Steam - can they really keep it up?

[ServebotFrank]

My brother bought KOTOR for a bout five dollars. That's a great deal. Steam is enjoying the success of the digital age which is nice as Valve deserves it.

 

[Treblaine]

The only thing I wish to mention here is the Portal 2 release. On steam you could buy the game for 45 euro pre-order (normal price 50 euro). On the day the game finally came out, my local retailer was selling the game for 33 euro. And it's not just Portal 2. Lot of times the games are cheaper in store than on Steam.

Steam is overpriced. They are cutting away 'the middle man' and you get nothing in return except 24/7 availability. These deals on Steam are at least a step in the right direction. But overall I'm not yet satisfied with how Steam handles things.

Remember you can buy the PS3 version of Portal 2, take the Steam unlock-code to get the game on Steam, then immediately sell on the PS3 version with a loss of only around £7 to £9 depending on whether you trade in for cold-cash or store-credit.

So £9 would equate a 70% sale cut, can we expect that of Portal 2 in the near future? I don't know.

 

[Rainforce]

I suggest you are projecting your own personal issues onto a massive system.

Projecting? LOL! I'm not projecting anything, just asking if anyone else has noticed the issues and if anyone else is concerned that Steam are sacrificing quality for quantity. Projecting, pah!

so projection it is, then.
*takes cover*

anyways, they're doing fine.

Spoiler: You probably cannot even imagine HOW fine they're doing.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

Might i just add that i really need to learn how to restrain myself when something is a click away. I buy so many little arcade games i dont end up wanting to play...