Steam

robfosters · 21 Aug 2011 at 22:36

Do Steam actually sell new games. Just noticed that COD MW2 is still £30, yet you can pick it up in disc form for half that.

I'm sure it's been done countless times, but how do they expect to sell at these prices?

RoboSprog · 21 Aug 2011 at 22:38

They do, but Activision won't let them lower the price I imagine. It's not Valve who decide the prices, remember that.

Raumarik · 21 Aug 2011 at 22:42

Steam sales will usually include at least one "new" game in with a ton of older ones, there's only been a few occassions where I've been able to get the Steam game for anything near the price of other online retailers. I do prefer Steam though and will wait to purchase a game these days so I can get it during a Steam sale instead if I'm not desperate for it.

orderoftheflame · 22 Aug 2011 at 07:34

Valve don't set the prices of games on the store. Publishers have that responsibility. The COD games and Activision are a bad example on which to judge the entire store. Most of isn't so far away from retail.

I want my games on Steam, so if I want to buy a game that isn't Steamworks, ending up paying £2-3 more for it on Steam, and then not going and buying it when it's on sale for £5 works out cheaper in the long run.

For Indie games and sales, they're second to none.

Reemul · 22 Aug 2011 at 08:33

robfosters said:
Do Steam actually sell new games. Just noticed that COD MW2 is still £30, yet you can pick it up in disc form for half that.

I'm sure it's been done countless times, but how do they expect to sell at these prices?

Maybe they don't expect to sell them, Activisoin are happy to have them on steam at those high prices, it does show Steam in a poor light as most people still don't realise the price is set by the Publisher.

Something Steam should do is the same as Amazon have done for Kindle books, when the price has been set by the publisher it is said under the price of the book. Makes it clear the higher price is not amazon's fault but the publisher.