Ships Ahoy - Half-Life 2: Episode One [Jun 01, 2006, 6:42 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Valve announces that Half-Life 2: Episode One is now available via
Steam:
Valve Launches First of an Episodic Trilogy
Bellevue, WA, June 1, 2006 - Valve®, developer of the blockbuster series Half-Life® and Counter-Strike™, announced Half-Life® 2: Episode One is now available via Steamgames.com for just $19.95 and at retail outlets around the world.
The first in a trilogy of episodic games, Episode One reveals the aftermath of Half-Life 2 and launches a journey beyond City 17. Episode One does not require Half-Life 2 to play and also includes a first look at Episode Two, which will ship by year's end.
In addition to the new single player experience, two multiplayer games are included. And those who purchase Episode One will have free access via Steam (www.steamgames.com) to Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, the interactive technology demo that introduces High Dynamic Range lighting to the SourceTM Engine, Valve's award-winning game technology.
look the bottom line is this,
I feel that the buisness model behin episodic gmae s is great
1.Publishers have constant trickle of cash coming in(less stress on the creative minds making the game)
2.Instant feed back ( every 4-6 months the game will jsut be that much better)
3.gamwes using same engines (usually) longer,meaning in the long run we may not need to buy newest vid card as much.
4.Game engine getting fully utilized...EP1 i hear is ALOT better looking then HL2.
5.because of less push from its publisher(buiness behind the art)we are gonna see alot more and from the looks of it better gaming.
I have looked at this from alot of diff angles,Do Ibelieve 20 too much? Depends on game.Do i feel the these companys will lower the price of Ep content?No.Do I thionk that the price of 20 dollars will include future bonuses for EP game buyers? Absolutely.
Eventually I see it like this
10 years down road we can go to diff webpages and a company will offer a 1 long romp into a world or a death match map.For a quick(ultra quick by then) we get game and time and play.When we are done we put (more quarters) more money onto game we get more game time,If we so choose to buy game we do.
Kind of like back in the day we paid a quarter to get a romp in donkey kong...If we so chose we put more quartes in if not we went to next machine...think of the future of websites and Digital delivery like that.A virtual Video arcade.But in stead of machines it websites and intead of quarters its 5 dollars or 20 depending on what we want.
I feel that the buisness model behin episodic gmae s is great
1.Publishers have constant trickle of cash coming in(less stress on the creative minds making the game)
2.Instant feed back ( every 4-6 months the game will jsut be that much better)
3.gamwes using same engines (usually) longer,meaning in the long run we may not need to buy newest vid card as much.
4.Game engine getting fully utilized...EP1 i hear is ALOT better looking then HL2.
5.because of less push from its publisher(buiness behind the art)we are gonna see alot more and from the looks of it better gaming.
I have looked at this from alot of diff angles,Do Ibelieve 20 too much? Depends on game.Do i feel the these companys will lower the price of Ep content?No.Do I thionk that the price of 20 dollars will include future bonuses for EP game buyers? Absolutely.
Eventually I see it like this
10 years down road we can go to diff webpages and a company will offer a 1 long romp into a world or a death match map.For a quick(ultra quick by then) we get game and time and play.When we are done we put (more quarters) more money onto game we get more game time,If we so choose to buy game we do.
Kind of like back in the day we paid a quarter to get a romp in donkey kong...If we so chose we put more quartes in if not we went to next machine...think of the future of websites and Digital delivery like that.A virtual Video arcade.But in stead of machines it websites and intead of quarters its 5 dollars or 20 depending on what we want.
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