It’s that time of the year where Valve Corporation unleashes a set of discounted games for the mases that occupy the storefront to get some of their most anticipated titles with a cheaper price tag. Rather than a more traditional sale that we are all familiar with, this time Valve dressed up the event as a Grand Prix for this year’s Summer sale with the catch that those who participate in the promotion could win a title from their Steam wishlist.
The storefront when initially launching the event left the implication that the title at the top of your list would be the distributed game if granted the freebee. But however, it seems that is where users got mixed in the confusion of what Valve meant and did more damage than good ultimately.
Assuming that to get the most out of the giveaway would be by limiting their wishlist to only $60 games so that if chosen, participants would cash out at a better grab. This meaning that any indie titles that were previously on the list were removed in attempt to come out more rewarding, but only hurts the independent developer as the user will still receive whatever title tops said list.
Valve shortly after made a clarifying post detailing what exactly users have to do when participating in the current Grand Prix. Simply, go to your wishlist without having to delist any smaller titles by moving the more desirable game to the top of the wishlist.
Atop of the confusion brought from the acting promotion, Valve has stated that those who participated early on in the Grand Prix will also receive an extra boost towards possibly winning the game that sits high on their wishlist.
Source: Valve
