Game deals Discussion thread

[shoopfox]

Unless they really fucked up the PC port Lumines is definitely worth a couple bucks.

I am disappoint that I paid $10 for torchlight the other day now though.

*edit* Alright Lumines is a pretty god awful port. It's 640x480 or some bizarre ass resolution that doesn't work right on my monitor, and if you have 5.1 sound you have to set it to stereo or your sound won't work in game.

[cbre88x]

Unless they really fucked up the PC port Lumines is definitely worth a couple bucks.
I am disappoint that I paid $10 for torchlight the other day now though.

That's why you wait on daily deals..and buy anything that wasn't on a daily deal the last day of the holiday sale. Patience pays amigo.

[Versus]

I'm thinking about Fallout 3 GOTY (lulz at GOTY), but I'm gonna wait until the last day of the sale too unless it goes on a daily deal.

If MW2 goes on sale at all it'll be like 10% off :

[beep beep diglett]

I'm thinking about Fallout 3 GOTY (lulz at GOTY), but I'm gonna wait until the last day of the sale too unless it goes on a daily deal.

If MW2 goes on sale at all it'll be like 10% off :

knowing bobby kotick itll probably be labeled Game of the day and cost $10 more

[Surf314]

[quote author=Señor Pinchy link=topic=3591.msg129101#msg129101 date=1261862607]
Unless they really fucked up the PC port Lumines is definitely worth a couple bucks.
I am disappoint that I paid $10 for torchlight the other day now though.

That's why you wait on daily deals..and buy anything that wasn't on a daily deal the last day of the holiday sale. Patience pays amigo.
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Actually its pretty brilliant from a financial point of view. Those non business geeks stop reading here.

Basically everyone has their price point, generally speaking they pick the normal price as the one that gets them the most money. But they'd get even more money if they could sell to everyone at their own price point. So with these sales what they are doing is they already sold to everyone the game is worth $20 to, then they do the short term $10 sales and that gets money from everyone who would have paid between $10 and $20. Then they do the surprise sale of it at $5 and that gets money from everyone who would pay $5 or more but not more than $10. It's selective pricing, and the best way to max out the money earned on a game. It's also what valve is the best at.

[cbre88x]

I'm thinking about Fallout 3 GOTY (lulz at GOTY), but I'm gonna wait until the last day of the sale too unless it goes on a daily deal.
If MW2 goes on sale at all it'll be like 10% off :

Yea..that's the game I want the most at this point. That and Dead Space and Mass Effect..but they aren't even included in the sale..it's like EA has a dick shoved up their ass for this.

[Tricks]

If MW2 goes on sale at all it'll be like 10% off :

Quoting Surf, I would say $40 is my price point for MW2. I would buy it, and I know people who play it. It just seems like a ton of money for not a lot of game at $60.

[cbre88x]

[quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=3591.msg129113#msg129113 date=1261866925]

If MW2 goes on sale at all it'll be like 10% off :

Quoting Surf, I would say $40 is my price point for MW2. I would buy it, and I know people who play it. It just seems like a ton of money for not a lot of game at $60.
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its a lot of game..its just more multiplayer..multiplayer is pretty deep.

[Versus]

According to Steam, I've played MW2 for a little over 20% as much as I've played TF2, including idling time...and I don't think I've ever played TF2 for even 4 hours at a time, much less 5 or 6.

[beep beep diglett]

According to Steam, I've played MW2 for a little over 20% as much as I've played TF2, including idling time...and I don't think I've ever played TF2 for even 4 hours at a time, much less 5 or 6.

yeah but you're rich so you can afford $60

im currently $400~ short this month due to bank shutting down "non essential services" until the new year

[Tricks]

It's really good to read two positive reviews from PC players. I didn't play MW1 or the Call of Duty series, and I've tried MW2 only on the XBox (rental). I thought it was fantastic on the Xbox, and if I was more of a XBox gamer I would pick it up. I read the MW2 thread on EJ, and I found a lot of complaints about cheating on PC maps, Combat Knife spam, Javelin hacks, etc. Finally, they said most PC games are filled with awful players (which I would fall under) and people who have been playing forever. I didn't want to show up and just get farmed by hackers, basically.

This is one of the clan videos off of the MW2 thread there, I thought it was little intimidating to get into. If there are people here who play it...I would strongly consider it.

http://www.wipido.com/video/KrFmraUDaKtH

[Versus]

[quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=3591.msg129143#msg129143 date=1261875697]
According to Steam, I've played MW2 for a little over 20% as much as I've played TF2, including idling time...and I don't think I've ever played TF2 for even 4 hours at a time, much less 5 or 6.

yeah but you're rich so you can afford $60

im currently $400~ short this month due to bank shutting down "non essential services" until the new year
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D:

[cbre88x]

It's really good to read two positive reviews from PC players. I didn't play MW1 or the Call of Duty series, and I've tried MW2 only on the XBox (rental). I thought it was fantastic on the Xbox, and if I was more of a XBox gamer I would pick it up. I read the MW2 thread on EJ, and I found a lot of complaints about cheating on PC maps, Combat Knife spam, Javelin hacks, etc. Finally, they said most PC games are filled with awful players (which I would fall under) and people who have been playing forever. I didn't want to show up and just get farmed by hackers, basically.

This is one of the clan videos off of the MW2 thread there, I thought it was little intimidating to get into. If there are people here who play it...I would strongly consider it.

http://www.wipido.com/video/KrFmraUDaKtH

I own the first one for PC..as well as CoD 2. I bought MW2 for the sexbox because lack of dedicated servers... I know I'd buy it if I played more with people on BRB;U. Games like MW2 are my sniping strength.

[Versus]

It's really good to read two positive reviews from PC players. I didn't play MW1 or the Call of Duty series, and I've tried MW2 only on the XBox (rental). I thought it was fantastic on the Xbox, and if I was more of a XBox gamer I would pick it up. I read the MW2 thread on EJ, and I found a lot of complaints about cheating on PC maps, Combat Knife spam, Javelin hacks, etc. Finally, they said most PC games are filled with awful players (which I would fall under) and people who have been playing forever. I didn't want to show up and just get farmed by hackers, basically.

This is one of the clan videos off of the MW2 thread there, I thought it was little intimidating to get into. If there are people here who play it...I would strongly consider it.

http://www.wipido.com/video/KrFmraUDaKtH

there are some hackers, more than in TF2, but it seems maybe slightly more than other PC FPSes...certainly Planetside had way more hackers per session than MW2 does. I say per session because PS is an MMO, and because of that, you come into contact with many more players per game session than MW2, a game session being the time between starting up and quitting. People running around and being the MVP with the knife is definitely a problem, but...do people really not sprint around with the knife on consoles? The Javelin bug wasn't PC-specific, and was fixed a long time ago.

I play it, eightball and his friend play it, tom8o plays it, and some other friends play it. durp.

[Wedge]

There's no more hackers in PS though ;O.

[KarthXLR]

There's no more hackers in PS though ;O.

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karth why the fuck did you have to post that ARRRGHHH

[Neonie]

[quote author=Wedge link=topic=3591.msg129172#msg129172 date=1261884710]
There's no more hackers in PS though ;O.

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I laughed... hard.

[Luca Shoal]

I bought Borderlands, you juden :V. Somebody can still get me Dragon Age or summat.

[CaffeinePowered]

There's no more hackers in PS though ;O.

^ This