BF2S Forums Steam rips users off

konfusion wrote:

Vilham wrote:

lol dont think the multiplayer is worth a measly 25 quid? Are you fucking kidding me? Cinema ticket = £4 = maximum 1hour entertainment/pound. This game is worth more than 25 hours of entertainment...

Cinema tickets are more expensive, but then, I only go to the movies if invited. For everything else, there's DVDs or (thanks to the sharing era) internet copies. A game has to be pretty good for me to buy it, and I usually buy them around 20 quid. After getting Orange Box for $50 dollars, I guess I'm a bit spoiled - because $50 dollars for a game that gives not only less play time but also less variation is too much now

For that matter, I would buy Assassin's Creed and Crysis if I had a computer that could handle them.

-konfusion

Yeah, but i assume you think of purchases in terms of VALUE. The VALUE of CoD4 is far beyond £25, I dont buy many games, I will only buy them if i think the value is higher than the actual price. Sometimes I value single player games very highly if they have a great singleplayer, mainly strategy games some fps, eg I bought Bioshock I now view it as not worth it, the hours I got from the game just werent enough and neither was the gameplay. Mainly I only buy a game if it has multiplayer as that increases the hours I can play it, and hence the entertainment value I place on it.

Last edited by Vilham (2008-01-30 17:06:38)

Cheez wrote:

They are under instruction from Activision.

Steam - "how much do you want to charge, Activition?"
Activision - "Oh, $44.95 sounds good..."
Steam - "done"

Two. Weeks. Later.

Activision - "holy fuck they have interwebs outside America?!"
Steam - "yeah, we have the same price internationally"
Activition - "Fuck that shit, make Australia $88.95"
Steam - "but the whole idea is its cheaper than the stores. They won't pay $106 when the store sells it for $80. What's the poi-"
Activion - "profits nom nom nom"


Edit: wow, I can't spell Activision for shit.

qft +1

kylef wrote:

STEAM haven't yet reduced their prices. If people are still buying it, what is the problem? You are paying for the ease of never having to find a CD (or risk damaging it) and also it will be attached to your account forever. On a more positive note, I'm sure STEAM will indefinitely reduce their prices.

It's great until someone steals or hack your account, along with all proof you own the games.

I think people still do that...