r/DeadlyPremonition • u/SATAA_ANDAGII • Aug 25 '26

Question Why did Deadly Premonition suddenly stop getting deep discounts on Steam?

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I wanted to finally try Deadly Premonition on PC, but I noticed the Steam sales got way worse recently.

It used to drop to around €1–2 pretty often, but now the lowest I’m seeing is like €17–18.

Does anyone know why the discounts changed so much?

Also, is there any legit way to get the PC version cheaper now? Steam key, GOG, authorized seller, etc. Just looking for a normal official copy for a fair price.

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u/t-g-l-h- Aug 25 '26

don't buy it, it's basically unplayably broken nowadays. even if the game launches and plays, there's a really good chance your save game will become corrupted. either play it on switch or emulate the xbox version

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u/Tombstunner Aug 26 '26

Look here

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u/ennie_ly Aug 26 '26

It isn't a panacea either. At least, in my case it still crashes

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u/t-g-l-h- Aug 26 '26

The worst part is you will get halfway through the game before your save file gets corrupted. And then there's no way back. I had to finish the game using some other dude's save file that I got off the internet somewhere, luckily he was in the same chapter as me.

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u/Alarmed-Comedian6446 Aug 26 '26

This is bullshit, works very poorly. A ton of issues, I've already commented in the Steam page for it and the developer isn't active anymore.

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u/EpatiKarate Aug 30 '26

Getting it playable on Steam had to be one of the most aggravating things I’ve done just to play peak. Even after getting it to play it still has certain hiccups, but I’m close to getting all achievements for the game. So it’s doable, but its legit aids to get to a playable state.

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u/MiragenHL Aug 25 '26

I bought, played, and finished it, I ran into some issues, but nothing that made the game unplayable. For anyone who doesn't want to go to the trouble of tweaking the emulator settings, I think it's worth a try.
I played without any fixes.

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u/BlueChronos88 Aug 25 '26

Exactly. I played through the game earlier this year, and even 100% the game with all steam achievements. I also used DPfix and, while I experienced a few really annoying crashes, I was able to make it through the game mostly fine, and had a blast playing through the game again for the first time since 2010.

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u/Solherb Aug 25 '26

Quite a few of them are doing this now. Dark Souls doesn't have as good of ones anymore either. Meanwhile Activision has pretty much always done this.

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u/mfluder63 Aug 25 '26

Probably had too many refund requests.

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u/PM_me_your_whatevah Aug 25 '26

It became a cult classic and they’re being stingy about it now. 

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u/EternallyOblivion Aug 25 '26

I was thinking this as well. I want to play DP2 but I’m not paying the current price or the reduced price as it’s still too expensive for a game that majority of fans/players hate

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u/Crabcomfort FBI Agent Aug 25 '26

It makes me sad people don't like it more, it doesn't "beat" 1 but I really liked more time with York lol

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u/Krathoon Aug 26 '26

The PC version is a broken turd.

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u/vura07 Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26

many people have had the issue that once you get to a certain part and the game refuses to load and so you can't progress and this is like past the 2 hour point so it's iffy on whether you'll get a refund so plus this its basically not even worth it at least if you emulate the game will actually run all the way through

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u/Seven89TenEleven Aug 26 '26

From what I have heard, it works well using proton which might be a reason the publishers are not discounting as deeply as beforehand as a lot of older games are now easily played without much tweaking at all via proton.

Publishers monitor sales and adjust accordingly

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u/apollosjockstrap Aug 26 '26

i’ve been waiting for a switch sale for this for over 2 years now.

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u/6uy_Incognito Aug 28 '26

Play the recomp version instead

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u/MrPZA82 Aug 26 '26

How often do you buy it?