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Broden on 21/12/2010 - 04:18 store.steampowered.com (4466 clicks)
Last edited 24/12/2010 - 20:08

Way too many games to list. Over 1000 games have had their price slashed.

Remember you may be able to get the games cheaper by using the following guide written by OCAU's Philll:
http://www.coflash.com/steam/

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  • Gnostikos on 21/12/2010 - 04:52

    YAY!

    Alternatives to SecuROB.

    • scrimshaw on 21/12/2010 - 04:54

      But you're still chainballed to good ol' DRM..

      • Gnostikos on 21/12/2010 - 05:06
        +6

        Well… you don't say Sherlock.

        Still I'd gladly accept Steam compared to any rootkit Sony come up with.

        • coxymla on 21/12/2010 - 12:47

          Except that (third party) titles on steam often have steam DRM and the original game DRM, eg. Securom.

  • GreatWhiteHunter on 21/12/2010 - 06:35

    The complete Rockstar pack would be good value, but not available in Australia (I assume due to it including Manhunt)

  • GreatWhiteHunter on 21/12/2010 - 06:35

    Can I use the US store with my existing AU account or do I need to create a new US account?

    Can I later merge the two accounts?

  • micromanage on 21/12/2010 - 07:25

    bc2 aint 6.6 thats the upgrade kit

  • leginmat on 21/12/2010 - 08:20

    Wow excellent value for BC2. I paid $60 for it just earlier this year.

    • grazer on 21/12/2010 - 08:33

      BC2 = USD13.59 (66% off)
      BC2 Vietnam addon = USD14.99 (normal price)
      BC2 SPECACT addon = USD5.99 (normal price)
      http://store.steampowered.com/app/24960/

      • Rawr on 21/12/2010 - 10:03

        BC2 is only $6.79USD if you're able to get it from the US store.

        • Duff5000 on 21/12/2010 - 12:14

          Rather annoying that i could get bc2 and vietnam on steam from the usa for $21USD. I have BC2 retail so i have to get vietnam from EA and it is $20 on their site for us.

          Edit: cant reply to the person under me so ill edit this.

          You cant buy Vietnam on steam unless you have the steam version of BC2.
          You CAN still buy Vietnam from the EA site, it just costs more for us.

        • furythree on 21/12/2010 - 12:50

          damnit so if i have retail version (bought the cd key) i cant get vietnam? damnittt

        • compound on 21/12/2010 - 13:16

          The great Australian ripoff - I'll be getting it from the US store.

  • morini on 21/12/2010 - 08:27

    Lots of good stuff eg Portal, BC2, MeatBoy, lots of game packs.

    • morini on 21/12/2010 - 19:46

      Deus Ex twin pack for $2.99

  • h4lcyon on 21/12/2010 - 08:38

    Cool, $13 for a ton of cool indie games ;)

    • leonheart1 on 21/12/2010 - 08:50
      +2

      Well the humble indie bundles can be activated on Steam now, I just got the link today.

      So there's no need to buy a game again if you already have it.

  • dmtdude on 21/12/2010 - 08:43

    Unfortunately us Australians can't get the Valve pack :( Apparently Valve doesn't think we're cool enough.

    • doormatt1 on 21/12/2010 - 08:53
      +4

      Probably due to the L4D2 censorship.

  • vid_ghost on 21/12/2010 - 09:14
    +1

    For those wanting to go onto the steam US store for better prices here's the link All money goes to Steam US either way so its not like shopping at the AUS Steam store is good for Australia > http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=us

    • wasdw246 on 21/12/2010 - 09:48

      I've heard that on Steam, sometimes the game regions are restricted. And you cant play in home country
      How can you tell which games will not work in Aus for example if bought from the US store?
      Or is this just for only boxed games?

  • theguyrules on 21/12/2010 - 09:15
    +2

    Bought BC2 for $6.79 using OpenVPN, worked better than great.

    • blitz on 21/12/2010 - 10:27

      What is this OpenVPN of which you speak? I've found http://openvpn.net but not sure what to do from there…

      • theguyrules on 21/12/2010 - 10:35

        Wow, I apologies, for some reason I said OpenVPN instead of "UltraSurf" which is what I ACTUALLY used.
        Sorry haha

        • overlook on 21/12/2010 - 11:12

          how do u put indetails

        • blitz on 21/12/2010 - 11:26

          Aha thanks for that. So are you using the gifting method? That's the only one I know of.

        • theguyrules on 21/12/2010 - 11:38
          +2

          No, just put in fake US address and bought it using a MasterCard.

  • superfunhappy on 21/12/2010 - 09:18
    +1

    The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom for $0.49 (save 90%) http://store.steampowered.com/app/40930/

  • doormatt1 on 21/12/2010 - 09:34
    +11

    A great website for comparing prices between Steam stores is: http://www.steamprices.com/au

    • jamesligit on 21/12/2010 - 09:54
      +2

      I like the top rip off section.. lol.

      Goes to show that AUS prices are rediculously high.

    • jaam on 21/12/2010 - 12:57

      Thanks. Very useful. Like the top savings section ;-)
      And, of course same with jamesligit - that top rip off is a gem :-P

      • SomeGuyOnOzB on 21/12/2010 - 14:15

        :P

        Looking at the top savings, they do have some at 33% or more.

        But … Age of Booty

        Savings vs USA - 0%
        Savings vs UK … big dramatic drum roll … 0.75% … :P

  • vid_ghost on 21/12/2010 - 09:55

    Anyone know how long this sale goes for? I know they are ment to change games every day but its also a steam wide 25% to 50% off almost everything sale!

    • Broden on 21/12/2010 - 09:57

      It runs for 2 weeks as of today.

      • vid_ghost on 21/12/2010 - 10:30

        Thank's :) will wait too see if the games i want to buy pop up on a special day price.. at the moment they are 25% and 33% off hoping for more…

  • cookmsuh on 21/12/2010 - 10:21

    Is there anyone that can post up a list somewhere? Steam is blocked from work!

  • gabtug on 21/12/2010 - 10:51

    I have same prob as cookmsuh though this site is great (and informative for buying decisions):

    http://www.steamprices.com/au/

    • Nato on 21/12/2010 - 11:07
      +9

      Fallout: New Vegas
      Aus: $67.46
      US: $37.49
      FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

      • vid_ghost on 21/12/2010 - 12:10

        Its just insane, how would they justify this!

  • HerpinDerp on 21/12/2010 - 11:08
    +1

    I'll have 2 of each animal!

  • rezok on 21/12/2010 - 11:24

    Great deal!

    Im thinking about L4D2 for the Macbook - it's only a basic machine - can anyone who has it suggest how it might work? 2.14Ghz / 4gb ram….

    Also, is it best on joystick or keyboard? Cheers….

    • h4lcyon on 21/12/2010 - 11:41
      +1

      keybd + mouse for FPS :)

      joystick of racing, and action games.. your at a bit of a disadvantage with only 1 mouse button tho :P

      • furythree on 21/12/2010 - 12:49

        haha epic
        but magic mouse has both left andright click now
        welcome to osx

        • chansthename on 21/12/2010 - 13:14
          +2

          still not that great for FPS, you need other buttons that you can program to your preferences (scroll wheel absolute must for weapon switching)

  • vid_ghost on 21/12/2010 - 12:21
    +3

    WHY is it that if i buy from the Australian steam store i still get an international transaction credit card fee on my bank statement at a % of the total price.

    I may as well buy from the US Store direct and that way i get the reduced prices.. Either way i still pay a INT credit card fee.

    • Duff5000 on 21/12/2010 - 12:22

      Pay with paypal is the only way to avoid it i believe.

      • h4lcyon on 21/12/2010 - 12:41
        +2

        Or use the 28 degrees (Wizard) mastercard.

        • pilchard on 23/12/2010 - 18:14

          love that car(d). :)

      • Dan3490 on 21/12/2010 - 21:30
        +3

        Though with paypal you get crap exchange rate so it's fairly close anyway.

  • striker5950 on 21/12/2010 - 13:44

    So how do i get the uncensored version of L4D2?

    • Wally on 21/12/2010 - 13:58
      +2

      http://www.ozgameshop.com/pc-games/left-4-dead-2-game-pc

      or buy from the US Steam store using a VPN IP

    • scrimshaw on 21/12/2010 - 14:00
      +3

      Use Ultrasurf to trick Steam into thinking that you live in USA.

      Then use CC to pay (or use Steam Wallet, just top it up with some credit before hand) and plug in a fake US address.

      • compound on 21/12/2010 - 17:21

        Easiest method yet! US rates here I come and screw the distributors!

      • Wally on 21/12/2010 - 17:36

        Can anyone confirm a payment into your Australian steam account's Wallet will withdraw funds for the US store purchase?

      • manbearpig on 21/12/2010 - 23:27
        +1

        I'm trying to use Ultrasurf and Steam Wallet but am getting the following error:

        There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance.

        • Wally on 21/12/2010 - 23:53

          Interesting- let us know if you can get the transaction to complete using the funds in your Steam Wallet!

        • compound on 22/12/2010 - 00:10

          You must be doing something wrong. I didn't even use steam wallet - just my st george debit card.

          Make sure you say that you live in USA.

        • manbearpig on 22/12/2010 - 00:16

          When I run Ultrasurf, do I need to configure anything? All I've done is run it and then go to the Steam site through the IE page that popped up. And yes I'm using Steam Wallet since I don't have a debit card.

        • cheng2008 on 22/12/2010 - 01:37

          yup, getting the same error with that method, they must have checked my paypal account location or something.

          Update: my St George Visa Debit card not working with it either. Grr
          Update 2:Entropay is also failing to recognise my debit card. At this stage my beauty sleep looks like it's worth $7.

        • compound on 22/12/2010 - 01:56

          I don't know but my billing address, city, state, zip, country and ticked 'I currently live in the country selected above' were all from the States.

        • Hintswen on 22/12/2010 - 21:51

          WTF is steam wallet? a $balance on your steam account?

        • manbearpig on 23/12/2010 - 22:09

          ^A simple google search would have done the trick..

  • cheng2008 on 21/12/2010 - 14:43

    So basically 1000 of these games are on sale but every day there will be extra savings on selected games, is that right?

    • blitz on 21/12/2010 - 15:06

      correct.

      • vid_ghost on 21/12/2010 - 15:35

        Over two weeks up until the 2nd of Jan!

        • blitz on 21/12/2010 - 17:00
          +1

          Two huge wallet-emptying weeks!!!

      • junior_thrift on 22/12/2010 - 06:19

        holding out for Black Ops…

  • Yuri Lowell on 21/12/2010 - 15:11

    Can anyone help me get the US version of Bad Company 2 for $6.80?

    • doormatt1 on 21/12/2010 - 15:22
      +2

      I've used Ultrasurf to change IP address and Entropay for payment whilst using a fake US address. Follow these instructions but substitute in Ultrasurf: http://julianmoeller.dk/bypassing-region-protection-on-steam…

    • steve_asdfg on 21/12/2010 - 16:09

      I did this last week for Football Manager 2011 and it seemed to work fine:
      go here and set up VPN: anonymitynetwork.com
      you can get a 3 hour trial for free, you just need to enter an email address
      clear your cookies and go to the US steam website
      make a new account there and pretend you are American
      add your game to cart and gift it to your main steam account (you can do all this through the website, dont need to use Steam client at all)
      I paid with my credit card (visa debit), I entered my real street address but changed country to America
      good luck.

      • Hintswen on 21/12/2010 - 16:37
        +2

        You mean you accidently entered the wrong country right? :D

    • compound on 21/12/2010 - 17:24
      +1

      What I did:

      Download, install and run Ultrasurf.

      Go into the steam website and did the transaction.

      For the address part I just said I lived in USA with some random address I took from google maps in Colorado Springs.

      Sweet as - enjoying my game!

  • cmdwedge on 21/12/2010 - 15:52
    +7

    Steam sales cure cancer. Fact.

    • Jack D Price on 21/12/2010 - 16:06

      It's also cured my Xmas pressie dilemma.

  • CuteChocobo on 21/12/2010 - 16:05

    If I may trouble someone to help me check how much is Team Fortress 2 on steam now?
    I am at work, and all game related website are blocked! =)
    Cheers~

    • doormatt1 on 21/12/2010 - 16:12
      +1

      $10, currently 50% off. I'd wait till the end of the sale as it most likely be one of the daily deals.

  • striker5950 on 21/12/2010 - 16:08

    ok to get the uncensored version, i used the link in arthy90's post top of the page and it worked, downloading the game right now 7.5gb.
    the speed isn't that great, i guess thats because its downlaoding from US servers

    • leonheart1 on 21/12/2010 - 16:17

      Well once you got the game, you don't have to keep the VPN on lol.
      Unless you intend on playing the whole game through the VPN! @_@

  • striker5950 on 21/12/2010 - 16:57

    i did Turn the VPN off after i purchased the game

    • leonheart1 on 21/12/2010 - 19:52

      Okay, good. I'm downloading BC2 at 500kbps though. =/
      Not fast but I know this is my internet's limit.

      • theguyrules on 21/12/2010 - 20:39

        Well you aren't going to get faster than your internets limit……

        • leonheart1 on 21/12/2010 - 23:39

          Yeah, the speed here is horrible.
          I'm with iinet but I doubt internode would be that much faster.
          It's the bloody lines where I live… if only there was something I could do!!!!

  • medium_tight on 21/12/2010 - 17:07

    shopping suggestion from this event: Space Empire Bundle $7.99 (Includes Space Empire IV Deluxe and Space Empire) it's a strategy game.

  • txn25 on 21/12/2010 - 18:59

    Everybody go buy Super Meat Boy!
    Easily the best deal of today. :)

    And can someone help me get BC2 for 6.79?
    Will paypal or DD :(

  • morphio on 22/12/2010 - 01:17

    Awesome! Ultrasurf works great!

    • aznkiwi91 on 22/12/2010 - 01:52

      I can also confirm Ultrasurf works. I've bought 2 copies now.

  • AmpeD on 22/12/2010 - 01:48

    I did it through us site and I think i forgot to gift it to my main account, now i got it disabled :(

  • WingedNike on 22/12/2010 - 04:23

    It took me a good 3 hours and several credic card declined attempts, but I finally got a gift of a $5 Fear 2! Phew. Not sure if it was worth it in th elong run, but now I have it, hooray. Used Ultrasurf from the US site.

  • leonheart1 on 22/12/2010 - 05:09
    +1

    RE5 for $10, baby, whoo! Finally bought it! ;)

  • gabtug on 22/12/2010 - 09:43

    If anyone likes trading games, Patrican 3 + Darkstar One + Some art trading simulator are bundled together and sold for $2.50 USD.

    That is VG considering Partican 3 alone sells for $9.99USD off sale.

    Patrican 3 is awesome! (much better than 4)

  • cattop on 22/12/2010 - 12:33
    +2

    Just a reminder for new steam users (search shows that it is almost a year since a mention of this on ozbargain):
    "The one stop no frills program to prevent your steam downloads from counting towards your quota."

    http://members.iinet.net.au/~chapman.j/

    • blitz on 22/12/2010 - 12:46
      +1

      Wish they had TPG!
      - 3FL (iiNet and Westnet)
      - Internode
      - iPrimus
      - Bigpond

    • gabtug on 22/12/2010 - 14:14

      With the NBN we don't need Quotas!

      For the one low price of $99.99 per month, excluding phone line, all your problems will go away!

      Yay!

      Welcome to the future!….not.

    • Hintswen on 22/12/2010 - 21:54

      Nice website, doesn't even list which ISP's this works for. Will not work for Optus as Optus does not have unmetered downloads for Steam Content.

  • illusionarybreeze on 22/12/2010 - 14:28

    Anyone else having trouble downloading games with busy steam servers?

    • cattop on 22/12/2010 - 14:40

      Had some troubles when downloading last night - Kept getting the busy server message.. One game downloaded OK but took a few tries to get the other one.

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