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[Morglum007]

@asimov:

Pyro studios ( Commandos saga) earns about €3-5 for any of their games copy sold. Considering an original copy costs about €30-40 and publisher/shop earns at 50%, make ur own calculations.

TIP: I almost ONLY buy games from €18 to 5. I will not pay nothing more than this for a game.

I think it is abussive.

[Luciel]

@ Morglum007

This is why i like STEAM, as when i bought HL2 from there, i knew all the money was going to developers and nothing to publishers

[Magnetic]

yeah that´s quite a good thing, but imagine all or more game developers would use such a platform like steam... maybe not at the moment, but who knows in the future and they sure thinkin of this possibility to release games...i wouldn´t like it and i don´t thing every gamer would live with the troubles there were( activation and so on), if the game wouldn´t have been HL2, which is a blockbuster, at least i wouldn´t take all this trouble for e.g. deer hunter 2005 or something like that..

and i want the game in a case with a manual and all this stuff and not only the installation files on my pc...

[Asimov]

@ Luciel

I can't believe you actually said you like Steam! LOL. But seriously the perks for valve are great.

The one thing that gets me though is that if valve are getting all the revenue from all steam sales, then why isnt the game cheaper through steam? It probably has something to do with vivendi being a little too pissed off already about losing their little court case and not standing for even more competition with a cheaper price to contend with. Or maybe it has something to do with valve being just a little bit greedy.

Either way, valve deserves the extra profit for such a good game, even if it has stuff all replayability. Bring on the expansions!!!

EDIT: If I had bought the bronze package over the retail boxed version I would have saved $7 AUS. Of course I picked up the game for only $70 so the more accurate cost difference is more like $27. I guess they did make an effort after all on the cost.

[Asimov]

@ Magnetic

I agree magnetic, i want a box and a manual for the games I buy too. Not just the game files on my comp. The thing is that I've reinstalled the game three times already, (long story), and only one of those times it was through the original CD's. Its just so much easier than having to re-download the update files. Its far easier to make a back up of the game files and stick it on a dvd. Its ironic that the best version of the game then, is on a DVD-R.

Also, Half-Life 2 did'nt even come with a manual, damn them. What you did get was a flimsy piece of cardboard telling you the default key bindings. I would at least expect an electronic manual. But lukily I can let it slide this time, because if there was a manual it would probably tell you more about the story of the game than the game itself did. But thats also why I liked the game. The plot is there but it doesnt get in the way of the game. If you want you can puzzle it out through the scraps of information the game tosses you.

[Grumpy]

hey is this slowly but surely turning into a secret HL2 thread? :P
Thanks to both Magnetic and Asimov I dont need to add anything further as I agree totally with what you both say.

[Luciel]

@ Asimov

I shouldve said i like STEAM for that particular matter although i agree because you arent getting anything physical (eg: the box and stuff) it should be cheaper