JEMC said:
(Bear with me for this little intro actually makes some sense) When I was a kid, there were some old cartoons, I think they were from Tex Avery, where sometimes one of the characters, usually the antagonist, thought he had made a great deal, only to realize that he had been fooled. At that point, his face would change into one of a donkey, to emphasize that. Well, I could feel extremely related to that yesterday when discussing Steama nd they hiding sales. So, for the three of us that have talked about it, the rest apparently already know about this, here's a little surprise: all those other hidden sales are... one click away. So, if you're like me and check what deals are going on at Steam, you likely check three usual places:
and
But, have you ever paid attention to this little fella?
Oh, why would you click that? It will be all the individual games that are on sale, right? A list like the one from the Weeklong Deals, right? Well... no, it's not
Not only you can find the individual games that are on sale, below what you can see in the pic, but it also lists all the f*cking sales that are active inside that Special Events section. And, as you can see by the little grey bar below, there are quite a few of them, including a new one that I'll post tomorrow with the news. Now that I've shown this, think how many times you have seen that little "browse more" prompt and I think you'll get why I started talking about those Tex Avery cartoons, the guy that felt like a donkey and how I could relate to that. |
Well, I guess you absolutely nailed it. Steam has a major UI design issue, which is leading to a discoverability problem, only it's for sales and events instead of games. Steam really is in its own league to have such a problem.
EDIT: Of course the issue is that Steam's own Lunar New Year Sale is not visible on that page, so even that's not comprehensive. Wow.
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