It’s summer, and that means a Steam sale is just around the corner.
But does Steam really deserve its reputation for amazing deals?
Here’s a look and see how often the competition matches up to Steam’s prices.
Over two weeks sooner.
The rest is made up of other stores.
These included major publishers and indie games.
Again, this doesn’t include very minor price drops or small initial release discounts.
Same criteria as above applies, excluding Steam sales.
23% of the games surveyed were on sale at Amazon before they went on sale via Steam.
All the other stores checked together had an average 81 day wait until the price of the games decreased.
For those who aren’t overly fond of simple math, that’s 17 days sooner, on average.
Oh, and in case you were worried, the sales are just as good, as shown below.
Sales tend to be nearly equal across the board.
If anything, it gives a very slight edge to competitors.
It’s not just initial sales you’re missing out on with just Steam.
A 35% of games that drop below $10 for the first time do so on Steam.
But that leaves another 48% from other stores.
17% from Amazon alone.
In other words, sales are where it’s at.
Ultimately, it’s a pretty good time to be a PC gamer.
However, as great as Steam is, if you’re not shopping around, you’re missing out.
