Empire: Total War Pricing

PirateShampoo

WTF is up with STEAMS pricing?



uk.bestprice.com 31 euro

Play.com 33 euro

Amazon.com 37 euro

Direct2Drive.com 37 euro

Buy.com 38 euro

Gamestop.com 39 euro

STEAM 50 euro

Talk about ripping people off.

Also all the above games with the exception of direct2drive are physical copys, so why the hell is Steam charging 50 poxy euro for the game?

mikemac

39 euro on play.com
Which is where I'll be buying from

Stev_o

So just to clear something up for me, is the game out in retailer stores tomorrow or just over digital download with steam?

Kiith

Its kinda bull**** alright, especially since digital distribution was being touted as a cheaper way for us to get our games. Whats worse is i'd much prefer to get it through Steam, and probably will. Their online service is brilliant.

Spear

Stev_o wrote: »

So just to clear something up for me, is the game out in retailer stores tomorrow or just over digital download with steam?

It unlocks tomorrow evening at 1700 GMT on Steam, but only goes on boxed retail sale on Wednesday. So pay more on Steam and play early, or pay less in store and play a day later.

Inquitus

I have 2 kids who eat DVD's for breakfast, Steam is my gaming catalgoue saviour!

PirateShampoo

Inquitus wrote: »

I have 2 kids who eat DVD's for breakfast, Steam is my gaming catalgoue saviour!

Well direct2drive.com have it for 37 euro, think with the special forces its still under 50

SeantheMan

Simply because they can.

And saps/idiots/lazy people/ people who don't care for physical copies will always buy it.

Im not sure if i fall into the last category or probably all 4 :rolleyes:

Syferus

Ha ha. Steam. The bane of my existence.

grizzly

For the sake of getting mods working I think a hard copy is the way to go.

super_furry

Steam is a fundamentally flawed service. Sure the technology behind it is good and there's the novelty factor there, but the fact is that it's a complete screw-job on the customer. The overheads involved in making a game available for purchase on Steam are minute compared to getting the physical product into a store and yet the prices are routinely more expensive.

There is no point to Steam's existance in that case.

brianon

super_furry wrote: »

Steam is a fundamentally flawed service. Sure the technology behind it is good and there's the novelty factor there, but the fact is that it's a complete screw-job on the customer. The overheads involved in making a game available for purchase on Steam are minute compared to getting the physical product into a store and yet the prices are routinely more expensive.

There is no point to Steam's existance in that case.

While I agree that the prices on Steam for a lot of products seem to be overpriced. I think Steam does offer more than retail...

For me anyway... I don't want retail copies of anything (unless its a collectors ed or womething different). Too much clutter and I could end up losing/damaging the damn thing or the cd key.

Updates are provided in a no-brainer way.

The whole steam friends, groups, chat etc... is cool.

So if retail was the same price as steam I'd go for steam 9 times out of 10.

But the difference in this case and in DOW II is crazy. I wanted to buy TW on Steam but I purchased my copy with play.com

So is this on sale today ??

brianon

Steam today...reatil tomorrow afaik

brianon

actually. ANyone know how much this is gonna cost in store ?

ShadowHearth

anyone tryed getting company of herous? bullcrap 100%

First: asked me to insert a CD....... okay... if i had one.. it is steam yeah?
second: some media fault now... so i cant even start the damn thing!


And what a rip off!!!

50eu for fear, DoW2, and rest new games, when you can get them in Town for 30eu!

brianon

ShadowHearth wrote: »

anyone tryed getting company of herous? bullcrap 100%

First: asked me to insert a CD....... okay... if i had one.. it is steam yeah?
second: some media fault now... so i cant even start the damn thing!


And what a rip off!!!

50eu for fear, DoW2, and rest new games, when you can get them in Town for 30eu!

I bought the COH + expansion off steam and it plays no problem.

Get on steam support. They were pretty good in my experience with them.

Griffin87

http://www.asda-entertainment.co.uk/asda/9998720.product

I have been downloading since 7 it says Updating 18%

Sierra Oscar

Buy it from retail, you have to register it on Steam anyway.

In times like there the bargains take priority!

Kirby

Deleted User wrote: »

I have been downloading since 7 it says Updating 18%

Thats because its like 11 gigs. Probably gonna take several hours even at 8 meg speeds.

uglyjohn

has anyone picked it up in game? since DOW is only €30 im curious to see what empire costs...

pwd

Kirby wrote: »

Thats because its like 11 gigs. Probably gonna take several hours even at 8 meg speeds.

It's a monstrous FIFTEEN gigs! It's downloading at about a tenth the speed of normal too. I've been downloading since it was available and I'd say it won't be ready until 10 tonight, and I've a fast connection.

Spear

uglyjohn wrote: »

has anyone picked it up in game? since DOW is only €30 im curious to see what empire costs...

Special forces edition is €49.99 in game with the extra Deaths Head Hussars as well. Compared to €59.99 on Steam.

TwoShedsJackson

Spear wrote: »

Special forces edition is €49.99 in game with the extra Deaths Head Hussars as well. Compared to €59.99 on Steam.

The regular edition is €39.99 in Game Dawson St and the guy who sold it to me threw in the Deaths Head Hussars while he was at it. Didn't ask the price of the special edition.

Branoic

Sweet. Just went in to my local Xtravision there and couldn't find it on the shelves. Asked the girl at the counter, she rumaged in the back and came out with a special edition, asked someone else if it was definitely out today, and then charged me 39.99. Score! I hadn't even asked for the SE as I assumed Xtrsvision wouldn't have it.

Kiith

SE edition is €39.99 in xtravision on Thomas Street.

Branoic

I don't get the installation

I put DVD 1 in, it autostarts, I select "Install", it asks me for the activation key, I type that it, it says Steam activation successfull, then it says "Steam is currently too busy to handle your request, please try later", I click "Ok", then the game appears on my Steam Games list with "Updating: 0%" and it's downloading at 200 - 300 KB/s.

Why is it downloading? Why doesn't it install from the discs?

pwd

Maybe it's like the orange box where you download a lot of the content from Steam that isn't included on the discs.
Downloading much slower than that for me. What's your region setting in Steam..?

ArphaRima

I had the same problem.
I told steam to delete all local content, then loaded up the dvd and clicked reinstall. That did the trick. It's now installing on my pc as I type this....

It's a load of crap for the average user mind you. They'll just have to wait.

pwd

Maybe somebody should start a campaign for cheaper digital goods. Most products distributed via digital distribution seem overpriced, considering there should be a significant reduction in the cost of supplying the goods. This probably encourages piracy. Some production companies seem to be campaigning to reduce piracy so this sort of campaign would seem a rasonable response.

uglyjohn

a steam popup just...popped up saying

"xxx is now playing: Empire total war."

rub it in you bastard.

i think i'll be picking it up in game in the next few days.

Stev_o

We need a thread for the actual game now >_<

Anyway played it for a hour and a half and i am enjoying it so far. Only qualms would be some stupid infantry AI where they would face the wrong way even though the enemy was standing beside them to their left! But this seemed to be only down to the fact they were militia men because when i played with GB the Red Coats just kicked ass in so many ways.

Grand campaign is just..........HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE. Seriously though the scale is massive and it's really imposing. Went as Russia for a change (Always went as HRE in the other TW games) and i was so glad that CA have put realistic spin on the resources. Basically i am rich and covered in resources which beats the old system of more territory more money aspect. Problem with Russia though it seems is that we don;t have a port and have to capture one which leads to a further problem as the shipping lanes run through Istanbul and angry Ottamans who don't like me.

Iv completed every TW game bar Shogun and have captured 3/4 of all the regions in the GC, but i can't see myself doing this with this game. Also it's probably the only TW were i want to play as different nations as they seem to get different situations.

Now i must be off have to put together my 7 year plan together and get Mother Russia stirring

cianr

Branoic wrote: »

I don't get the installation

I put DVD 1 in, it autostarts, I select "Install", it asks me for the activation key, I type that it, it says Steam activation successfull, then it says "Steam is currently too busy to handle your request, please try later", I click "Ok", then the game appears on my Steam Games list with "Updating: 0%" and it's downloading at 200 - 300 KB/s.

Why is it downloading? Why doesn't it install from the discs?

I had the same problem - really dont like Steam!

It was stuck on 0% for ages to I went into File-Settings-Download and changed from "UK and Ireland" to "Belgium" and it two mins I was playing!

Only got a chance to play about an hour but really enjoying it so far - taught those Indians a lesson!