Borderlands £4.99 on GFWL

[dlknight]

http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-gb/community/Pages/dealoftheweek.aspx

 

[Evilsod]

Huh? I thought GFWL had nothing to do with Borderlands?

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

got my borderlands on steam, multiplayer is thru gamespy.
No GFWL achieves or anything.
Isnt this just MS offering the DL?

 

[AWPC]

GFWL now sells other PC games without GFWLive same as any other download service but usually offers a one a week special deal like this.

 

[Evilsod]

GFWL now sells other PC games without GFWLive same as any other download service but usually offers a one a week special deal like this.

Fair enough, though given this is microsoft... whats the catch? 1 time only download? Limited download duration? You know, the kinda crap that emphasizes why steam will always be better than it...

 

[AWPC]

Fair enough, though given this is microsoft... whats the catch? 1 time only download? Limited download duration? You know, the kinda crap that emphasizes why steam will always be better than it...

No catch!

There never ever was a limited download duration.

You have the same online activations before you need to call support as Steam so that's set by the game publisher not MS or GFWL or Steam. So unless you rebuild your PC 15 times the game is going to be fine without calling anyone.

You must use the gamertag the game was bought on but that's the same as Steam where you have to use the same account.

GFWL is actually the quickest place to buy games nowadays as they always max out your bandwidth on downloads as MS obviously have a lot of server bandwidth for this!

 

[AWPC]

got my borderlands on steam, multiplayer is thru gamespy.
No GFWL achieves or anything.
Isnt this just MS offering the DL?

Yes thats right its just the download. GFWL have started to do this on many recent PC games & also offer some cracking prices!

 

[Sinny]

Hope Steam do this cheaper, I hate using multiple platforms if I can avoid it.

 

[Tombo]

It was on sale for £6 about a month ago.

 

[Sinny]

It was on sale for £6 about a month ago.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Why are they tieing it to your gamertag?

The retail Borderlands doesn't even use a cd key lol
Just Gamespy for the Multiplayer.

 

[Evilsod]

Why are they tieing it to your gamertag?

Ah so theres the catch

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

With all the DLC on sale as well (twice!)

 

[SeraphX]

M$ are slow to the party aren't they lol

i bought my borderlands and all DLC weeks ago when steam had a sale on

 

[Semiskimmed]

Hope Steam do this cheaper, I hate using multiple platforms if I can avoid it.

same, i was skint when steam had it on sale

 

[AWPC]

Why are they tieing it to your gamertag?

The retail Borderlands doesn't even use a cd key lol
Just Gamespy for the Multiplayer.

For the same reason Steam tie a game to your unique username This uses the exact same MP with Gamespy its just another service offering a digital download. That's all!

 

[sam16dec]

Good deal

 

[feelintherage]

So do you need be signed into GFWL to play as with steam or do you just download the game, then link it to steam?

 

[BoozerDawg]

If its anything like the DRM used on other non-gfwl games on the store, its 5 activations a month with a revoke on uninstall. Unlimited downloads too.

 

[feelintherage]

sorry to sound dumb here but i have to activate it 5 times at month or you can activate the title?

Basically im just wondering if i buy the game can i just launch it through steam? Or can i attach it to steam but to play it i need to be logged into that gfwl client?

Anybody got any experience with this?

Thanks