**EMPIRE TOTAL WAR**

[Addicted]

i love steam, but ive decided not to purchase through it because;

a) £45 for the Special edition : £10 more than a boxed
b) No Pre-Load
c) It will take a night to download the game if it is approx 14-15gigs in size

i shall relax with a few beers and play some DoW II skirmish tonight then stroll to the shops and purchase a 'hard-copy'

just a night for 15gb!
lucky you

 

[jolie77]

Do you think a 4870 will max this game out on a 24" monitor ?

 

[platypus]

I already have today, but good god the main dea of digital downloads was cheaper purchases.£10 more, even retail stores are only £34.99. Robbery.

When was the main idea of digital downloads to be cheaper?

Better method of distribution, better anti-piracy measures, better method of patching games, sure. But cheaper? I don't think that was ever a main intention.

 

[Duran]

When was the main idea of digital downloads to be cheaper?

Better method of distribution, better anti-piracy measures, better method of patching games, sure. But cheaper? I don't think that was ever a main intention.

without the costs of distribution and packaging shouldnt be cheaper?

 

[Nieldo]

without the costs of distribution and packaging shouldnt be cheaper?

Dont forget about the mamoth amount of bandwidth it takes to distribute games like Empire:TW. It must cost them a bomb.

 

[Duran]

Dont forget about the mamoth amount of bandwidth it takes to distribute games like Empire:TW. It must cost them a bomb.

not even close to retail distribution

 

[RDM]

When was the main idea of digital downloads to be cheaper?

Better method of distribution, better anti-piracy measures, better method of patching games, sure. But cheaper? I don't think that was ever a main intention.

Why would I get it digitally if I can buy it considerably cheaper elsewhere and still sign it up for the consumer advantages of digital distribution?

The problem is that digital distribution is still a minority way of selling a product and so publishers need to rely on the retail outlets still. So they aren't prepared to give the digital distribution methods the same deals that the big retail chains get.

Technically it should be cheaper as the overall overheads will be cheaper.

 

[Spektor]

I already have today, but good god the main dea of digital downloads was cheaper purchases.£10 more, even retail stores are only £34.99. Robbery.

The problem is the publishers are setting the prices of any third party games on steam and I seriously doubt any of them want to compete with their main reason for existing.

 

[GeezerButler]

@chowks - yep I bought special forces edition in a supermarket this morning

I am just installing it now - key has registered ok with steam so when it's finished installation (11 minutes remaining of 18 total...) I will see if it runs OK.

 

[eekfek]

@chowks - yep I bought special forces edition in a supermarket this morning

just checked the shop online( green store ) and the special edition is only £27 ... will have to wait two days for delivery but i can live with that !!

 

[GeezerButler]

OK - installed. Now waiting for it to update....

 

[GeezerButler]

@eekfek - think it was £34.79.

 

[GeezerButler]

So....updated OK but won't launch - instantly gives a 'stopped working' crash box (Vista x64). I'll try rebooting and try again.

 

[Tombstone]

Mines activated and installing too, still on the first CD though

 

[GeezerButler]

OK - reboot did the trick. Game runs OK. Now to see if I suck as badly at this one as I did at all the others.....

BTW - disk space used as stated on the box - 15GB.

 

[Datamonkey]

All activated here, install in progress

 

[Dark88]

activated 5 on the dot here

 

[HungryHippos]

Downloading from Steam

Unfortunately i'm on Virgin Media which means it will cap my bandwidth long before this finishes

Otherwise it would be done in 4 hours!

 

[ShaggyRS6]

Steam to busy to start ATM. Someone stop so I can have a go

 

[RobPot]

Before I get truly annoyed and go off on a rant about Steam - I have two discs here, of which I've only used the first so far, why can it not install without going through an update process first (which so far is failing as the Steam servers are too busy)?