black ops, does it have to be activated through steam

ssharp59 · 20 Nov 2010 at 10:36

ok basically im not sure wheter to pay £40 for a staem copy of black ops, or to buy a hard copy..

if i buy a hard copy do i activate it via steam so that i can download it in future if i was to loose the disc?

Jsbeer · 20 Nov 2010 at 10:38

I believe that if you get a hard copy you can activate it on Steam afterwards. Check here:

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-WUSF-3601

barmyllama · 20 Nov 2010 at 10:52

Yes it does require Steam to play and takes 20 minutes to install from the disk, so if you have a fast connection you may as well download it. Especially as the best price for a hard copy is now £35, unless anyone else has seen it cheaper.

I pre ordered a hard copy, as it was cheape, it came before release day so I entered the CD key into Steam and pre loaded it. So no difference between retail copies and Steam copies.

Swifty55 · 20 Nov 2010 at 11:22

You need to activate through Steam.

carlazai · 20 Nov 2010 at 12:17

barmyllama said:
Yes it does require Steam to play and takes 20 minutes to install from the disk, so if you have a fast connection you may as well download it. Especially as the best price for a hard copy is now £35, unless anyone else has seen it cheaper.

I pre ordered a hard copy, as it was cheape, it came before release day so I entered the CD key into Steam and pre loaded it. So no difference between retail copies and Steam copies.

This is where steam is brilliant. I did the same for NTW when that came out in Feb. Cant wait to move flat, 40mb line as this crappy 2mb line :cool: