you really want + Great deal) > Amount of debt you can afford to bury yourself in.

Sometimes though, you have to draw the line, and for me, this is one of those times. I have well and truly tightened my purse strings, about to attempt something that may not even be possible: surviving the Steam Holiday Sale without one purchase. Every day, as I browse the sale, I will do so with the goal that I cannot buy anything, because I simply cannot afford to. The best part is, you guys will get to watch me squirm as I let the games slip through my fingers. So whether you want to support or mock, come join me on my tortuous journey!

DAY TWO:

All of my friends are playing new Steam games. I’m sitting here while one mate tries out The Stanley Parable from yesterday’s sale, another is on Nether, and others are taking a break from Starbound for once and playing Monaco in a group. Not feeling left out at all... honest.

I nearly cried a little today when I realised that Total Shogun War 2 wasn’t the only Total War game on sale, especially when noticed that the Total War Grand Master Collection was only £29.99. That’s twenty-eight AWESOME games for under £30.00. Starting to well up again, I’m not going to lie.

As for the other games on offer, nothing is really jumping out at me, although for £1.74, Fez has got to be worth a try right? If I wasn’t being such a scrimper I’d have bought that straight up. I did notice Mirror’s Edge this morning too in the Flash Sales when I got out of bed, and was very tempted but I’ve managed to stay strong. Still no games for Emsey, but still doing okay... ish.