Quick sales will return to Steam

Quick sales will reappear on Steam two years after Valve canceled this feature. Developers will be able to choose for how many hours the cost of the title will be reduced.

According to Valve News Network employee Tyler McVicker, developers will have four options to determine the sale period: 6, 8, 10 or 12 hours.

I’ve just been informed that @steam_games Flash Sales are returning, with a twist. Devs can chose for the sales to last 6, 8, 10 or 12 hours, shaking up sales almost every hour, and making sales feel more like an event again. pic.twitter.com/zbGtKYQBCt
— Tyler McVicker (@ValveNewsNetwor) August 3, 2018

Sergey Galenkin, the creator of the SteamSpy service, noted that before sales peaks fell on the first and last day of the summer sale (the rest of the time, users waited to see if the price would decrease even more as part of the daily sale).

Если Steam действительно примет такое решение, то цены на игры в магазине будут меняться очень быстро. Комментаторы под постом МакВикера разделились во мнении: одних такой вариант радует, другие же сильно недовольны, потому что не хотят совершать покупки второпях.

Отмена быстрых распродаж в 2016 году привела к тому, что масштабные ивенты типа большой летней распродажи в Steam стали для девелоперов более прибыльными. Как In 2016, revenue during the summer sale jumped by 40%.

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