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| Sin317 wrote: | | why would you lose access to the games you had already paid ? I decided not to buy any more games from steam (not as long as its more expansive as retail) , but that doesn't mean i won't play the games i already own lol. |
If I lose my net connection and there isn't a saved offline profile, the games are as good as gone.
I dislike being held captive like that.
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 15:17 Post subject: |
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This is great, games are cheaper now.
Sacred 2 was $49.99 last night, thats £32.52 + vat = £37.40
Now its £26.99 and includes the vat saving me £10.41
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 15:27 Post subject: |
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Um. How do you work THAT out?
If it was £37 last night, it's just gone UP £10... silly.
49.99 EUR
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47.4739 GBP
http://store.steampowered.com/app/22700/
€49.99
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JBeckman
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 15:42 Post subject: |
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For me, it's always been that games were a bit more expensive via Steam than buying it retail but there were other benefits and it usually was only about 40 - 50 SEK more.(Roughly four euros.)
Did a comparison on Sacred 2 with this game (One of the most expensive Steam titles aside from packs at 49.99 euros, same price as with quite a few other recent titles as well such as CoD 5 and GTA IV.)
Result was that the retail store copy costs about 399 (33.22 EU) SEK whereas the Steam copy costs 600 (49.99 EU) SEK.
Quite a difference and hopefully it'll stabilize itself or something.
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 15:51 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | Um. How do you work THAT out?
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Well its cheaper if your in the UK.
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 15:56 Post subject: |
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| Richard99 wrote: | | sabin1981 wrote: | Um. How do you work THAT out?
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Well its cheaper if your in the UK. |
Print screen, please?
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 16:12 Post subject: |
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Yeah all games are cheaper in the uk as we got a proper currency conversion.
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That includes VAT too.
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 16:14 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 16:16 Post subject: |
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solution seems having a buddy in the usa buy the games for you
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 16:18 Post subject: |
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A better solution is to have a friend in the UK
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 16:47 Post subject: |
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Best one is just buying boxed games out of UK.
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Big_Gun
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 18:30 Post subject: |
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| shole wrote: |
you usafags really screwed up your moneeh |
I hope that your some punk ass teenager or younger. At least it would be some kind of excuse.
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 18:33 Post subject: |
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| Stefan F wrote: | | solution seems having a buddy in the usa buy the games for you |
I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. I was doing it for alot of people and the dipshits here caused more trouble than it was worth. |
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 20:01 Post subject: |
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Seriously, starting that kind of argument is tardy (meant the Dollar Vs. Euro thingy) since people in EU still get punched in the ballsack by Steam (everyone besides the UK that is).
I agree, they had pretty high prices before where I hesitate a couple of times buying it online...now they kinda pushed me over to just buying retail boxes. Good way to lose a paying customer. -.-
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Karmeck
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 20:58 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | But then i don't understand why anything like beta testing was here. This is exactly thing which should be done in beta - if you make extremly high prices, then correct it before you release them to public. |
| Quote: | Im guessing the main function of the beta was to resolve any technical issues. As JM outlined, the pricing is an on-going issue.
I am not saying that I myself am over the moon with these changes, but we should certainly allow Valve times to make the prices more balanced if needs be. |
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8699300&postcount=329 |
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Dec 2008 02:27 Post subject: |
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THats why I will always buy my games at a gaming store.
Less problems and you get the box, inserts, manual + nowadays they usually come with a poster or a conceptual artwork book or something.
Never have bought a game off the net/steam, never will.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Dec 2008 10:13 Post subject: |
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| Mode667 wrote: | Yeah all games are cheaper in the uk as we got a proper currency conversion.
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That includes VAT too. |
It was 29.99 before wasn't it?
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b0se
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Dec 2008 10:17 Post subject: |
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Hell yeah fuck the valve retards , fucking sons of bitches , and i just wanted to buy Defense Grid , shit man
[spoiler][quote="SteamDRM"]i've bought mohw :derp: / FPS of the year! [/quote]
[quote="SteamDRM"][quote="b0se"]BLACK OPS GOTY[/quote]
No.[/quote][/spoiler]
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Dec 2008 12:23 Post subject: |
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just download it. there are still to many idiots that buy games unbelievable... exactly because of that the prices stay high..
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Frant
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Big_Gun
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rejer13
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Dec 2008 15:43 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Dec 2008 18:22 Post subject: |
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| rejer13 wrote: | | yay Boycot STEAM |
+1 for shizzle.
If I could get anything decent for my Steam Account I'd sell it right now, cunts.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Dec 2008 19:10 Post subject: |
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| Big_Gun wrote: |
By the way, you spelled acknowledgment wrong...
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Nope
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| Posted: Sat, 20th Dec 2008 00:11 Post subject: |
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| danuttah wrote: | | I'm sorry, but what are you on about? Do you understand it? The Dollar has tanked against the euro in the past few weeks and is now at more or less the same point that it was at the beginning of the year.....Even your graph shows this. |
How bout that "tanking dollar" ?
"Dollar Posts Biggest Daily Gain in 2 Months vs. Euro "
The U.S. dollar posted its largest daily gain in almost two months against the euro Friday, after traders said the greenback's slump earlier this week may have been overdone.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/28302139
That's why shit talking about currency value is fucking dumb..
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Also I recall the € was about equal to two $'s at one time so it looks like your currency's worth isn't doing to hot itself right now.
