Re: Half-Life 2, $19.99 @ Fry's -- still $49.95 via Steam download !!


"Pluvious" <Pluvious@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:11:39 +0200, "fanni001" <fanni001@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>|> HL2 is $19.99 @ Fry's this weekend. On www.steampowered.com it is
>>|> still $49.95 (Bronze).
>>|>
>>|> For those that think that download from the developer is the <only>
>>|> way to go for computer game purchases in the future... think again.
>>|> Unless you are totally stupid or made of money. Reckon in the
>>|> developer greed and the monopoly position. Fortunately, Valve is a
>>|> classic example of the worst in terms of developer greed and thus
>>|> we are all forewarned that the future utopia of downloaded-only
>>|> computer games from a non-competitive source is a dusty mirage
>>|> for all except the financially well-heeled.
>>|
>>|Why not just buy the frickin' game and stfu. You are boring everyone
>>|senseless.
>>|
>
> His point is a very valid one. The game is now $19 bucks at a store. Steam
> allows them to save on packaging and all the costs in shipping a game to
> retail
> stores.. and yet, they insist on still charging $50? It just doesn't' make
> sense. For the consumer that is..

Bored as I am with the whole damn HL2/Valve/Steam issue I'm with Pluvious.
(Not SK's alter-ego JL - just Pluvious)


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