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Re: On Sale

Aug 21, 2010, 20:50

jimnms

I almost missed that STALKER deal. I clicked the link yesterday, but saw $29.99 in green and mistook it for the sale price. I already have SoC on disk that I bought when it was released, and I bought Clear Sky during a previous sale. Call of Pripyat is $19.99 if you already own a STALKER game on Steam, so I didn't bother. I saw it pop up when I launched Steam today and looked closer to see that the $29.99 is the amount you save with the bundle, and the actual price for both games is $9.99.

So now I have all three STALKER games on Steam, and I can just store my old STALKER SoC disk for backup.

xXBatmanXx wrote on Aug 21, 2010, 08:54:
Am I the only one that ONLY uses Steam?

I guess eventually it is either on Steam, or the same price as Steam......even though I think digital distribution is great - these companies won't be around forever - and I am trying to minimize future loses....

I feel bad i don't use GOG.
I never will use EA.
And the others just kind of showed up one day....

I like Steam, but I only buy things from them if they're on sale. I still prefer to buy a disk, even if it is a Steamworks game that requires Steam. It's still quicker to install/reinstall from a disk than to download from Steam.

Why don't you use GoG? It's the easiest way to buy a game. You pay, you download and you install. There is no DRM, no client to run, no internet connection required except to download the game. The file is yours, backup it up for re-install later, install to as many systems as you want. As long as GoG is still around you can re-download it too. If a game is patched, they even release a new installer that will include the fully patched version (IL2 1946). If GoG ever closes, your installer files still work as long as you keep them backed up.




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		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Aug 20, 15:53	Re: On Sale	Pankin
	2.	Aug 20, 16:29	Re: On Sale	Grifter
	4.	Aug 20, 17:05	Re: On Sale	SBlat
	5.	Aug 20, 17:10	Re: On Sale	Prez
	6.	Aug 20, 17:48	Re: On Sale	SBlat
	7.	Aug 20, 17:54	Re: On Sale	Prez
	3.	Aug 20, 16:46	Re: On Sale	Kxmode
	8.	Aug 20, 19:45	Re: On Sale	Bumpy
	9.	Aug 20, 19:58	Re: On Sale	Bucky
	10.	Aug 21, 01:40	Re: On Sale	Narf2029
	11.	Aug 21, 08:54	Re: On Sale	xXBatmanXx
	12.	Aug 21, 12:43	Re: On Sale	SBlat
>>	13.	Aug 21, 20:50	Re: On Sale	jimnms