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Jun 21, 2010, 10:01 |
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CeeJay wrote on Jun 20, 2010, 10:35:
kxmode wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 18:40:
Finally! Mass Effect 2 for $24! That's what I'm talkin' about! 
Sure .. if you're in the US maybe.
Here in Europe , Steam lists the price as 29,99€ ( $37,10 USD ) and yes , that is 40 % off .. the standard price is 49,99€
Which is why I NEVER buy games from Steam unless the games are on some super sale like 80% - 100% off.
Steam is fucking expensive outside of the US.
I offer a tip for everyone : Do what I do and use http://www.gamestracker.com/ to find the best price in your area.
Standard US price for ME2 is listed on Gamestracker as $26.44 for the US and it's €18.54 in continental Europe.
18.54€ compared to the standard Steam price of 49,99€ is 62% off - Better than Steams current 40% off.
They can take their "sale" and stick it somewhere unpleasant - Other stores are much cheaper even when they are not on sale.
When they are on sale elsewhere , it's even cheaper.
I picked up Dragon Age on a holiday offer last Christmas for next to nothing.
It pays to shop around.
www.cdwow.com
Very cheap! The stuff is mostly coming all the way from Hong Kong but it's a site you can trust! I always order my games there. New AvP for 18 euros. Alpha Protocol, 18 euros. Dragon Age: Awakenings, 16 euros.
It's most often 50% cheaper than the normal price. Downside? Average ETA of 5 days. |
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Playing: Skyrim, World of Warcraft.
Future: Dead Space 3. |
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Jun 20, 2010, 16:32 |
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It does. And it sucks that non-USA folks get rammed up the ass.
But I do like it when Steam sells 3 month old games for $15 sometimes. I don't buy new releases anymore because I've caught on. Well, that and "new" releases feel more and more like rehashes these days.
I'm waiting for ME2 to be $9.99 like the other guy here said.  |
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"Sale" .. what sale ? |
Jun 20, 2010, 10:35 |
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kxmode wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 18:40:
Finally! Mass Effect 2 for $24! That's what I'm talkin' about!
Sure .. if you're in the US maybe.
Here in Europe , Steam lists the price as 29,99€ ( $37,10 USD ) and yes , that is 40 % off .. the standard price is 49,99€
Which is why I NEVER buy games from Steam unless the games are on some super sale like 80% - 100% off.
Steam is fucking expensive outside of the US.
I offer a tip for everyone : Do what I do and use http://www.gamestracker.com/ to find the best price in your area.
Standard US price for ME2 is listed on Gamestracker as $26.44 for the US and it's €18.54 in continental Europe.
18.54€ compared to the standard Steam price of 49,99€ is 62% off - Better than Steams current 40% off.
They can take their "sale" and stick it somewhere unpleasant - Other stores are much cheaper even when they are not on sale.
When they are on sale elsewhere , it's even cheaper.
I picked up Dragon Age on a holiday offer last Christmas for next to nothing.
It pays to shop around.
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 20, 2010, 05:46 |
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Jerykk wrote on Jun 20, 2010, 02:24:
It's interesting (and great) that Dragon Age is still selling at a higher price than ME2, even though ME2 is newer. Hopefully that means that DA sold better on the PC.
I wish they released sales figures... I have seen Bioware developers comment on their forum that Dragon Age sold very well on PC though. |
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 20, 2010, 03:20 |
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 20, 2010, 02:24 |
Jerykk |
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| It's interesting (and great) that Dragon Age is still selling at a higher price than ME2, even though ME2 is newer. Hopefully that means that DA sold better on the PC. |
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 20, 2010, 01:14 |
StingingVelvet |
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skyguy wrote on Jun 20, 2010, 01:06:
Mass Effect 2 is $5 more expensive on amazon.com.
It's been $20-something for weeks now though, if not months, where as Steam have had it for full price this whole time. The point is seeing Mass Effect 2 on sale is not a unique thing. |
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 20, 2010, 01:13 |
StingingVelvet |
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Slashman wrote on Jun 20, 2010, 00:21:
It's amazing that so many people here think that EVERYONE lives in the continental USA. Most of the rest of the world does not.
Amazon was my example because of my location, I was not trying to say everyone has amazon or it works the same for them. In Europe the example I would have used was probably play.com, and I am sure there are others throughout the world. The Caribbean is a bit of a special case maybe, I grant you that. |
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 20, 2010, 01:06 |
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| Mass Effect 2 is $5 more expensive on amazon.com. |
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Jun 20, 2010, 00:21 |
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It's amazing that so many people here think that EVERYONE lives in the continental USA. Most of the rest of the world does not.
If you live in say, the Caribbean, like I do, Amazon is a more expensive alternative. In fact, every game purchase involving shipping is a more expensive alternative. Retail games here can sell for $70 - $80 USD if you go to a store to buy them.
And as for the less content. I don't get it. It's the same game, no matter what. I don't need to collect more discs. I certainly don't need a game manual that I can grab a PDF for(usually off Steam itself), and if not, there are plenty floating around on the web.
In terms of DRM, we've gone over this a million times on Blues. Steam is one of the least intrusive DRMs there is currently. I have it running in my task bar pretty much constantly. And it offers an offline mode.
All of the games that have DRM in the boxed versions, have the same DRM in Steam. If you bought it off Steam or not, it would still have whatever DRM the manufacturer shipped it with because Steam has no authority to remove a game developer's DRM without their express permission.
Geez, there are some people who take every opportunity to crap on Steam. If you don't use it, fine. But you don't have to run some kind of smear campaign every time Digital Distribution comes up, like Steam killed your mother and violated your sister. |
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 19, 2010, 23:59 |
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I've Got The News Blues wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 23:37:
Sepharo wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 23:30:
But in my case (and I assume most others) a download from Steam is much quicker than a trip to a retailer. Most current games are 10GB+ in size. Either you live at least several hours away from any retailer, or you have the world's fastest Internet connection and a reserved pipeline to Steam. Neither of those is true for most people.
Well there's quite a bit more involved to go to a store than just the trip itself. Like getting dressed for instance  or finding the game, walking through the store, waiting in line.
Yes there are games bigger than 10GB but not all of them, many are still under 10GB. 10GB takes about 1.5 hours at 2MB/s. That's faster and considerably more convenient than going to the store for me. |
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| [I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr |
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 19, 2010, 23:53 |
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| I was going to buy this when I noticed that I could get it for the basically the same price on Amazon whenever I felt like it. |
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 19, 2010, 23:47 |
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MTechnik wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 19:57:
Is the Digital Deluxe worth the extra cost?
Not really. It gives you a few items that aren't really all that fantastic, and you'll likely never use any of them.
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 19, 2010, 23:39 |
StingingVelvet |
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Dr. D. Schreber wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 23:36:
It depends on your playstyle. I would look up the extra items it gives you (just google for them with "mass effect wiki" in quotes as part of the search) and look at the stats for each. Unlike most cases, the extra armor and weapons don't become obsolete compared to normally available early and mid-game equipment, and the armors will remain effective through the entire game, provided you don't get sick of looking at it.
I have the Collector's Edition armor and the amazon pre-order Inferno armor and never used either one. Why? Because they both have a non-removable helmet that covers your entire face.
Call me shallow. |
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 19, 2010, 23:37 |
I've Got The News Blues |
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Sepharo wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 23:30:
But in my case (and I assume most others) a download from Steam is much quicker than a trip to a retailer. Most current games are 10GB+ in size. Either you live at least several hours away from any retailer, or you have the world's fastest Internet connection and a reserved pipeline to Steam. Neither of those is true for most people.
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 19, 2010, 23:36 |
StingingVelvet |
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Sepharo wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 23:30:
I suppose you are trying to list the cons of digital delivery but only one of those apply solely to DD and that's the part about "long downloads". But in my case (and I assume most others) a download from Steam is much quicker than a trip to a retailer. There's plenty of issues with DD that don't apply to retail stores but I don't think you have any of them there.
I was speaking of Steam directly, and all those apply, at least for me. Steam is always more expensive than amazon.com, always. Steam has more DRM than retail games because Steam IS DRM, and rarely does it remove the DRM the retail copy has, if it even has any. Many games even have activation DRM on the Steam version they do not have at retail, like Risen or Batman AA. Less content for your money means no box, manual or disc despite paying MORE for the product. Waiting to download is a real factor, it takes at least 2 hours to download a game like Mass Effect 2, I don't care how great of internet you have... if you don't have a store within 2 hours of you, well that sucks, but that has to be rare in the major metropolitan areas.
I actually buy everything on amazon with release day delivery and it all shows up at my apartment around lunch time, where as Steam doesn't usually unlock games until 2 or 3PM Eastern time.
The reason so many people act like Steam is cheaper and more convenient than it is is because you can just click a button and buy a game. It's addicting and instantly satisfying. It's not actually cheaper or more convenient than amazon though, especially for new releases... it just feels like it is. |
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 19, 2010, 23:36 |
Dr. D. Schreber |
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MTechnik wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 19:57:
Is the Digital Deluxe worth the extra cost?
It depends on your playstyle. I would look up the extra items it gives you (just google for them with "mass effect wiki" in quotes as part of the search) and look at the stats for each. Unlike most cases, the extra armor and weapons don't become obsolete compared to normally available early and mid-game equipment, and the armors will remain effective through the entire game, provided you don't get sick of looking at it. On a side-note, there's also a lot of free DLC, so make sure you snag it all (Kasumi's paid DLC is also very much worth it for starting a new game compared to getting it after already being done. The Overlord DLC is, I think, better for saving until you've beaten the game.)
The Collector armor and Blood Dragon armor (though the latter doesn't come with the DD edition) are particularly nice for making a run on Insanity. |
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NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES THEY'RE IN MY EYES AARRGRHGHGGAFHGHFGHFG!
(170 Hit Combo) |
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 19, 2010, 23:30 |
Sepharo |
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StingingVelvet wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 23:22:
RaZ0r! wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 20:06:
CJ_Parker wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 18:30:
The Mass Effect 1 deal is OK. ME 2, however, has been available for a much lower price at retail for months already so it's not much of a deal at all.
It's still a big deal for people like myself that don't collect and manage plastic discs and cardboard boxes anymore.
Chose DRM! Choose higher prices! Choose long downloads! Choose less content for your money!
Hell of a campaign slogan.
I suppose you are trying to list the cons of digital delivery but only one of those apply solely to DD and that's the part about "long downloads". But in my case (and I assume most others) a download from Steam is much quicker than a trip to a retailer. There's plenty of issues with DD that don't apply to retail stores but I don't think you have any of them there. |
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| [I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr |
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 19, 2010, 23:22 |
StingingVelvet |
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RaZ0r! wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 20:06:
CJ_Parker wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 18:30:
The Mass Effect 1 deal is OK. ME 2, however, has been available for a much lower price at retail for months already so it's not much of a deal at all.
It's still a big deal for people like myself that don't collect and manage plastic discs and cardboard boxes anymore.
Chose DRM! Choose higher prices! Choose long downloads! Choose less content for your money!
Hell of a campaign slogan. |
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Re: Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2 Sale |
Jun 19, 2010, 21:43 |
Kxmode |
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RaZ0r! wrote on Jun 19, 2010, 20:06:
It's still a big deal for people like myself that don't collect and manage plastic discs and cardboard boxes anymore.
QFT! |
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