Sales on Steam random or is there logic behind them?

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#1 ASRCSR
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I have wanting L4D2 for a while now and i think i missed a sale on it a couple of weeks ago. So my question is will be it be on sale again anytime soon or even the Valve package on sale OR is it totally random and they will do it anytime they feel like it? like how they did it with the rockstar package this week.

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#2 Hekynn
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Well they did lowered they're price from $50 to $30 which is a pretty good drop in price.
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#3 Remmib
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Doubt it will be on sale for a long while...how could you miss the sale on it? It was on sale for a week...
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#4 MrLions
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It's random I think....
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#5 clyde46
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It was on sale last week. I bought it for 13.99.

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#6 bonafidetk
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Sales are usually random but they often coinside with the release of new DLC for a title. So if you know some DLC is coming up for a game youre interested in getting then wait until the DLC is released.

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#7 ASRCSR
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It was on sale last week. I bought it for 13.99.

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Dang IT

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#8 Remmib
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[QUOTE="clyde46"]

It was on sale last week. I bought it for 13.99.

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I think he means British pounds...the game was never that cheap in dollars. It was around $20 the other week.
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Its usually random sales but often coinsides with the release of DLC on titles. So if you know some DLC is coming up for a game youre interested in getting then wait until the DLC is released.bonafidetk

Well the passing just came out so i don't think there will be another DLC for a while. So i think i should just pony up and get it i guess

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#10 Remmib
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Well the passing just came out so i don't think there will be another DLC for a while. So i think i should just pony up and get it i guessASRCSR
Cheapest way to get it is from Amazon. (can't wait until I can hyperlink) http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B002BRYXRQ/ref=sr_1_2_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1272858516&sr=8-2&condition=new
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#11 millerlight89
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I think it is just random to be honest. Though the deals are usually amazing, there is no pattern to them lol.
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Thankfully i got 1 and 2 for free,god bless the gift system,hopefully getting portal 2 free as well :)

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#13 wooooode
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Yeah it was $20 a few weeks ago, I am sure it wont go on sale for at least 3 months.
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#14 ASRCSR
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Yeah it was $20 a few weeks ago, I am sure it wont go on sale for at least 3 months.wooooode

So the average between a game going on sale again is 3 months because i got a lot of games sitting around and with the anger valve started with announcing L4D2, i expect them to not make another one for a while. But would the online community still be there in 3 months, because on one hand its probably the summer so more people have time to play but then again more games will be out by then

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#15 costyssj4
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Me and some of my friends got left 4 dead 2 on this site www.g2play.net its 20 bucks I think.

they sell you a key, which you activate in steam, also be careful and look for Left 4 Dead 2 uncut version, the cut version is cheaper but i dont think they wrote its cut. So infact Left 4 Dead 2 (cut version) and Left 4 Dead 2 Uncut (uncut version)

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#16 Daytona_178
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It's random I think....MrLions
After a game is on sale they have a spike in sales for a while...thats one of the reasons why they do it. So they will probably put it back on sale when it stops selling so well to get it back in peoples minds.