Once again, it's time for another Steam sale. We're not talking about one of the big Steam sales, those moments when Steam basically puts all sorts of games, add-ons, and bundles on sale for an entire week or so. In this case, it's just Ubisoft that's discounting a bunch of its titles on Steam. So, if you've been looking to backfill your Assassin's Creed collection, now's as good a time as any to buy a game or two.

However, you're going to want to be a smart shopper if you're looking to buy any bundles of games that Ubisoft has put together. If you're not careful, you might end up paying more for the bundle of games than what you would otherwise pay for the games individually.

We don't believe that Ubisoft is purposefully pricing its packs to trick people and extract more money from those that don't pay attention to the fine details on the packs' pages. The pricing disparity is likely the result of Ubisoft discounting its entire collection on Steam. Instead of discounting the packs by a proportional amount (given how many games are in each pack), Ubisoft appears to just be applying a standard discount to some packsas if it was just an individual item, which it kind of is, but kind of isn't.

So, in the case of Ubisoft's Prime Pack, you'll be paying $100 if you purchase the pack itself during Ubisoft's big sale. If you buy the eight games individually, however, you'll only have to spend $68.17. Though it's a little more legwork, you'll save some cashenough for another game or two, at least.

As Kotaku notes, the same holds true for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Pack. Buy the two games separatelyAssassin's Creed Unity and Assassin's Creed Rogueand you'll pay $28. Buy the pack of two games, however, and you'll pay $35 for the exact same thing.

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And this fact isn't being concealed on Steam at all. In fact, you'll see the pricing for the individual games right above the pricing for the pack itself. And both figures can be found right above the big "Add to Cart" button on Steam. In other words, you only have yourself to blame if you're spending money unnecessarily.

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