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Old May 9, 2011, 10:42 PM   #1126
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I have no use for anything in these special editions but the games themselves and I'm not paying full MSRP for any of them.
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Old May 10, 2011, 12:33 AM   #1127
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Duke Nukem is an exception Just like Starcraft II is an exception. Games which give this much anticipation is just going to be good, whether it be a placebo effect or not xD
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seems like you're overpaying for junk that will just get thrown away in a few months.. playing cards are nice, I guess, but not $45 worth.
That goes for just about any CE out there. But to be honest, that Duke bust is better than most CE's come with, the History, Legacy & Legend of Duke should be entertaining as it's been 12 years. You got to think of it this way, this game itself is part of gaming history, being it's 12 year creation, Dukes been MIA so long, and he's such an epic character an extra $40 won't break my bank.
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Old May 10, 2011, 07:14 AM   #1129
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I've moved the discussion about gifting/selling steam games to each other to the mod lounge and we'll hash it out there.

While i've personally participated in it and see the benefit to us gamers (especially since i'm in one of the retarded countries with massively hiked prices), it DOES directly contradict a rule w1zzard setup for the B/S/T part of the forum (no virtual items).

Theres going to be some polite discussion on this one for a while, until we sort out what can/should be done. For now, please dont try such sales in this thread.
Will do Didn't really mean to soil the forums with it, I just got carried away. Any further talk about this will be kept private unless we explicitly can do it here.
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Old May 10, 2011, 07:17 AM   #1130
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Hope it passes, maybe with some refinement, it doesn't effect me much, but I've helped out some from other countries, sometimes the prices are insane. Anyways....

Steam also put up Deus Ex: Human Revolution yesterday, just lists August of the date, but thats 2 large titles that went up for pre-order in one day.
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Somehow, both the Duke Nukem and Deus Ex "grandeur" never really had an effect on me. I do have a First Row Ticket for Duke Nukem however (came with Borderlands GOTY pack).
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Old May 10, 2011, 02:31 PM   #1132
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Somehow, both the Duke Nukem and Deus Ex "grandeur" never really had an effect on me. I do have a First Row Ticket for Duke Nukem however (came with Borderlands GOTY pack).
if they did deus ex right, i am going to love it. it's always been the perfect
blend of stealth, action, and futuristic technology. here's to hoping they
didn't screw it up
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Old May 10, 2011, 04:13 PM   #1133
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if they did deus ex right, i am going to love it. it's always been the perfect
blend of stealth, action, and futuristic technology. here's to hoping they
didn't screw it up
Yeah, I probably will Pre-order it, but I don't think I will be able to judge the game till I can actually get some hands on time, so I hope it will be great.
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Steam are now doing Daily Deals:

http://store.steampowered.com/news/5468/

First up: Operation Flashpoint: Dragon rising at 75% off (5 eurobucks)

I'm pleased about this development, though I will be letting today's deal go!
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Old May 16, 2011, 09:02 PM   #1136
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Steam are now doing Daily Deals:

http://store.steampowered.com/news/5468/

First up: Operation Flashpoint: Dragon rising at 75% off (5 eurobucks)

I'm pleased about this development, though I will be letting today's deal go!
Wow, a deal every day on Steam!!! Awesome.
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Old May 16, 2011, 09:29 PM   #1137
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is this not worth posting though? http://www.steamprices.com/eu/topripoffs

If I were in EU, I'd still like to know what prices are in the US, if not just to see if it is worth buying or not, or how much steam is ripping me off
I used to work for a well known digital music download company as a label manager. I'm sure that there is not that much difference between music downloads & video game downloads to be honest though I could be wrong.

With music downloads the label or the distributor who owns the copyright for the music will set a price per each worldwide territory and the shop who sells the items do not decide on that price and if they sell it for less they would lose money first of all and secondly lose the contract deal with the distributor ofr underselling... so you can beat Steam up regarding their different prices in different worldwide territories, or you can see the bigger picture which is most likely the large game developing companies (EA etc) dictating the prices that items must be sold at worldwide.
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Old May 16, 2011, 10:30 PM   #1138
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I used to work for a well known digital music download company as a label manager. I'm sure that there is not that much difference between music downloads & video game downloads to be honest though I could be wrong.

With music downloads the label or the distributor who owns the copyright for the music will set a price per each worldwide territory and the shop who sells the items do not decide on that price and if they sell it for less they would lose money first of all and secondly lose the contract deal with the distributor ofr underselling... so you can beat Steam up regarding their different prices in different worldwide territories, or you can see the bigger picture which is most likely the large game developing companies (EA etc) dictating the prices that items must be sold at worldwide.
I'm not beating Steam up, I'm only stating that in certain regions prices are higher than others, and that people in the higher priced regions can always ask someone from the cheaper region to get it for them, saving them money. I'm a consumer, I look at it in a consumer point of view.0With the site I provided people can see if a game they want is significantly cheaper elsewhere, and find a way to pay that price instead of the higher price in their region

At first I was offering that person to be me to help everyone out, but forgot about the rules of TPU So it seems people have to find another way, but friends and family are a great way to save you a few bucks
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Old May 16, 2011, 11:48 PM   #1139
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Steam are now doing Daily Deals:

http://store.steampowered.com/news/5468/

First up: Operation Flashpoint: Dragon rising at 75% off (5 eurobucks)

I'm pleased about this development, though I will be letting today's deal go!
So is this game worth picking up for $5?
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Old May 17, 2011, 12:23 AM   #1140
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Terraria looks neat... like a sidescroll minecraft,
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So is this game worth picking up for $5?
Published reviews were fair (75%) on average but user reviews were very much less favourable, as you can see here:

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/op...g/user-reviews
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So is this game worth picking up for $5?
Eh, I got it, it was cheap, didn't really feel polished like it's competition, but $5 isn't much.
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Old May 17, 2011, 11:55 PM   #1144
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Id say yes. picked it up for $10 a bit back. was a decent campaign. the weapons and the gadget are enjoyable.
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I really enjoyed it as a game. Pretty cool endings too I think.
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I really enjoyed it as a game. Pretty cool endings too I think.
as opposed to enjoying it as book?
lol jk i thought it was a good game, and picked it up myself at that price...
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Is singularity even available in Australia via steam, I saw it for sale and then clicked on it, then it went back to the main page and it disappeared, the search bar ain't no help either
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Test Drive Unlimited 2 Download - £7.50 or $9.98!
somethings telling me its not worth it
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Yeah, you'd be paying an extra $2 USD compared to us
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