Friday, February 16th 2018
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Lunar Sale, Wishlist Tweaks Hit Valve's Steam Platform
Valve yesterday announced the begin of yet another wallet-burning sale to appeal to our consumerist bones. The Lunar Sale, as it is being called, is live from February 15th through February 19th, so, a mere four days with tons (thousands) of games under heavy discounts that can sometimes go up to 90%. On this front, it's business as usual - buy all those games you've been wanting at a fire-sale price, and then look at them guiltily as they collect virtual dust on your backlog.
Other, somewhat more relevant changes that have been made by valve to the overall Steam experience also look towards making it easier for customers to part with their hard-earned currency of choice (or not so hard-earned, it's all good for Valve, really.) Namely, there are some changes to the wishlist which now allow users to place items on their shopping cart directly from their wishlist page - which is nice, since before, you had to enter the games' own store page, and then add it to your cart). Of course, for items that are sold in packages or where there's a bundle, customers will be invited to peruse "Details" on the package, via the relevant store page. There's also the ability to sort your wishlist gamers through those that have the higher discount percentage - a handy tool for bargain-bin hunters. There's also tag search, and filtering options to exclude games such as W"Early Access" titles that aren't currently finished - and that may, or may not, be finished in the future.
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Steam Community, Steam Lunar New Year Sale
Other, somewhat more relevant changes that have been made by valve to the overall Steam experience also look towards making it easier for customers to part with their hard-earned currency of choice (or not so hard-earned, it's all good for Valve, really.) Namely, there are some changes to the wishlist which now allow users to place items on their shopping cart directly from their wishlist page - which is nice, since before, you had to enter the games' own store page, and then add it to your cart). Of course, for items that are sold in packages or where there's a bundle, customers will be invited to peruse "Details" on the package, via the relevant store page. There's also the ability to sort your wishlist gamers through those that have the higher discount percentage - a handy tool for bargain-bin hunters. There's also tag search, and filtering options to exclude games such as W"Early Access" titles that aren't currently finished - and that may, or may not, be finished in the future.
11 Comments on Lunar Sale, Wishlist Tweaks Hit Valve's Steam Platform
Half-Life "3" confirmed.
make some real points with real examples or stop the FUD
@FordGT90Concept /agreed
On top of that, if you navigate away from the wishlist to look at details and go back, old wishlist would keep your location on the page and new wishlist does not (forces refresh).
I can't see myself ever using the filters just like I never use them in the store.
The last sale wasn't fantastic either. That's not Valve's fault though; that's publishers not willing to let their games go for cheap anymore. Valve's fault though is having two sales like two weeks apart because the prices are going to be more or less the same for both. It's effectively crying wolf.
Edit: it could be smaller though. The large size is unnerving.
too large items? cant you zoom out in your browser or use a browser addon that can inject css to alter/hide content in the box? i do not know if steam client themes can control page content like this
dont navigate away, most sites dont do a good job with this in the first place so i always open in new tab, not blaming valve at all when middle click doesnt increase my effort
all this talk about clunky main page, meaning the home page? who uses the home page? a home page is an advertising page, you can still view new releases in the condensed list format...
the image file resolutions have not changed in many years, header is still 460x215, capsule is still 615x353, list view capsule is still 120x45, etc.... (if you thought my wishlist was huge, i've also been collecting these game cover images from the store & some trailers)