HL2:EP2 - Box or Download?
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Download. What purpose does a box serve these days? You look at it once then lose it.
-Cheaper.
-Uses less bandwidth (some people have quite restrictive allowances).
-Reduces the need to back things up / easier to file away.
I don't have a problem with systems like STEAM, it's just that they need to be a bit more competitive on price.
Download, you get to play TF2 earlier
Not always.
So true. My "Black Box" was free
Also, anyone who is on an ISP package where downloading the game would be detrimental to their browsing experience due to their download limit, really needs to look at how crap their deal is.
Capped internet = Fail.
No, not always but from what I'm told Orange box costs around £27 after tax via STEAM, whereas it's available under £25 retail.
Not everyone has the option to choose their ISP though, e.g. some people living with parents or uni dorms.
It's also true that when taking out their ISP some people probably weren't planning on downloading games, given that the tradtional model has always been to buy them on cd/dvd
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Download since its let me play TF2 for the last week or 2. Fantastic game
What he said , I bought TF2 & they're giving me Peggle, Portal & EP2 for free
because of the crappy part of South Yorkshire i live in maximum download rate is 512Kbps which means that my internet sucks, and even i bought TOB via steam just left it to DL overnight, well worth it. though i will also invest in it on disc when its released as i have pretty much every valve game ever made on disc.
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Are the release dates the same? Steam's on the 9th, no? Box looks like the 19th.
I quite agree with this simple statement.
I've been with Demon since 1997, via various dial-up, ISDN and now ADSL.
They introduced a "fair usage policy", last year I think it was, which allows me 60gb per month. If I go over that, I don't get charged extra, or loose connection, but I do get peak surfing throttled to... 128kbps!!
Now, 60gb a month is pretty good compared to some other ISPs, though I do catch myself sometimes wondering whether it's worth downloading "one more demo" or another HD video, what with my PS3 sucking down all the demos/HD vids it can, me using Steam, Joost, gametrailers.com, etc, sometimes I think I must be close.
What provider do you use, which is cap free?
Where I live there is no cable, no ADSL2, just standard ASDL, and I currently get 7.5mbps connection.
V1N.