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Get cheap MMOs and a zillion early access titles in the Steam Summer Sale
If your Steam wish list is filled with early access games on sale for exactly one half of twice too much, well, I know the feeling. But MMO players still might want to take a look at the summer sale that began today since some MMOs have been marked down by as much as 58%. Here are just a few (prices in US dollars): Final Fantasy XIV is $20.09 The Secret World: Massive Edition is $41.99 (the regular version is $20.99) The Guild Wars Trilogy is $29.99 EVE Online is $9.99 Marvel Heroes' hero DLC is all on sale Final Fantasy XI's Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition is $26.79 Darkfall's six-month sub is $59.99 Nether starts at $6.74 Shadowrun Online is $20.09 (early access) DayZ is $25.49 (early access) Face of Mankind is 4.99 (early access) Perpetuum is $24.64 (early access) Windborne is $14.99 (early access) Entropy is $13.39 (early access) Beasts of Prey is $14.69 (early access) Check out the full list of Steam MMOs and MMO-tagged games for even more sales.
The Daily Grind: Does Steam influence your MMO habits?
A few weeks ago, our sister site Joystiq posted a story about Incredipede, an indie game whose slow sales over a four-month period were eclipsed by a single day's worth of sales on Steam. And when I looked back through our coverage of MMOs on Steam, I realized that the platform has quietly become a big deal for our genre, too; MMO publishers clearly believe Steam is a place they need to be. Final Fantasy XI's expansion landed there in recent memory, as did The War Z, Age of Conan, APB Reloaded, and dozens more. My own Steam account shows EVE Online, Champions Online, Lord of the Rings Online, and Spiral Knights, just to name a few. The convenience of Steam and the fact that my friends congregate there is the key draw for me, in spite of my lingering distrust for such services, so today, I'm wondering whether I'm alone. Are you guys more likely to download and try an MMO, F2P or otherwise, if it's on Steam? Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of their readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's Daily Grind!
