14 DAY TRIAL // The Steam Summer Sales, one of the biggest events of the year for PC-focused gamers, has been running for more than one week and I have not yet picked up any of the titles that the digital distribution service has been offering with big discounts.
Valve has worked with developers and publishers to deliver one major sales each day, smaller titles with bigger cuts every eight hours and some hidden deals that players have to actively search for.
Despite this, I tend to gloss over the announcements about new Steam deals, vote on the community decided package and then simply return to another activity, without contemplating whether I want to pick up any of the offered titles.
Some great titles, ranging from a complete edition of Skyrim that I do not own to Brothers or Torchlight, are offered for very low prices, but I take a look at my back catalog, the games that I already own and did not spend enough time with, and any intention of buying something new fades.
As I grow older, I come to realize that the biggest resource that the modern gamer, who is typically over 30 and has a number of social relationships that he needs to invest in, lacks is time and not money.
I used to run through at least 10 seasons of Football Manager in a calendar year with at least three different teams, and this year, even if I played the 2014 installment for more than 300 hours, I barely managed to do Liverpool until it won a European Champions Cup.
Wargame Red Dragon launched way before I managed to become very good in the multiplayer mode of the previous installment in the series, AirLand Battle.
I still want to return to FTL despite the fact that there are tens of other indie titles that I should be checking out in order to see how the industry can innovate.
I appreciate the way the Steam Summer Sale can be a huge occasion for players who are just now building up a library or who are starting to discover the classics of PC gaming.
The company might single-handedly make the PC a worthy alternative to the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4.
But at the moment the deals no longer appeal to me, and even the cool little games Valve is building around the sales are not enough to keep me interested and engaged.