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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 III - Don't Believe The Tags
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For a console game.
Does it? I'm sure the game will be good, but no online MP is a huge letdown.
Isn't the MSRP for console games generally 60$/?
Of course, no one who buys lots of games and cares about money should pay MSRP for anything.
Well I can see why a lot of UK folk might be getting bent out of shape. At retail it you could pick up the Black Armour Editon for £29.99 or less (I managed to get a BAE for £24 and a Collectors for £56) and now they are all sold out the only way to grab the extras is through digital distribution which happens to be £10 more expensive (not counting resellers with discount codes). But this is hardly Namco starting a trend, THQ and Bethesda were pulling some funky stuff about 3 years ago and Activision and UbiSoft have jacked their prices up. Thankfully it's a very open and competitive market and you're not tied to make every purchase through the Steam store. Though I guess some poeple either forgot that or just like a moan.
Thank our glorious retail sector in turmoil for crazy low prices. Tesco by me haven't got a single PC title above £25 and PC World/Curry's are always having a firesale when they need to shift some stock.
Not really, some digital stores were charging everyone in $ (not all), and $50 is not 50 . UK stores were not charging that either. In my eyes it's not normal price. According to my bank, £40 = $70, and 50 = $71
that's not simply bad, that's outrageous
Don't forget that all prices in £ and € already include 20% VAT which is not included in $ prices. So £39.99 is actually £33 to Valve/Namco and £6 to the taxman.
brotkasten
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I enjoy it. I do it partly as a pictorial memento of the enjoyable time I had with the gameand partly for the lulz. Most of my captions are very suggestive and distinctly politically incorrect which appeals to my sense of humour. If anyone else reads them and enjoys them that's a bonus but I really do it to amuse myself.
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Hey!
This is confusing.
At least you guys get sales for physical copies sometimes. We get none. We piggyback off US steam digital prices though
I guess that with PC digital sales rising and rising publishers somehow forgot that they are competing with RELOADED/FAIRLIGHT editions.
Sure, that's why publishers love region locking.
Anyway, retail PC games have generally been 50 here on Steam as long as I can remember. That's why I never buy those on Steam
I'm looking forward to this one too. I'm really glad there seems to be a rise of local multiplayer games on pc lately.
Niddhog
Samurai Gunn
Starwhal
Battleblock Theater
and then this to name a few. All I need now is a proper bomberman on my steam account and I will be set.
$50 + 21% VAT = $60,5, not $71, just reminding
Ingueferroque
Banned
Pre-ordered DS2 Steam at GMG! I hope I will have time to play.
And I hope they end up releasing DS1 from GFWL.
And I hope they end up releasing DS1 from GFWL.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
It really is. I love this resurgence in local MP games like this one and Samurai Gunn but at least include a network mode like Nidhogg does, even if it isn't the most ideal way to play the game.
Power of the cloud brah
How many peeps in the US pay sales tax on digital goods? I know it varies from state to state but there's no distinction in EU territories it's in and around 20%, sometime higher and that's paid at checkout. Where as some US states paid none to a small percentage.
End of the day Neither Valve nor Namco see anything charged in tax and you'll find that $49.99 is about £30 so as per the norm it's been rounded up the the whole number minus the penny. So when you deduct what would have been paid in tax it's not so great a difference after all.
All evidence points towards them doing this. Bandai said they were exploring their options, Bandai then announced they will be removing GFWL from Ace Combat in favor of SteamWorks, then Bandai updates the Dark Souls registry app to prepare it for achievements.
I remember games being the equivalent of 15 at launch!
(Inflation and rising costs, how do they work)
Unity of Command trilogy is 60% off on Steam.
Atraveller
Banned
The power of Lord Gaben at work.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
You probably had a stuck pixel and not a dead one.
This describes all Tescos in my area. DAMN YOU TESCO OVERLORD.
It was an entire vertical line. I had 3. Now I have 1. Oh GabeN please deliver me from suffering
Origin is a fine software, is fully functional but....on the other hand ME3 is crap and dont worth the time.
The main error of Origin is EA...
It works if you have to use it.
Morrisons have all the bargain bin titles (and a bajillion copies of Farm Simulator Platinum Edition) but Tesco stepped their game up in the last year. Probably due to 4 branches of Game/Gamestation and all the HMV's and Blockbusters going kaput. On a Dark Souls related note they have the physical Prepare to Die Edition, with the soundtrack, behind the scenes dvd and art book for I think £8. COD Ghosts and BF4 are both £22 where as their digital counterparts are taking the piss at £39.99 and £44.99 respectively.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
don't forget Speedrunners! that game is overlooked way to often (and so, so awesome)
but i agree, it's great to see all this local multiplayer games appear on the PC, i'm not a big fan of online multiplayer (with a few exceptions) but i have almost every weekend friends over to play
can't wait for towerfall!
don't forget Speedrunners! that game is overlooked way to often (and so, so awesome)
but i agree, it's great to see all this local multiplayer games appear on the PC, i'm not a big fan fan of online multiplayer (with a few exceptions) but i have almost every weekend friends over to play
Speedrunners is really great. I've only played it one time but I was very impressed.
I'm also looking forward to picking up PAC MAN museum for Battle Royale (which is one of my favorite local mp experiences)
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
it's our favorite game at the moment
Sine Mora for ~1$
http://www.nuuvem.com.br/produto/1016-sine-mora
I play Nintendo games, so I always count online MP as a bonus (and also have enough people to play locally).
woo and indeed hoo
Banned
Bought it back in the day for 3, can't recommend the game enough. The closest one can get to a "good" euroshmup, and the plotline is one massive mind****it's our favorite game at the moment
Sine Mora for ~1$
http://www.nuuvem.com.br/produto/1016-sine-mora
Well it's $66 here in the UK...
Darkroronoa
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it's our favorite game at the moment
Sine Mora for ~1$
http://www.nuuvem.com.br/produto/1016-sine-mora
Definitely worth it for 1$
NingenJanai
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No need to thank me
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It's not out yet, but Crawl is supposed to have local mutliplayer during early access, and might eventually have online multiplayer. That game looks so good.
$69 in Yurop!
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
It's a European/Japanese co-production, would explain both things you mentioned
(I bought it on release day and haven't played for more than 75 minutes :/ )
ashecitism
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You know, people might criticize Valve for the way they handle communication - I certainly have before -, but looking at how some major companies and their employees handle it, especially during bad times, I can see why Valve does it the way they do.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I guess it's time to take to twitter to recount God's fortune and favor shining down upon you then. Make sure to end it with a #blessed.
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ashecitism
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30% is doubtful as that is their entire profit margin.
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