Metro09: 'Disappointed' probably isn't the right word. However, no one who has followed the major sales on Steam for the past couple of years can objectively disagree that the discounts on some of the more mainstay titles have not been as big as they have in the past. Examples being: Mass Effect, Borderlands, and Telltale games. It isn't a matter of preference or someone being upset that what they specifically wanted hasn't been on sale, rather specifically identifiable titles are getting less of a discount than they have six months to a year ago.
The likely reason is that the customer base had grown and people are more apt to buy things during the Holidays as opposed to the middle of the summer (when they had a big sale six months ago). And hey, if they run the numbers and determine they'll make more money selling X units at Y price as opposed to A units at B price then that's their prerogative. They've certainly hit a sweet spot with the indie packs, though, as they are obviously calculated to draw more attention to people who would otherwise overlook budget/lesser known titles.
Absolutely! It was that totally unexpected steam summer sale that bagged most of the games I wanted at that time. But this sale has been my best yet, the THQ pack was my deal of the damn year and none of them contain additional drm. Before anyone SHOUTS GFWL, I always, always offline mode for it, essentially creating a title that only has steam for drm. I'm not missing multiplayer, since GFWL hates my fibre optic connection.
Sales like these depend on what type of gamer you are, since I love nearly every single genre out there, buying lots of games with only steam drm was a synch.
