The guy behind Steam Spy has written a new article about the Steam summer sales as it's the first time we can gather some data about them:
https://medium.com/@galyonkin/about-steam-summer-sale-bab1acc3e24

Not bad money for rentals.

Interesting, but it shows something I've said many times. While you can get games cheap, they spend most of their lives over inflated. From the look of the diagrams while publishers may sell 70'000 copies at $5 over 6 days, about 180'000 are sold at $20.

I spent £8 I think on the Steam sale for 1 game for my daughter, I'd never have got it otherwise.

I spent £60 on the GoG sale. Would have spent more, had GOG had the games I wanted.

You know mentioning the renting games from Steam is as pointless as telling a wrestling fan it is fake. We know already and do not care.

Wrestling fake.OMG:-)

I know, though I must admit telling those odd balls at ring side is always quite hilarious.

Something about the word Steam always seems to trigger him, he posts in most threads I think :)

We need to find his hiding hole and tie him down... and let tinyE have his way... oh yes!

3800 collective years playing games. Suddenly me 260 hour Rome 2 and 110 hour Dark Souls II seems small.

I strike from out of the shadows.
Now that's below the belt,sending for tinyE.

They say wrestling is fake, but you can't get insurance
- Greg "the Hammer" Valentine

Fair point.