Steam is great.... wish PSN & Live could be more like it. (Borderlands 50% S

Borderlands was a dissapointment :(

WINDWAKER1

[QUOTE="moistsandwich"]

This weekend Borderlands is 50% off.... thats right $25. What a steal.... pick up the latest DLC "General Knoxx's Secret Armory" for $10... and you have ALOT of game to play through fora mere $35...

I'm not sorry that I bought it at full price... but for some of you who have been waiting for a price drop... NOW would be the time to jump on it.

Honestly... Live & PSN should have more deals, like Steam. If Steam can afford to do it... I'm sure MS & Sony can too.

I know MS already does have weekly deals... but they are almost always on stuff thats been out for 2 years already... and the savings arent as significant as they are on STeam.

RogueShodown

That's the thing, if you look hard enbough you could possibly find the physical copies for a little more than Steam. However if you prefer DD (such as me) or just for convenience and savings, then Steam is excellent.

On top of that, you save a ridiculous amount at Christmas time on Steam, as the deals are crazy.

you want Live and psn to have super deep sales? I mean really I cant understand how valve or the companies that own the games are able to make any money when valve puts them under such deep sales.

WilliamRLBaker

Man i love borderlands,thats a great deal but...

whoever wanted to get it got it before(Atleast i think so) ,i actually got it on launch for 49$ =) and it was a retailer,great deal (PS3)

yea, that is an awesome deal.. i wish PS3 and 360 would start doing this

ultraking

you want Live and psn to have super deep sales? I mean really I cant understand how valve or the companies that own the games are able to make any money when valve puts them under such deep sales.

Yeah, I love Steam, although that Borderlands deal isn't that great. You can buy the game from Amazon for £17, and it was £12 at christmas time.

[QUOTE="RogueShodown"][QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

you want Live and psn to have super deep sales? I mean really I cant understand how valve or the companies that own the games are able to make any money when valve puts them under such deep sales.

The-Mosher

Yup.... I believe they order keys/licences from the dev/pub, and that's how many they can sell. In order to get more, they have to buy more.

That's nice, 50% off sounds great and all, but I still think it's a bit weak deal when the retail price ain't that much more. For e.g. amazon uk has it for £17, with delivery fees it might be a few nickels more in the end, but it also comes with the box and stuff.

Also, when the deal runs out it goes back to 50e, I'd struggle to find a retail version with that price tag. Love steam and their deals but the pricing is still not competitive enough for me to use it as my main game store.

i hate steam, i am not using it in any way. Most of this deals are for NA anyways, i preffer to go to my local store and put my money in my own country.

i hate steam wish they could be less like it

i hate steam, i am not using it in any way. Most of this deals are for NA anyways, i preffer to go to my local store and put my money in my own country.

SLI_Gamer

[QUOTE="gregbmil"]

Yeah, Steam is great till your account gets hacked, then your password is changed and you can never log in again. It happend to me twice, so I'm sticking to other methods to get PC games.

JangoWuzHere

I just don't want to deal with that stuff. I looked up keyloggers and they are so easy to get, anyone can do it.

I agree that Steam is awesome but PSN as some good deals on games and DLC as well. XBL does have some as well but I don't see as many sales.

I still can't get my head around the fact that they were selling Team Fortress 2 for $2.50 at one point. Man, Steam is awesome.

you want Live and psn to have super deep sales? I mean really I cant understand how valve or the companies that own the games are able to make any money when valve puts them under such deep sales.

WilliamRLBaker

You're complaining about sales? :|

i hate steam, i am not using it in any way. Most of this deals are for NA anyways, i preffer to go to my local store and put my money in my own country.

SLI_Gamer

[QUOTE="ultraking"]

yea, that is an awesome deal.. i wish PS3 and 360 would start doing this

XanderZane

i hate steam, i am not using it in any way. Most of this deals are for NA anyways, i preffer to go to my local store and put my money in my own country.

SLI_Gamer

And buy things made in other country... awesome!

steam is good when they got sales otherwise i avoid it due to outlandish price. usually 50% steam discount equals a retail's store normal priceSamiRDuran

Well in Canada they pretty much the same as retails.

Steam is, without doubt to me, the single greatest thing about gaming today.

Buy tens of thousands of games, from your computer, at any time, for retail cost at most. Have all your games on one site, downloadable at any point. Have all your saved games synced to Steam, so no matter where you play you always have the save game. Its phenominal.

To the person who was getting hacked - you have a keylogger on your computer. Either you or your son got it from malware. I hate to say its your fault, but it is. One of you did something that was illegal at some point. HOWEVER, you can get around it.

1. Contact Steam and they will fix your account. Usually just takes a confirmed CD-Key of one of your games. Absolutely no reason to 'lose' $150.

2. Download Microsoft Security Essentials -http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/. It is a FANTASTIC virus scanner / malware detector that is completely free and offered by Microsoft to any confirmed copy of Windows.

I can only hope Xbox 720 / PS4 have Steam built in from the start. It is the way of the future, and damn if it isnt good.

Steam is wack, i have had 2 accounts shutdown on me for no reason at all and i have lost all my games so thank god PS3 and 360 are not like steam.

Steam is good, I remember getting hacked once, but I asked for a ticket even though the guy changed the email and pW. Steam support asked me for one of the key codes on one of my registered games on Steam and I got it back. :)

RadecSupreme

Steam is, without doubt to me, the single greatest thing about gaming today.

Buy tens of thousands of games, from your computer, at any time, for retail cost at most. Have all your games on one site, downloadable at any point. Have all your saved games synced to Steam, so no matter where you play you always have the save game. Its phenominal.

To the person who was getting hacked - you have a keylogger on your computer. Either you or your son got it from malware. I hate to say its your fault, but it is. One of you did something that was illegal at some point. HOWEVER, you can get around it.

1. Contact Steam and they will fix your account. Usually just takes a confirmed CD-Key of one of your games. Absolutely no reason to 'lose' $150.

2. Download Microsoft Security Essentials -http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/. It is a FANTASTIC virus scanner / malware detector that is completely free and offered by Microsoft to any confirmed copy of Windows.

I can only hope Xbox 720 / PS4 have Steam built in from the start. It is the way of the future, and damn if it isnt good.

Cali3350

Damn, i just bought AVP classic, Overlord (awesome $5 i spent) and the empire warpath campaign just to find out about this, man i so ****** right now.

Steam is wack, i have had 2 accounts shutdown on me for no reason at all and i have lost all my games so thank god PS3 and 360 are not like steam.

Fabolous206

Sounds like another one thoses "stories" in the air...

I wish Steam could be more like retail.

Steam games debut at a 21.5% premium compared to retail. And that gap only grows as the retail price drops and Steam's doesn't. Before this deal Borderlands was 67% more expensive. €49.99. Hell, I remember Civ IV still having that price tag when I instead bought the Complete Edition for almost four times less money. It can get well and truly ridiculous like that.

Yeah i just got L4Ds for 50% off last weekend. PSN does some good deals to though, every week it seems they have more items on sale, but most of the time the games are either not that good or i already have it.

Even with the overly inflated prices here in Australia, Steam is still cheaper than retail. I personally buy retail, because I love boxes, but when there's a deal like GTAIV or Mirror's Edge for $5 on steam, I'll jump at it.