Steam holiday sale

The steam holiday sale ended January 2nd. There were a lot of good games on sale, there were also a lot of slaps in the face.

Dead island went on sale just before the holiday sale for less then during the holiday sale.

Valve / Steam ran out of third party coupons. This means towards the end, people were receiving coupons for Valve games.

The Valve coupons expire March 2012.

The valve coupons are not valid for valve games released after January 1, 2012.

What kind of deal is that? The only people benefiting from those coupons are people new to Steam and Valve games.

I have been buying Valve games since the late 1990s. The coupons are nothing but wasted pixels on my screen, as I already have just about all valve games. The only games I am missing are day of defeat source, and half-life source. I am not interested in either game and have no intention on buying them.

Valve has not released a game in over 2 years - with the exception of portal 2.

Where is half-life 3, left 4 dead 2,,, heck where are the fixes for the glitches and exploits in left 4 dead 1 & 2? How about I trade my coupons for a tank fix in dead center 1?

Then there is the issue with people who created dozens, if not hundreds of accounts to get the free items.

Maybe the holiday sale for 2012 will have better stuff then the 2011 sale.