Steam - Give & Get sales

[Mkilbride]

Wow, this is amazing:

 

[DiebytheSword]

Wow that is pretty awesome. I'll have to fill that **** out when I get home.

 

[Mkilbride]

The chances to win are 1 in 10 million based on the users of Steam, but...you know...it's like the lotto. I always say I'll never win it, but someone has to win...and the people who win are just like me, never thought they'd win, and oh yeah, 70+ years old, always seem only the oldest people win the Lotto, and die without passing it onto anyone and the .Gov gets it back.

 

[Grega]

In theory its round 5 days and 30 people per day. So chances are 150 to 10 million, but still. I made da list XD

 

[Sicron]

Depending on if you are still in the lottery if you've already gotten games on your first day will also change your chances. The first day it would be 30 in 10 million, the second day would be 30 in 9,999,979. And so on.

 

[Mkilbride]

I suppose so. Be nice if I won though, no Christmas this year.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Mkilbride/wishlist

 

[Skyrider]

I wonder what's the catch.. Meaning, why would they even give away free games.. I bet they are making more money with the wish-list then lose it.

 

[Mkilbride]

Not really, purchasing games isn't a requirement.

Steam is just 1-upping Direct2Drive's "1 in 5 get a free game" sale.

 

[Sicron]

I wonder what's the catch.. Meaning, why would they even give away free games.. I bet they are making more money with the wish-list then lose it.

Advertisements. Steam is trying to make itself more popular (which they will by doing this) and it will only cost them 150 games instead of a billion dollars. Pretty smart advertising there. And when more people sign up, and share their wishlists, people will eventually buy [some] these games anyway.

 

[Mkilbride]

Yeah, Steam is smart like that. Microsoft would never imagine giving away ANYTHING free in their life-times, so yeah. Hence GFWL fail.

 

[Grega]

Yeah, Steam is smart like that. Microsoft would never imagine giving away ANYTHING free in their life-times, so yeah. Hence GFWL fail.

DirectX .. . . . . Scratch that. They are using Direct X to sell newer versions of windows >.<

 

[Spunky]

The odds are roughly 1 in 60,000 if you do the math based solely on active Steam accounts. It'll likely be much, much less than that though. Far less than half will probably make wishlists.

 

[Rocky]

Gonna make a list, not sure what I want though...

 

[kam!]

aww you can't add dev packs to your list ((

 

[Nemix]

I can't belive i bought CS:S a week ago with 14.99 euro and now its just 3.something

 

[MrPlow]

I've put 5 games on my wishlist, most of them are pretty cheap (but hell my credit account is frozen so i can't buy anything yet). I probably won't get anything since i've never been lucky but who knows.

The games i've put are:
1.Half Life 2
2.Audiosurf
3.CSS
4.TF2
5.Brink (not released yet lol)

i'll keep my fingers crossed

 

[Mkilbride]

Brinks on my list, too, lol. As is the new RO, I also put ARMA II + Expansion, and M&B Warband.

N I just thought, couldn't you make some kind of Steam account generator, to make tons of Steam accounts & put the games you want on their wishlists...

I think anyone whose been around since the start should def win ~

 

[Grega]

Portal 2 is on my list XD

 

[Viper]

I remember that people used to need a bought steam game on their account before their account was considered active.

 

[Mkilbride]

I remember that never being true. I've been on Steam since release, and you've always been able to use it, regardless.