Steam Summer Sale Tips (Read Before you Dive)

Well hello there and welcome to our blog which will be updated regularly with PC Gaming news, here we are going to be talking about PC Games, PC gaming hardware and accessories.

And what a better way to kick this blog off with the Steam Summer sale for 2013 (11 July - 22 July). Any true PC gamer is excited about this event which takes place every year and can save you a-lot of money or if handled in a wrong way it can destroy your financial stability in a matter of days.

Here is a list of tips that you should keep in mind when fuddling around with the Steam Summer Sale:

1. Do not buy a game unless it is a Daily Deal, a Flash Sale or a Community Choice

Usually during a Steam Sale (Holiday or Summer) there are two tiers of discounts. The first are the regular discounts for the majority of games that vary between 10-50% and last for all the days of the sale. The second tier consists of the Daily deals which last for 24 hours, the Flash Sales that rotate every 8 hours and the community's choice which is also rotated every 8 hours. You never want to buy a game unless it is in the second tier. You don't want to end-up buying a game and finding it the next day much cheaper on the Flash sales. If you really want to buy a game that is not listed in the above 3 categories, wait until the last day of the Steam sale (22nd of July) to be sure that you will not be missing out on a better deal.

2. Budget your purchases

As tempting as it sounds don't log in to steam waving your wallet around buying whatever is available at the time. Instead agree with yourself a certain amount of money that you are willing and can afford spending during this event and stick to it for god's sake

3. Do not buy a game you are not interested in

Yes it is 75% and it only costs 2.49€ but if you are not going to play it there is no reason on having it. I am still trying to get myself to play games that I bought during the 2012 steam summer sale.

4. If you can't resist at-least buy the game as a gift

If they make you an offer you can't resist (wink - wink) buy the game as a gift, this way it can be kept in your inventory and you can then gift it to a friend, trade it with someone else for an-other game that you want or if you ever find time to play it (highly doubtful) gift it to yourself and start playing when you want it.

That's my advise, I hope that someone will follow it. Now excuse me while I log-in to steam and wait for Mortal Kombat to be discounted.