Prey to be Delivered Via Steam

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• Edit: Oops, wasn't quite as smart after all. Prey is one of those games that slaps your saves in the My... : monofurioso

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• Make sure you restart Steam before trying to register your key : ctlaltl33t

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  well since the definition of "steam" is essentially "a bunch of hot air," then yeah, DNF on Steam : lowtax
  • I expected more from you sir. : Cygnus X-1
  • Steam is hot water, kindly retake basic physics please. : Toraz Chryx

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• I agree. I would fully buy everything through Steam if I knew I could get it at the same price or cheape... : FatBaby
• Retail stores can afford to have loss leaders. It brings customers into the store who may potentially buy... : Serpico74
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  That is a problem, but it's not specific to Steam. : Chris Remo
  • But it could grow into a specific Steam problem as they don't really have much competition atm. : humbleone
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  I couldn't agree more! - I get tired of purchasing games on steam only to see the retail price at half th... : abrasion
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    Yes, its the ultimate irony...and it stinks, imo. i thought the original reason for steam was to cut ... : buzzfunk
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      The reason why is that publishers still need to keep their retail distribution agreements, and retailers ... : Chris Remo
      • Ya. I'm sure digital distribution will eventually render stores irelevant, though I'm not sure if that ki... : node
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      dont forget that prices are made based on what people are willing to pay. and to put it bluntly people wi... : hobosapien
      • in conjuction with what remo said : hobosapien
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    I think it is because they have no real competition for this sort of thing and arent competing directly a... : hobosapien
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      No, that's not the reason. It's almost the opposite; retail does see it as direct competition (if someb... : Chris Remo
      • that makes sense : hobosapien
      • Not to mention that retailors like CC/BB, Gamestop, EBGames, etc. etc. are going to fight the transition : mn3m0n1c
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      As you said. Forget all the promises of cheaper games and what not (hopefully someone comes along now and... : te[R]ror
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        FYI, Valve could and did do just that- When Valve announced online Steam distribution was coming, the ver : mn3m0n1c
        • It's not going to stop whiny children from crying, no matter how much logic and fact you throw at them. : Serpico74
• Slightly OT, but when EB Canada puts it on sale, can you post it in the evening reading forum? I'd love ... : treefingers1
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  people should make more of an effort to NOT buy on steam because of this. they aren't going to change the... : thebigbeefsandwich
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    Except for the fact Valve doesn't set the prices for third party titles on Steam. The game developers do... : Zips
    • And they can't control the pricing of brick and mortars. They deliberately lose money on sales in order t... : Serpico74
• It's probably because there's no competition yet, wait until there are a couple more major download servi... : melt_core

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• this is head-ass syndrome if i've ever seen it: SM: Yeah it is. I would rather there emerge a leader i : mallrice
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  Think about it this way. If Honda had the ownly dealership in a certain city. And Toyota really wanted to... : flasher 907
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    except most people own one car and multiple games. if i look at my shelves it's not like i only have a... : mallrice
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      lets not get carried away here...we're talking about the possibility for conflict of interest here. I thi... : flasher 907
      • no. Valve makes a profit off of everything sold so they would be working against themselves to do anythin... : cell9song
  • Cars are a really poor analogy since its a single major purchase while games are purchased throughout the... : cell9song
• No, I think what he said still makes sense, it is true that if Steam was totally independant it could be ... : melt_core

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• yeah this is major lols : Yanks
• L-O-fuckin-L. : senseimoron
• Indeed. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13352039 : Johnny Law
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  Whoa thats harcore burnski, ze expert got served, or he's fing bipolar. Word. : mxoadonai
  • What. : omnova
• seriously, made me laugh out loud : pilgrimage
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  Indeed. I just got another reason to ignore anything Scott Miller spouts. : node
  • I can't believe it was less than an hour posing between. Ouch. That interview must have been conducted mo... : avatar_58
  • Bah, lets not pick on 3drealms for making the right decision for once. Prey, a good game on steam, a good... : baron calamity
• It was pretty fucking hilarious because this headline came up right when I was reading the Scott Miller a... : qwpeoriu
• Tomorrow's healine: 3D Realms announces Duke Nukem: Episodes, to be released annually. : thebirdistheword

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• yep it would be retarded to buy almost anything on steam. so expensive : bradsh
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  Well you can still buy it in stores and activate the key on steam so if at any point you lose your copy. ... : Frozen Pixel
  • Yeah, I got mine a few days back. Shipped from 2k games in Windsor (in the UK) to my place, in Windsor (i... : Rolphus
• I just bought it new from Amazon.com for $20. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BHQZAQ/wwwt... : ThomW

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• Because you'd be getting two games for the price of one. Makes no sense : ctlaltl33t
• As long as their going to send me the 360 version so I can get my achievements i'll support this idea. : locash
• I was just about to say that, but I know it'll never happen. Also, what do you mean by no-disk multiplaye... : qwpeoriu

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• Its the wave of the future. Central location for all media, with a stored profile with all your keys repr... : mxoadonai
• I prefer having my games hooked into Steam. Hell, if I could have all my games registered through it I'd ... : Serpico74
• I love being able to log into my steam account anywhere and download the games I own the rights to. : SenorSpine
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  Yeah it's fantastic. They did this for the original HL. Try it :) : bounty838
  • Except HL was patched to require steam. From the sound of this, if you own a retail copy, you can have th... : jet-poop
• I'm debating using the Steam version instead of my retail copy. I would play PREY SP more often but it re : Schnapple

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• Nope. I sure didn't. : cell9song

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  Maybe not but would be nice if the company head knew what the distribution tail was fing doing, before bo... : mxoadonai
  • That doesn't make him look foolish at all. It's his opinion. : FuryVII

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• lol..... i dont think so. : feek
• So Brian, when's id Software going to start using Steam... :P : gabrobot

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  Yes. It's helpful for people who arrived at this news item from a link rather than from the front page. : Chris Remo
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    Doesn't that assume people not only know news items have their own page, but also get there w/o visiting ... : walker270
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      Your statistic regarding the front page would be more accurate if you replaced it with "comments." : Chris Remo
      • It would also be more accurate if I didn't just make it up. :) : walker270
  • Yup, I only hear about new posts by RSS, otherwise I'm just in Latest Chatty. : bounty838

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• Yeah, I'm scratching my head at this one. Money talks. : Ratsofatsorat