You know that the preorder content for L4D2 was also there for those who preordered from Steam.Tom Goldman said:
Portal 2 Preorders Get More Bots For the Buck
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As for game length, Portal was gold, and I believe with the added ideas in Portal 2, this will be gold too, I trust Valve have playtested and it's just long enough to offer optimum pleasure without outstaying its welcome.
We've all played 40 hour games where 30 of those hours are relentless padding, are they somehow better for it?
I'll no doubt end up waiting for at least 33% off in a sale before I go for it anyways, as I don't remember the last time I paid more than £10 for a game, ah yes, GTA IV set me back £18 on Steam.
I think it'll still have to dip under £20 before I go for it thom despite being sure I'll love it, as like so many, I'm on pretty limited income.
We've all played 40 hour games where 30 of those hours are relentless padding, are they somehow better for it?
I'll no doubt end up waiting for at least 33% off in a sale before I go for it anyways, as I don't remember the last time I paid more than £10 for a game, ah yes, GTA IV set me back £18 on Steam.
I think it'll still have to dip under £20 before I go for it thom despite being sure I'll love it, as like so many, I'm on pretty limited income.
I'm sad that valve caved into gamestop's corporate bullshit money pushing.
I remember the days when you bought a game you bought the fucking game. You didn't need to pre-order it, you didn't need to spend $70 on DLC packs and everyone was equal.
You bought the game and you played it and that was it, done deal. The rich kids didn't get super duper in game items with their collectors editions and pre-order bonuses would have seemed like the craziest fucking idea in the world.
I remember the days when you bought a game you bought the fucking game. You didn't need to pre-order it, you didn't need to spend $70 on DLC packs and everyone was equal.
You bought the game and you played it and that was it, done deal. The rich kids didn't get super duper in game items with their collectors editions and pre-order bonuses would have seemed like the craziest fucking idea in the world.
True.Assassin Xaero said:
Kinda big thing - 4 months now [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/100633-Steam-for-Mac-Sets-Portal-Free-UPDATED]
Hit another point, but I wasn't sure where you were driving.
Oooh, are you looking for a fight?
This is the bit that totally weirds me out. How can a second-party retailer have a better deal than the first party manufacturer? That was my original point - and one that's not been answered fully yet.
Because if they don't get all pampered and basically given free money, they throw a hissy fit at some trade commission about DD damaging retail and Valve gets banned.The_root_of_all_evil said:
Kind of how Intel was forced to pay a billion dollars because AMD whined about unfair trade because Intel was simply making better CPU's that year.
Fair trade laws are fair to those who made them.
This statement will probably wind up being untrue. As I said before, expect Valve to announce this deal everywhere, it's just the GameStop jumped that gun.Jaded Scribe said:
No, I am "complaining" that since that store does not have any stores in my country, I am being locked out of content that will probably be on the disk anyway.samsonguy920 said:
I don't care if some stores manage to get Valve to offer them special deals, but the content should be available for everyone.
Baseball bat but it was hard to enforce on that kind of game and it meant that if one person in the group had the bat then the whole group could use it for that game.Last Bullet said:
OT: Knowing steam they will probably give the same pre-order bonus (since Valve made these bonus's and Steam is their store) and add in a few more.
Usually we get these kind of offers later. They release the pre-order exclusives in America then they do them over here. It's usually Game, Gamestation, Play.com and Amazon that gets them.WolfLordAndy said:
OT: Yeah, bring them to the UK, NOW!
I have retail copies of The Orange Box and L4D2 because they were cheaper at the time through Amazon than Steam, because Amazon had them discounted when I was looking to buy them and Steam did not. Even including waiting a couple days for the box to get shipped here, it ended up taking about the same time as it would've to download them with my blazing fast 1.5Mbps DSL. The vast majority of the time I end up getting even non-Valve stuff through Steam, because their sales are absolutely ridiculous, but occasionally someone else beats their prices, which I can't really complain about.The_root_of_all_evil said:
The thing I find ironic is that EVERY publishing company out there is throwing a huge fit about Gamestop's second-hand sales, and yet they show support to Gamestop by giving them these exclusive deals rather than, say, Best Buy or WalMart. Granted they've both been looking into the used games market too, but that's only recent where Gamestop has been getting these preorder deals for years now, I think.The_root_of_all_evil said:
It's like some old man yelling at the kids to stay off his lawn, but it's okay if they're messing-up his porch.
Again, GameStop is pretty tight with their exclusivity contracts. Chances are everywhere else will get similar, but not the same, DLC.Delusibeta said:
Self-entitlement is a poor feature for anyone to have. GameStop does have an online store, and other distributors will be offering the game as well(Walmart has done special content deals, as well as Best Buy). Now we don't know whether Steam's offer will be different, as this is the second big preorder deal coming out after L4D2's, so there is reason to believe that you will be able to get the same deal through Steam. But if it does turn out to be different I am willing to bet Valve's own preorder deal will be much yummier than simple bot customization. If not you will still get the deal, and you won't have to deal with GameStop, which in not doing so is a good deal in itself. You aren't missing out by not having a GameStop in your neighborhood.erbkaiser said:
I saw this when I was checking the release date earlier this week on the Gamestop website. It sucks that we don't know what "custom" means. Ah well, I may as well get this. Portal was awesome and hopefully this is too.
