# Hold on to your wallets, Steam summer sale incoming! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 11, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541 "2014-06-11T14:51:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/241 "2014-06-30T13:46:09Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Pretty much anything. Here’s what I have from the stuff on Steam’s front page right now: Get Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition. Also, while not on the front page, [Call of Juarez: Gunslinger & FC3: Blood Dragon bundle](http://store.steampowered.com/sub/30657/) is still on sale for $6.24 ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/242 "2014-06-30T13:57:31Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > I hope so. In many ways, Saints Row 2 was the best game in the franchise. Saints Row 2 holds the coveted position of my favorite game ever. I find three a disappointment for two, but four was good because I adjusted my expectations. And they’ve already started work on five. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/243 "2014-06-30T15:07:08Z")
One last chance for Borderlands 2: GotY @$13.59, Skyrim Legendary Edition @$9.99, Metro Last Light Complete @$6.79. Otherwise, I’ve managed to get through most of the sale without needing any new stuff. I’d start a new thread talking about Skyrim, since when we had the big discussion about it that was before the DLC and a lot of mods came out. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/244 "2014-06-30T15:07:52Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > And they’ve already started work on five. I’d be really surprised if they hadn’t. Deep Silver didn’t pick up the franchise from THQ’s collapse just to put out one new game and hang it up. SR4 started as a DLC for SRTT – I’d guess they already had much of the work done so they wrapped that one up and the next entry will be a reboot under Deep Silver’s direction. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/245 "2014-07-01T13:21:38Z")
So, my Summer Sale results: Max Payne 3 Splinter Cell: Blacklist DmC: Devil May Cry Far Cry 3 Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Skyrim Dishonored Metro: 2033 Metro: Last Light Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition Spec Ops: the Line Sniper Elite V2 DLC x3 Assassin’s Creed II Archon Classic Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Thief + DLC bundle I spent about $115 total. Only a couple that I bought ended up at a lower price later, so I could have saved about another $10 in there somewhere, but I can live with that. I paid less than $8 a piece for a lot of really good games. If each game is about 15 hours of gameplay and I somehow find 2 hours a day to play (and assuming I play each to the end), that’s like 4 months of gaming, not even counting the half dozen other games I bought previously and still haven’t even touched yet. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/246 "2014-07-01T18:40:12Z")
In case anyone’s not gotten enough, the entire Red Faction series is [on sale on Amazon for $5.99](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K558E1W) (Steam game code). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/247 "2014-07-03T22:33:06Z")
So did anyone else buy Rocksmith during the summer sale, only to discover that you can’t buy the Real Tone cable that is necessary to actually use the game? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/248 "2014-07-03T22:49:56Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > So did anyone else buy Rocksmith during the summer sale, only to discover that you can’t buy the Real Tone cable that is necessary to actually use the game? :mad: Why can’t you [buy it](http://www.amazon.com/Ubisoft-Rocksmith-Not-Machine-Specific-630570063043006306200/dp/B005OSFUZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404427771&sr=8-1&keywords=real+tone+cable)? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/249 "2014-07-04T00:29:31Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Why can’t you [buy it](http://www.amazon.com/Ubisoft-Rocksmith-Not-Machine-Specific-630570063043006306200/dp/B005OSFUZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404427771&sr=8-1&keywords=real+tone+cable)? That was listed as OOS as of yesterday. No local stores carry them (not Fry’s, Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, Kmart, Gamestop, Guitar Center or Sam Ash, at least). I did order one thru Amazon now, but other forums show people waiting weeks thru both Amazon and Ubisoft directly. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/250 "2014-07-04T02:25:11Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > That was listed as OOS as of yesterday. No local stores carry them (not Fry’s, Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, Kmart, Gamestop, Guitar Center or Sam Ash, at least). > > I did order one thru Amazon now, but other forums show people waiting weeks thru both Amazon and Ubisoft directly. Ah. Probably because of the Steam sale 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/251 "2014-07-04T02:25:46Z")
I picked up Rocksmith (great deal) but haven’t picked up a cable yet. I guess I’ll have to plan ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541/252 "2014-07-05T03:14:05Z")
I picked up Rocksmith and the cable as a birthday present for the wife. Her computer didn’t recognize the cable until I disconnected and reconnected the breakaway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-on-to-your-wallets-steam-summer-sale-incoming/690541.md?page=12)