Anyone pre-order Left 4 Dead from Steam for the PC?

NeilF · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:05

How much did you pay?

It's my fault for not being more careful while I ordered it from Steam, but it cost me £31.68! :eek:

My mate ordered his copy, shipped to his door, on a CD, with Amazon taking a commission, for £19.97!

Kearney_1988 · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:07

there is a big thread about how expensive steam is knocking around somewhere

Davy644 · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:10

I know I wont be bit again,Paid 58dollors for world at war of which 8 dollors was tax which they failed to see until i purchased

NeilF · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:17

Davy644 said:
I know I wont be bit again,Paid 58dollors for world at war of which 8 dollors was tax which they failed to see until i purchased

Yeh! I recall is tax coming up while going thru the purchaing process, but alas I didn't pay enough attention!

Robert1986 · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:20

Looking at some of the sigs on this forum, its amazing how everyone gets all uptight about a few quid.

HeX · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:23

1.00 GBP

=

1.50048 USD

=

Why Steam is so expensive at the minute.

NeilF · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:24

Robert1986 said:
Looking at some of the sigs on this forum, its amazing how everyone gets all uptight about a few quid.

£2-3 not bothered.
£5 - not really bothered...

Over £10 equating to over 60% more expensive! Hmmmm :rolleyes:

Bit bovered

HeX said:
1.00 GBP

=

1.50048 USD

=

Why Steam is so expensive at the minute.

Absolutely... But somehow evey retailer in the UK manages to sell it for substantially less... With a CD, and booklet, with shipping cost, and them taking a commission...

Snakedoctor · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:25

They should have a Steam system for UK that is similar prices, if not cheaper, than retail. I kinda thought that was the point of Steam?

Streeteh · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:26

Snakedoctor said:
They should have a Steam system for UK that is similar prices, if not cheaper, than retail. I kinda thought that was the point of Steam?

This topic has been debated over and over again. The reason why steam is more expensive is because they still need retailers to sell their games. If the game is cheaper in steam the retailers refuse to sell the game as there's little point thus ruining sales.

Tummy · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:27

I pre ordered it, cost something like $44.99.

Don't mind paying up to about £30 for a PC game.
And I've never been able to buy a game and activate it on steam, so I just buy games from Steam, makes playing with friends easier.

Davy644 · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:36

I paid £40 but could have got it for £27 had I shopped around hardly a couple a quid

NeilF · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:37

Streeteh said:
This topic has been debated over and over again. The reason why steam is more expensive is because they still need retailers to sell their games. If the game is cheaper in steam the retailers refuse to sell the game as there's little point thus ruining sales.

Indeed... But there just seems to be something plainly wrong/mad when:-
Amazon = £19.97
Direct from Valve = £31.68

:confused:

Streeteh · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:37

Davy644 said:
I paid £40 but could have got it for £27 had I shopped around hardly a couple a quid

Could have gotten it for £20 actually

Tummy · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:38

Davy644 said:
I paid £40 but could have got it for £27 had I shopped around hardly a couple a quid

I don't mind paying an extra few pounds for a game.
But it does annoy me when I pay £40 odd for a game and then its on offer the next week for half that. grr.

NeilF · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:40

Tummy said:
I pre ordered it, cost something like $44.99.

Don't mind paying up to about £30 for a PC game.
And I've never been able to buy a game and activate it on steam, so I just buy games from Steam, makes playing with friends easier.

In my head, cos of the old 2/1 £ to $ ratio I figured I was paying about £25, which is fine... A bit more expensive than elsewhere, but I'd rather give Valve all my money, than a middleman. But basically 60% more expensive than elsewhere is taking the P

Calneon · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:50

Early pre-order from steam - £35
Loss made buying from steam - £15
Early access to demo - Somewhat worth it

Being able to preload the game and play it the minute it was released with three mates until 3am the following morning without worrying about delivery and install problems - Priceless

NeilF · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:53

Calneon said:
Early pre-order from steam - £35
Loss made buying from steam - £15
Early access to demo - Somewhat worth it

Being able to preload the game and play it the minute it was released with three mates until 3am the following morning without worrying about delivery and install problems - Priceless

degen · 24 Nov 2008 at 13:56

£22 delivered

NeilF · 24 Nov 2008 at 14:08

degen said:
£22 delivered

Exactly... And Amazon was £19.97!

HeX · 24 Nov 2008 at 14:17

Calneon said:
Early pre-order from steam - £35
Loss made buying from steam - £15
Early access to demo - Somewhat worth it

Being able to preload the game and play it the minute it was released with three mates until 3am the following morning without worrying about delivery and install problems - Priceless

degen said:
£22 delivered

Indeed.

I had to wait what, 4 days to play the 15min demo? no biggy I had loads of other newly released games to be playing.

Then I had to wait about a day longer than the Steam release for my hard copy to arrive, preload didn't matter to me because I had the physical media so installed in 5mins and I was away.

So I saved £15 and missed 1 day of early play. I can live with that.

I now have £15 to put towards annother game (Prince of Persia I think), that you don't, how 'priceless' is that 1 day of play now