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Arghhhh... now I'm depressed... my HL2 copy was posted by play on sat. - it still hasn't arrived; whats worse is everyone else in my house has got theirs (from play/amazon etc.) *cries*
How much does that suck?
I can hear them playing it right now!
edit: I'm thinking of just buying the silver package from steam, and then sending play's copy back when it arrives... dunno what reason I could use for sending it back though :/
i knew play.com would mess up thats why i went with steam.
i know how ya feelin tho - played last nite, luved it, now im at work waiting for the day to go by
Just noticed I can send it back within 7 days... so I'm seeing how much the gold/silver edition's are to the UK ;)
*Topic theft*
Can anyone confirm if the boxed version uses steam to authenticate?
You are so desperate that you wont wait for a hard copy? I'd rather have a retail box than a silly downloadble steam version :P
Ben
I'd have the steam download if they sent a boxed DVD of it to me later.
And i dont understand why they charge the same for downloading as buying in the shop, just seems like greed to me.
yeah I am :/ .. everyone else is playing it..
I notice Play have changed the data that they "posted" it from the 13/11 to the 15/11.. and so it probably wont arrive till Friday (or later.. who knows).
And, I can't play it tommorow (too much work to do), friday I'm going away till sunday etc. and I need to play it.. :( been waiting forever.
The box is quite lame really.. no proper manual.. I'm just going to burn the gcf's to a dvd, scan the HL2 cover; print it out.. lob it in a box.. there I have one :)... and this way I also get HL1:S and DoD:S.. so its not bad; even if it is an extra £7
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Vaul.
sorry...thought I made i clear...fair enough though.
Ill tell you why its the sameish price on steam, buy it through steam the money goes straight to Valve, buy it retail Vivendi take thier cut, I think more should buy it on steam to support the developers, but thats just me.
m@
It still doesn't make sense to pay the same amount for a downloaded version, you're missing the manuals, discs, packaging etc, Valve could have offered it for £10 less and they'd have still made triple the profit on each game sold..
Agreed. I guess they were looking to take advantage of the people who wanted to get their hands on the game the SECOND it was released.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stoo
Tbh even if it's the same price I'd rather buy it on Steam. I'd prefer to see the money go to Valve than Vivendi. I think Steam as a concept has great potential, so I hope it's a success.
Hehe manuals? I just picked up HL2 at lunch time, no friggin manual ... its a sheet with the controls on it lol.... Just waiting to go home now, still at work for another 3hrs :rant:Quote:
Originally Posted by Stoo