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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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ElectricBlue187
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So enable auto pause just for online games = problem solvedNabs said:
TheShampion
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mclem said:
I actually like the game a lot. It is Marble Madness meets Limbo. It may be a bit short (I am 5 levels in to 11 level game and I have been playing for 74 minutes), but it has already made it worth it with clever puzzles and great sound design. The way the music fades in and out with natural sounds is just fantastic. There is also a harder difficulty that I haven't even touched yet, but the decription makes it seem like a "second quest" of sorts. I say buy the game, but turn off the turtorials. It is much better experience that way in my opinion.
Schmattakopf
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It's crazy!markot said:
scorpscarx
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Not sure if its an error but Dead Space 2 is showing $39.99 for me right now, snap it up!!!
scorpscarx
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coopolon said:
?, I'm talking about Steam. Not following you.
edit-- witchery is afoot.
Nabs
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scorpscarx said:
It's not a mistake. If you're not in a rush to play it, I'd recommend waiting for a bigger drop later down the line. If you're ok with EA Store, there is a 40% off deal right now http://www.facebook.com/eaflashdeals. I don't know if it's still going on.
scorpscarx
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This trend for games to drop 1/3 in price in a month is crazy to me, release the games cheaper you dirty basterds.
Yes guys I bought at $60 on steam at launch. The only game of the year that I will do that probably.
Yes guys I bought at $60 on steam at launch. The only game of the year that I will do that probably.
scorpscarx said:
Yah, EA is pretty aggressive with their pricing recently. Hell, just look at Medal of Honor, it's already down to $20 most places and it was a major release and only been out for what? 5 months?
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit is like $17 this weekend some places too.
scorpscarx
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coopolon said:
What it feels like is some shady way to discourage used game sales by gamestop and also by individuals on craigslist, the bottom dollar just got even lower for sellers when compared with new. But they are whoring out these games in the process.
SapientWolf
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NFSHP was in the running for GOTY at Giant Bomb, so I guess Criterion can do no wrong.coopolon said:
SapientWolf said:
Yah, the more I think about it, the more I think I'm going to pick it up for $17. With how anti-Steam EA has been recently, it might be awhile until we see this good of a price on Steam.
Big weekend for me! Medal of Honor for $13.5, Call of Juarez for $4, and NFSHP for $17.
Edit: AND I'm still thinking about Fallout New Vegas for $20 at Gamestop (registerable on Steam.) Trying to decide if my new years resolution of never buying a game for more than $20 includes tax and shipping, because then it's $25.
scorpscarx
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bigace33 said:
Moral of the story, never buy pc games at launch, not even one a year.
Wild variable pricing to maximize 1st month buyers, unknowns after that, dlc shindiggery, "pre-ordering." I'm personally not a fan of any of the above, but this sucks because I do love gaming and have to wait months after releases for the full game plus a price that I can agree with...
""shady"
Are you fucking dumb?"
What the hell is your problem.
graywolf323
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am surprised Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is already $30 on Steam
scorpscarx said:
It's all about what it is worth to you. You got to play Dead Space 2 the day it was released, got to talk about it with whoever you know who was also playing it, maybe got to participate in the conversation in the OT, etc. All of that has value. Everyone who waited till it $40 is just now getting around to it, multiplayer might not be as alive as it was at launch, Ot might not be as alive, etc. People like me who are waiting for it to hit $20, those problems are even more amplified.
scorpscarx
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Twig said:
You don't understand me at all and perhaps you should have read my other posts before that, I hate gamestop and $60 price tags, but I do love selling console games to people on craigslist for more than gamestop will give them. Now most of these high profile games other than black ops, lose their value so fast that its cheaper to just buy it new by the time I would want to resell them.
You can kneel down and apologize to me now if you must, being so distraught and angered over one word.
I mean some games don't handle Alt+Tab well and crash, so it can impossible to resume downloads sometimes.scorpscarx
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bigace33 said:
I remember that game being very very fun and I played it on the most gimped version, ps3.
Definitely worth it for that, it feels pretty different than most shooters.
Nothing you've said has convinced me that you're anything BUT upset over games being cheaper in the long run, so I'm not sure why you expect an apology. The damning evidence follows:scorpscarx said:
OH BAW BAW I CAN'T SELL ON CRAIGSTLIIIIIST
Maybe you should go outside, take a deep breath of fresh air, and think about life.
scorpscarx
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How irrelevant are you going to get, why haven't you been banned.
The Big Rig
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Now now you two, let's just bask in the glow of our respective backlogs.
I'm holding off on the Dreamcast games until they give in a release SEAMAN on Steam~~~
Anyways, I wish I had known about that Dead Space 2 deal on EA.com before I went ahead and spent my gaming monies for the time being. Oh well, it's not like I don't have a list of 70+ games to play. I did go ahead and buy Far Cry 2 for $4 from Amazon since it was the only game I cared about it that pack, can't argue with a price like that. It's like half the price of the DLC pack that's included with the game, LOL.
Anyways, I wish I had known about that Dead Space 2 deal on EA.com before I went ahead and spent my gaming monies for the time being. Oh well, it's not like I don't have a list of 70+ games to play. I did go ahead and buy Far Cry 2 for $4 from Amazon since it was the only game I cared about it that pack, can't argue with a price like that. It's like half the price of the DLC pack that's included with the game, LOL.
TouchMyBox
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Twig said:
I thought I covered my tracks pretty good...
Lasthope106
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How in the hell is Dead Space 2 already $40? It came out like a month ago. Sheesh.
There is nothing shady about lowering the price "quickly", it is one strategy to try and keep buyer surplus low and to keep some buzz around a game (Since price drops tend to get advertised). You sell the game to the people who are willing to pay $60, then the $50, then $40, ect ect, and you should be able to maximize profits.
It can backfire in the long run, since you could lower the perceived value of a product, but I think EA is handling it pretty well, considering they are trying to sell games on a yearly basis, instead of someone like Nintendo who wants to be able to sell the same game for 6 years at the same price, like Super Mario 64 DS or Twilight Princess.
(It could also happen in the short run too, where you aggressively lower the price so much people start questioning the quality, but that doesn't happen to often)
It can backfire in the long run, since you could lower the perceived value of a product, but I think EA is handling it pretty well, considering they are trying to sell games on a yearly basis, instead of someone like Nintendo who wants to be able to sell the same game for 6 years at the same price, like Super Mario 64 DS or Twilight Princess.
(It could also happen in the short run too, where you aggressively lower the price so much people start questioning the quality, but that doesn't happen to often)
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