Well I can't comment on Euro pricing but I just checked the UK pricing and steam is cheaper than the EA store :-
EA Store
Digital Deluxe Copy = £44.99
Standard Copy = £34.99
Steam
Digital Deluxe Copy = £39.99
Standard Copy = £29.99
So steam wins and gets my money, saving 5 pounds is not to be sniffed at and I want to get it at that price before they change their mind.
Not quite sure why you are all so convinced PC gamers will hop on board with onlive ? So far most PC gamers have just laughed at it and pretty much expect it to fail big time. A PC gamer would much rather spend the time and money building a PC that can run games than rely on this kind of thing.
If anything it will be console gamers that leap on it saying such wonderful things like "omgz my onlive console is like $5 and it so beats a $5000 PC".
Just a heads up but why do we keep getting Alan Wake stories in the PC section ? As far as I am aware the PC version has been effectively cancelled.
@ dinsurya
"I wanna squeeze my new HD 5870 to its limits. What do you guys think? worth buying?"
If you are expecting Mass Effect 2 to "squeeze" your HD5870 then be prepared to be very disappointed. I was able to max Mass Effect out on my quad with GTX 260 at 1680 x 1050 well above 60fps and to be honest my PC didn't even let out a lil whimper. The game didn't even use more than 50% of a quadcores processing.
Now I am not saying Ma...
Purrcutus the Kitty Borg demands Beta Key or your cat nibbles will be assimilated.
(well come on even the borgs will have ship cats it's inevitable these cats get everywhere). Any way I would love the chance to try the Beta out.
Well guess what nogolis it may surprise you to know that I am not chained to my desk either. I know blasphemy eh, I mean all PC gamers are chained to the desk aren't they ? I actually have my PC hooked up to a monitor on my desk and my HD TV. I can CHOOSE if I want to sit at the desk and I can CHOOSE if I want to lounge on the sofa and use my wireless keyboard/mouse/joypad. That is one of the fundamental things about PC's, it's CHOICE. I game how I want to game not how I am expected to g...
But it is the height of maturity to sit around on the sofa playing computer games is it ? I mean come on here are you trying to tell us that MATURE adults are quite happy to have all the daddies around to sit on their sofa and play the latest generic shooter ? I am a mature adult and if one of my friends said "hey come and play Uncharted 2" I would quickly remove the sad cretin from my phone book.
Oh and it says a lot about YOU claiming I said "wasted" I nev...
"When's the last time you told you friends to come over and game on your PC?"
Well being an adult when I see my friends I want to do better things with them, than sit on a sofa playing games. You know go out drinking and partying maybe go to a good restaurant or a live show. Yep I would much rather do that than explain why my cheap plastic console RROD'd on me or my "it only does everything including breaking PS3" gets YLOD.
It is true what they...
Guess what you can use a joypad with a PC too, you don't have to use a wireless keyboard and mouse. As for your assertion that games are cheaper on the PC due to piracy, well you couldn't be further from the truth. The reason why games are cheaper on the PC is because there is no royalty fee paid. When you buy a game on your console at least $10 - $20 (no one knows the real figure MS and Sony go all quiet when asked) goes straight to MS/Sony even if they had nothing to do with the game. <...
What an absolute croc of crap this article is :-
5 - Re-Sellable Games and Trade-Ins : Don't honestly care I CARE about my collection. I collect games and play them for years. If anything I say this is a BAD thing about the console market. The fact that you are now getting games you are quite happy to re-sell or trade in doesn't say much about the quality of console games.
4 - Home Theater : Hm that's odd my PC is hooked up to a monitor on a desk and my HD TV. If ...
Christ it seems like some people will whinge about anything. Yeah steam is getting old giving us these deals. I mean really what are they thinking.
Ok fair enough they screwed up the pricing of today's sales but quickly rectified them. I have bought at least 5 games so far and I am looking forward to seeing what the remaining three days hold for the sales.
Nah that can't be Episode 3 the source engine doesn't look like good :-p
I also think it is reprehensible that Blizzard has done so little on the PC for close to five years. However to compare Blizzard's situation to Valve's is silly. We are currently waiting for Episode 3 from Valve, all Episode 3 is, is "expansion pack" the game engine is already there (and has been there for 5 years).
However Blizzard are developing new engines for their games, they are not using the old starcraft engine for Starcraft 2. So in a way Blizzard does have ...
Steam has been around for donkey's years it is time people stopped harping on about steam. Yeah it's good I use it it is also 7 bloody years old now quit harping on about it.
As for Left 4 Dead correct me if I am wrong but Valve didn't even develop the game. It was actually developed by Turtle Rock Studios whom Valve bought. So technically we can exclude L4D 1 and 2 as a game developed by Valve because they just bought the studio that made the game.
As for my argu...
I have to disagree with you here Pandam0bile I think Valve have had plenty of time to get episode 3 done. This is now the 3rd year we are waiting for a "6 hour expansion pack". If we were waiting for Half Life 3 I would say "yeah they probably need a bit more time" but this isn't a new game.
Everything is pretty much there for the game so there really is no excuse for there to be 3 years between episodes. I know you like Valve and I will admit I like steam ...
I personally think people have the right to complain about this. As the article states we are now entering the 3rd year waiting for what amounts to a 6 hour expansion pack. There really is no excuse why Valve couldn't have got episode 3 out long before now.
I keep seeing how Valve is the saviour of PC gaming, well I don't actually consider them the "saviour" I don't think they are any different to any other developer out there. It isn't about quality with valve any m...
Oh come on now that is unfair, really it is I mean Fox News does have some integrity compared to HHG.
Ah no worries cervantes99 I would be a fool to say things are "rosy" with the PC at the moment. There are issues that need to be addressed with the PC platform.
The main problem with the PC platform is the fact there is no backer. Do you want to know why the xbox 360 has exclusives that the PC doesn't get ? It's because MS forks out the money for them and keeps the PC out of the loop. The same with Sony they use their own funds to make titles exclusive to their cons...
The reason why retailers are no longer devoting space to PC games on the shelves is pretty self evident. The PC is a progressive ever changing platform and PC gamers are making the switch to Direct Download which started nearly 7 years ago. Eventually consoles will go this route (despite people going I want my disc).
I have been a PC gamer for nigh on 20 years, the last time I set foot in a game store was probably about 6-7 years ago. I purchase all my games via steam or on th...
It's horses for courses I guess I long since abandoned physical media. I find the whole steam setup incredibly convenient. One of the things I like about steam is how quickly I can get my games back up and running after a full format.
I have my steam folder on it's own 1tb hard disk with the OS on other hard disk. If I do a format I just need to reinstall steam and lo behold I can have all my games working again in under half an hour. We are talking 30 full games here, I dr...