No more black box for Episode 2?

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  1. Jcw87

    Jcw87 Member

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  2. Angry

    Angry Junior Member

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    Sorry but.. OOOOOOLD

    Plus that's only for retail, you can get the ep2 package alone over steam.
     
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  3. ^Dee^

    ^Dee^ Former Super Moderator

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    I have now lost interest in episode 2.
     
  4. Jcw87

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    not that old... 8 days... unless IGN just happens to be slow at this
     
  5. pickjaoe

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    Fuck that. What the hell are they thinking?
     
  6. Warfle

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    It's not such a bad idea, 10 dollars more and you get hl2 and ep1. If you already have them, you can give them to a friend. $50 for ep2, portal, and tf2 is still a great deal.
     
  7. Solokiller

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    It's an even better deal if you don't have to pay for it at all.
     
  8. arklansman

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    You can still buy it off steam. If you don't have a credit card (or are paranoid about ID theft), you can usually get a gift card from your bank and use that. And if you have a slow connection, you're screwed either way, because you'll have to download 15 updates before you can play. So I really don't see why it's that big of a deal.
     
  9. Mr. Weedy

    Mr. Weedy I will report bugs on the bug tracker

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    Indeed. I'm going to get episode 2 and Portal but not going to pay at them. :p
    (Just joking. Of course I pay at them just to get the Portal game.)
     
  10. dumpster_fox

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    I've heard that the reason they cut the Black Box was that brick-and-mortar retailers would have screwed them over (The Steam Review), or something.

    And yeah, don't fret your pretty little heads. Everything will still be individually available on Steam. Only people buying them for the console will end up with spare copies of HL2 and Episode 2.
     
  11. Caelo

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    meh I will just sell HL2 to one of my friends :P
     
  12. Slithzerikai

    Slithzerikai I for one am glad the NF SMG 3 is gone

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    I'll go for the Orange Box and give the HL2 key to my cousin. Problem solved.
     
  13. rampantandroid

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    I have a friend who will probably buy HL2 and Ep1 off me if I buy it retail...but who wants to buy retail...steam ftw.
     
  14. knighttemplar

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    If it's the same price, I'll go retail, save myself the bandwidth. Will the HL2 code count as another Steam ID for CSS?
     
  15. Solokiller

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    Only if used on another Steam account, if used on an account with HL2 already installed it won't work.
     
  16. KILLX

    KILLX Banned

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    retail will cost more because there needs to be profit. If VALVe sells the packages to retail for the same price as online, then retail will jack up the price so they have profit. third party distribution. with steam, its directly from VALVe to consumer, first party sale. since its pure profit, and not buying to sell for profit, they don't jack up the price.
     
  17. knighttemplar

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    hl2 cost me less retail than steam charges.

    I understand your theory Killx, but Valve has decided to increase profit margins instead of lowering the price of games. Retailers face tougher competition.
     
  18. KILLX

    KILLX Banned

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    Odd, here I have NEVER seen a game sold on steam for more than retail.
     
  19. arklansman

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    *cough*
     
  20. ViroMan

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    Why the fuck are "guests" looking at old as shit?
     

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