Stumpokapow
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RoaringHawk said:
No 10% discount, nice job EA!
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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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No 10% discount, nice job EA!
Foliorum Viridum
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The fact Alice is available leaves me hope for EA's future on Steam.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Well, it's lacking achievements that the consoles version already have (and that the Origin version will *probably* have once they've implemented that feature over there) and the original game is missing from Steam.Foliorum Viridum said:
But, I could be in the minority in thinking that those are important in deciding where I'd buy the game from.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Oh, no, missing features is bullshit, but... I like my games on Steam, and I'm mostly thinking of BF3's release, so the fact it's on there at all is a good thing at the moment.Princess Skittles said:
The original game was always a exclusive feature of the game for the special preorder that was only available on origin.com - that much was said when it was announced that the "buy the game new and get this, otherwise you'll have to pay for it separately" movement for Alice was the old game.stuminus3 said:
tl;dr: The original version of Alice was not going to be a part of the Alice pack on Steam from the very start. The Crytek thing has nothing to do with it.
crimsonheadGCN said:
Okay. I wasn't interested with it to begin with, so I had no idea either way. I have heard it said that it was never available on Steam, and funnily enough, even claimed as such on Steam forums. I read a post on Steam forums though that led me to believe that perhaps it was at some point. At least in one region anyway.
I guess not then. :/
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Which is bonkers because as far as I know, you can get it on the console versions indefinitely.. either free by buying the sequel new or by paying $10.stuminus3 said:
It's, kind of min boggling how they're handling this.. well, the distribution of the original game, at least.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
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Stumpokapow said:
Bummer. I will begrudgingly buy at full price anyway since I really want to play this.
RoaringHawk
Member
Still not sure on L4D2. How's the community? Friendly with new players?
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
If they're still doing business with Valve you gotta imagine they're willing to play ball, because nothing pulls in money like a Steam sale.Tokubetsu said:
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Really? You can't launch it separate from say, XBLA? Geez.Volcynika said:
There was a week long EA sale on Steam just about a month ago.Tokubetsu said:
Tokubetsu said:
EA has always been pretty well represented in their seasonal sales. I'm pretty sure EA was already actively working against Steam last Xmas and they still had some decent sales. And of course just earlier this year they had an entire EA week with lots of good EA sales. So I'd say there's a pretty good chance you'll see some good sales on EA games, just not Crysis 2.
Princess Skittles said:
I think the reason (at least partial) for that is that to get a Platinum trophy/max gamerscore or whatever on Madness Returns, there are like 4 or so achievements specific to the original Alice game. Still they could've made it available to people that don't own the sequel. :/
Joe Molotov
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StuBurns said:
47%
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
I wouldn't expect it to be much cheaper. 75% maybe? Or as part of the Steam Complete Pack. Though I'm no Steam Sale expert (yet).StuBurns said:
Even still, getting in on a Four Pack is pretty much what the game would be at 75% off.
I disagree it's silly, if for example all Valve games always go on sale during the summer sale, and the lowest it's been previously is lower than this, then it's worth knowing. Or if the same game is never on sale twice within such a short time. There's loads of ways people could know if it's likely or not.Volcynika said:
Thanks the responses though guys.
Of All Trades
Member
Keeps showing as $30 for me.Tokubetsu said:
OmegaDragon
Member
StuBurns said:
It's been on sale multiple times, with a 75% discount a couple of times (for one copy). 75% off for L4D2 during the summer sale is very likely.
StuBurns said:
I've seen L4D2 at 66% off before. It may have been 75% off once. But the difference is less than $2. If this is an impulse buy and the game will sit in your backlog for a year, wait. If you have been waiting for a sale to jump in, go for it. 66% off is pretty good.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
StuBurns said:
The cheapest it will be will be is $1.80 less than it is now. That isn't even two dollars.
Of All Trades
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Thanks to both of you.Tokubetsu said:
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Who here took advantage of the EA sale? I am really tempted to even though I hate Origin at this point. Decisions decisions.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
LovingSteam said:
true / false
1. I have games to play right now
2. I have better games than Bulletstorm to play right now.
3. Bulletstorm will continue to go on sale, including on Steam.
4. There will be a Steam summer sale shortly.
5. If Bulletstorm's MSRP changes, it will lower rather than rise
5/5. So, no, I didn't take advantage
Joe Molotov
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You forgotStumpokapow said:true / false
1. I have games to play right now
2. I have better games than Bulletstorm to play right now.
3. Bulletstorm will continue to go on sale, including on Steam.
4. There will be a Steam summer sale shortly.
5. If Bulletstorm's MSRP changes, it will lower rather than rise
5/5. So, no, I didn't take advantage
6. Uses GFWL so I can wait an eternity >.<
jaundicejuice
Member
Already own Bulletstorm but I almost bought the Alice complete pack off of Origin. The problem is some of the language in their Terms of Service is vague and sketchy. That and, well, it's EA. I bought a physical copy of the game at a brick n' mortar. The most I'll likely use Origin for is to avoid disc checks for the games I can actually add to the client.
Fun fact: I registered my physical copy of Alice with my Origin client after installing, alongside my lonely and used copy of Darkspore, and the game would crash every time I attempted to launch the game from Origin. You would hear the sound of the EA logo briefly but the screen would simply go black and freezer.
When I launched the game via the executable, it worked. When I added the executable to my Steam client as a Non-Steam game, it worked. GG EA.
Fun fact: I registered my physical copy of Alice with my Origin client after installing, alongside my lonely and used copy of Darkspore, and the game would crash every time I attempted to launch the game from Origin. You would hear the sound of the EA logo briefly but the screen would simply go black and freezer.
When I launched the game via the executable, it worked. When I added the executable to my Steam client as a Non-Steam game, it worked. GG EA.
Stumpokapow
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markot said:
I actually didn't know it was GFWL but yes as long as the Live Essentials SMB Share bug persists on any device I own I can't buy or play GFWL games.
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