HunchBluntley: Thanks! I was actually thinking about starting a general sale tracking thread, since I hadn't seen one yet, but I don't suppose there's any point now. =) +1 for your effort.
Only one thing: in your researching for that spreadsheet, did you happen to notice which games/DLC are on sale that DON'T appear somewhere in the Winter Sale section on the front page?
RWarehall: Yes, I went straight to the "Games" page for the info. So I should have everything that is on sale. You will notice that I tracked down a few which were not on the front page and marked them in the "Other" column because they are "Release" discounts which started prior to this sale.
No, I know you
found all the games that have been on sale; I was asking if you happened to note specifically
which of the ones that are discounted did not appear on the front page. I had counted the games included in the bundles and in the 'Daily Deals' section, and the total was 127; there are 138 games shown as discounted on the Games page. Of the 11 'unpromoted' sale items, I know 5 just from looking at the recent releases: the basic edition of
Dreamfall Chapters and the upgrade DLC for it, the two editions of
Valhalla Hills, and
The Moment of Silence. As always, I'm curious to know what the other "hidden" discounts are, but not curious (or bored) enough to do an item-by-item comparison between the front page and the catalog (or MaGog), especially when someone else has already done pretty much all the analysis first. =)
shmargin: I never try the "mystery game" sales, and this is exactly why.
Europa Universalis III Complete
Agarest: Generations of War
"Europa Universalis III Complete", which after looking at the store page, I would not have downloaded even if it was a free download. I'm sure some people like it, but I'm very selective on strategy games, and this looks about like the polar opposite of what I would ever even think about playing.
The other one, "Agarest: Generations of War". I do like JRPGs, but this sounds more like a strategic JRPG, more focus on combat, less combat on story. Which is the opposite way I like my JRPGs...But I MIGHT like this one, we'll see.
So, all in all, I'm not blaming any one, I knew as I clicked purchase that this might happen, mainly just pointing out the games I got to help people get an idea about whats there.
Though I see some people complaining about getting adventure games....I would have loved an adventure game.
Well, you can always ask Support to either give you a refund, or convert your unwanted games into gift codes which you can then trade for other people's unwanted adventure games in the appropriate forums threads. : )