{"id":1616644,"date":"2026-06-25T18:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tHy34ZCCRNQXHqxbyq8pne"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:40:10","slug":"the-steam-summer-sale-goes-live-with-deep-a-discounts-across-thousands-of-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-steam-summer-sale-goes-live-with-deep-a-discounts-across-thousands-of-games\/","title":{"rendered":"The Steam Summer Sale goes live with ‘deep-a** discounts’ across thousands of games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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June 25 is a big day: After years of waiting, Grand Theft Auto 6 preorders<\/a> are finally live! Well, y’know, for some<\/em> people, anyway.<\/p>\n

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But it’s a joyous day for us too (and, importantly, in a way that excludes them*<\/em>) because today also marks the start of the 2026 Steam Summer Sale<\/a>, the annual discount extravaganza that you’re just not going to find on consoles.<\/p>\n

(*Am I really cheesed about GTA 6 not coming to PC side-by-day with console? No. I find it a little baffling, given that PC gamers clearly are a <\/em>“core” GTA audience<\/em><\/a> despite what Strauss Zelnick may say, but cynical though it may be I think PC Gamer editor Ted Litchfield is <\/em>correct in his assessment<\/em><\/a>: Holding it back for a year or two is a very effective way of double-dipping. It’s a strategy that’s been successful for Rockstar and Take-Two in the past, so it’s not terribly surprising that they’re carrying on with it now. Anyway, back to the point: Steam sale!)<\/em><\/p>\n

As always, although I’m pretty sure this is the first time Valve has ever used this specific term for it, the Steam Summer Sale includes “deep-ass discounts”\u2014and hey, don’t blame me, I’m just quoting the trailer here\u2014on thousands of games across pretty much every genre you can think of. <\/p>\n

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