Comments on: SavyCharts: August 2011

By: Lewie Procter

Lewie Procter — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:15:51 +0000

In reply to Rei Onryou. SavyGamers are a different class.

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:07:48 +0000

Gotta love that the Multiformat chart is not only all PC, but there is no Sims or WoW to be seen. Nowhere else can you get the same result.

By: Toothball

Toothball — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:32:31 +0000

In reply to nofing. I don't think it's that complicated. I suspect it's just because PC gamers are generally closer to their browsers than console gamers are. I know many consoles have browsers too now, but I'd imagine that they don't get as much use as your average PC browser. Plus, on both Xbox and PS3 have their own systems to alerting gamers to their online deals, which aren't too bad for what they offer.

By: nofing

nofing — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:16:49 +0000

My theory is, that PC games have become a permanent investment, because most of the games will be bound to you, for the rest of your live (until your Steam account gets banned 😉 ).
Console games can easily be bought, played for a week and then sold again, with maybe a £5-£10 loss and I think it doesn’t really matter, when you buy your console game, if you buy it for £40 you can probably sell it for £30-£35, if you buy it for £20 you will probably be able to sell it for £10-£15.
I know, not everybody sells their games, but a lot of console gamers do and the only reason PC gamers don’t do it anymore, is because of DRM.

By: Lewie Procter

Lewie Procter — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:07:42 +0000

In reply to Protome. Exactly that.

By: Protome

Protome — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:40:40 +0000

Is there a reason why some of the deals are linked and most aren’t? Are the linked ones just the deals that are still actually running?

By: Lewie Procter

Lewie Procter — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:23:27 +0000

In reply to Pete. That's pretty much the idea, glad you like it.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:22:22 +0000

Nice feature, this. Handy for spotting any good deals I missed, as well as just being interesting!