Direct2Drive - 50 games for $5 each

I'm really broke right now but these sales are killing me. Luckily I just got PS3 AoDA but this would've been nice to buy. Plus SR2, Splinter Cell, Far Cry, I would get Bioshock and SoC if I didn't already have them. I'm praying next week will deliever The Witcher and Mass Effect.

So there was a download manager? I wonder if my memory is faulty or if that was something added later..I only purchased one game from them and it was after they first came out (D2D).dnuggs40

Interesting, D2D is down for maintenance.

Interesting, D2D is down for maintenance.

ZuluEcho14

Does D2D charge tax? Or bill when you use a pre paid card?

I'm in Canada and I wasn't charged tax. It was just a straight-up currency conversion. A pre-paid credit card should work just like a regular card, I would suspect.

EDIT: There's no penalty for trying. In other words, you don't have to download a bunch of software onto your system, only to discover that the payment didn't go through. If the payment doesn't go through, it doesn't go through. I did it right away because we're talking five dollars here. It's all gone smoothly so far though.

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Interesting, D2D is down for maintenance.

Charles_Dickens

Does D2D charge tax? Or bill when you use a pre paid card?

pvtdonut54

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Does D2D charge tax? Or bill when you use a pre paid card?

MadCat46

Got Civ4 and GRAW2. Saints Row 2 and Riddick for $5 a piece is a ridiculous deal. Have they released any patches for Saints Row 2? Heard it was a god awful port but the game itself is fun, I played it for a few hours on the 360.

Does D2D charge tax? Or bill when you use a pre paid card?

pvtdonut54

**** D2D, Serious Sam Gold says it's available worldwide, but then when I go to check out it says it's country restricted on my IP.

Is it only for American or UK users or does this site sell to Latin America? Dollars are cheap as toilet papers nowadays will be a shame if they don't sell them outside of them.

Damn, no Riddick in the UK, really wanted that one too. Might give Saints Row 2 a go.Xavier_12

**** D2D, Serious Sam Gold says it's available worldwide, but then when I go to check out it says it's country restricted on my IP.

ZuluEcho14

I saw this earlier, I will definitely be keeping an eye on the following sales. If a good one for $5 comes up I'll buy it, but I spent all my money on a piano yesterday :o

I wish I had a credit card. I would totally get Saints Row 2 and STALKER CHERNOBYL

I just bought The Chronicles of Riddick, i bought Bioshock from steam when it was also $5.

Anyone else having trouble purchasing stuff? I'm trying to download Riddick, but it's rejected both my credit cards and paypal account now.

Anyone else having trouble purchasing stuff? I'm trying to download Riddick, but it's rejected both my credit cards and paypal account now.

Spartan4001

I just bought Riddick, it's very cheap...

You know, I'm kind of surprised that more people here haven't expressed an interest in Riddick. It's virtually a brand new title. It got decent enough reviews. And we're talking five dollars here. Because it's so new, I had assumed that a lot of people, like myself, wouldn't have played it yet.

So what's the deal? Was this game heavily pirated? It's human nature that if you've already played a game then you're much less excited about it. I hope that that's not the case, but people are being eerily quiet about this game.

I realize as well that some people really love the original title, and just want to stick to that, but I would've thought that even those people would've spent the measly five dollars just to see what the re-make looks like - no?

Ah well, at least I'm incredibly happy about this. I can't remember ever buying a title this new, and this highly rated, for five dollars? No, it's never happened before. Sure, I've seen garbage games that have ended up in the bargain bin fairly rapidly, but Dark Athena has a combined score of 80 (for the PC). Even the god awful 'Alone In The Dark' is still selling for its original price and hasn't ended up in the bargain bin. Even Catwoman was selling for $20 long after it should've ended up in the bin.

Is this like a second steam, or can I just download and play them?monkeymoose5000

[QUOTE="monkeymoose5000"]Is this like a second steam, or can I just download and play them?Charles_Dickens

i've NEVER bought anything through DD.... but these $5 steals may just change that. but i wonder how smooth will the download be....

You know, I'm kind of surprised that more people here haven't expressed an interest in Riddick.

Charles_Dickens

It's not like Steam, you just download and install. You'll need the activation code from your d2d account, you can find it under "my account" but that's it. No extra program running in the backround.

i've NEVER bought anything through DD.... but these $5 steals may just change that. but i wonder how smooth will the download be....

Jinroh_basic

I wrote the activation code down onto a sheet of paper when I began my download - but I was also sent an e-mail with the activation code in it.

The download has gone well for me. I don't know if this is good or bad, but the speed is identical to Steam's. I'm on a slow connection here, and the 7 gigabyte file for Riddick has taken the entire day to download. I'm about 45 minutes away from completing the download. No problems so far.

sounds good but i dont want to strech my collection over differend dd services

sounds good but i dont want to strech my collection over differend dd services

Sonir77

My download is finished.

I can enthusiastically confirm what others have stated - namely, that D2D simply downloads the entire disc into your downloads folder (mine, by default, was on my C: drive). The contents of this download appear to be exactly the same as the contents you would find on the DVD if you had bought a boxed copy from the store.

Once your download is complete you install the game (I installed mine to the E: drive), and then you move your download into the trash (if you want to). In order to be able to pause the download you can install the Download Manager if you want to, but I don't believe it's necessary. That said, I don't see why you wouldn't want to. It's a small file, and you can uninstall it once you're finished with it (I'm not going to, though).

In other words you really do just download the disc. That's it. There's no third-party application running here at all. No need to log onto a service or anything. Once the game is installed it's just a normal game, except that you don't have to put a DVD into the drive. The entire game just runs off the hard-drive. A beautiful service really.

That was my first purchase off D2D. Five dollars for a game that's barely even half-a-year old. I can honestly say that I will not hesitate to buy more games off D2D in the future. Much better than Steam.

Super glad I tried that.

(Riddick, by the way, looks like a fantastic game - it's amazing how quickly you can spot quality. And hey, it begins with a dream sequence!)

Just a random question. I'm sure this should probably go to D2D's customer service, but I figured I'd ask here first.

Is there any kind of "technical" differences between the US and UK versions of the game? I'm American, but I'm currently residing in England for the next 3 months, so this deal's gonna end before I even get back to America. Because I'm in the UK, I cannot buy the American versions due to IP restrictions.

I'd hate to fork over 5GBP for a game that I won't be able to use because it's from the UK instead of the US. I figured I could try to use an American IP proxy to bypass the limitations, but I don't want to land in hot water because of it.

Damn, no Riddick in the UK, really wanted that one too. Might give Saints Row 2 a go.Xavier_12

Yeah I wanted to give Riddick a go too but it's not in the UK. That sucks.

I realize as well that some people really love the original title, and just want to stick to that, but I would've thought that even those people would've spent the measly five dollars just to see what the re-make looks like - no?

Ah well, at least I'm incredibly happy about this. I can't remember ever buying a title this new, and this highly rated, for five dollars? No, it's never happened before. Charles_Dickens

Damnit Charles, I was perfectly content with my two copies of Butcher Bay (US 5-CD, UK DVD) - and limiting my DD's to Steam and Stardock - but after reading all these posts I'd feel foolish not to spend $5 for the remake. I hate you! :D

Just downloaded Sid Meier's Pirates. This is my first D2D download... i usually use steam. So this will determine if i ever use it again! :o

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I realize as well that some people really love the original title, and just want to stick to that, but I would've thought that even those people would've spent the measly five dollars just to see what the re-make looks like - no?

Ah well, at least I'm incredibly happy about this. I can't remember ever buying a title this new, and this highly rated, for five dollars? No, it's never happened before. JackBurton

Damnit Charles, I was perfectly content with my two copies of Butcher Bay (US 5-CD, UK DVD) - and limiting my DD's to Steam and Stardock - but after reading all these posts I'd feel foolish not to spend $5 for the remake. I hate you! :D

Just downloaded Sid Meier's Pirates. This is my first D2D download... i usually use steam. So this will determine if i ever use it again! :o

Curlyfrii87

sounds good but i dont want to strech my collection over differend dd services

Sonir77

Like Charles said there is no actual service, it's almost exactly like buying a boxed version online except instead of having the box delieverd you download it. You could even burn it to a CD and you'd never really have to go back to the D2D site again as your code will be emailed to you and it would be like you own the CD version of the game.

I will add one more downside towards to D2D service as there does seem to be quite a few new people using it, though in reality it's not that big of a deal. Your code has a limited number of use, 5 for most games. Once you reach that limit though all you do is send a ticket to their customer service with your code and the game name and in a couple of hours they re-activate your code for another 5 uses. I've had to reactivate 4 or 5 of my games and as I said it's not a big deal at all, they take care of it fast and without question, though I know the notion of limits does get under some peoples skin so I figured I'd mention it here.

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Just downloaded Sid Meier's Pirates. This is my first D2D download... i usually use steam. So this will determine if i ever use it again! :o

Charles_Dickens

Agreed.

My first experience with it today was a great one. I liked it very much. I will be returning. :D

Wow, this is a great opportunity to play some games that I wouldn't really try otherwise.

Do I get the game by mail if i buy it? or it works like steam and I just get a link to download it?

Do I get the game by mail if i buy it? or it works like steam and I just get a link to download it?

LastCure

Wow, Bioshock and Stalker? Definitely getting!FPS_Gamer123