Am I missing something in all this digital distribution lark???
Just taking C&C4 as an example (primarily as that's what I'm thinking of getting), how come Gameplay can offer it for £26.99 (and claim they'll have it delivered on Friday, the day of release, for an extra 99p) yet digital distribution is £34.99? Direct2Drive is the culprit here; Steam doesn't give a price for reasons I know not.
For this extra £8 over Gameplay, all you get is a soundtrack by the London Philharmonic (wooooo!) and an 'exclusive' prequel mission... er... £8?! Damn near an extra 30% for basically one map? I dare say it's stereotyping somewhat, but come on, would anyone want a game soundtrack performed by an orchestra?
I thought the likes of D2D and Steam were supposed to have minimal business overheads thanks to not having a physical product to peddle and thus should be able to offer stuff cheaper. How then, in the name of all that's holy, is it more expensive - are these people having a laugh?


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