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Sam & Max Patrolling Steam
by Chris Remo, Jun 15, 2007 4:03pm PDTTelltale Games today announced that its well-received first season of Sam & Max adventure games has been released through Valve's Steam service. Telltale concluded the season in April, and has stated its intention to follow up with a second season. All six episodes are now downloadable, each for $8.95; until June 22, each episode has a 10% discount applied for a final price of $8.06. Compilations of Episodes 1-3 and 4-6 are available for $19.99 each. Throughout Sam & Max: Season 1, episodes were released first to GameTap subscribers, then put up for individual purchase two weeks later on Telltale's own site for $8.95 each. Telltale and retail publisher The Adventure Company also recently announced two separate physical Sam & Max: Season 1 packages. "Digital distribution is clearly a core component of our business and we're really impressed by Valve's approach to the market," said Telltale CEO Dan Connors. "The Steam folks have a great understanding of how robust online channels can bring new value added content, product expansions and serialized episodes to keep audiences regularly engaged."
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I've only played part of the 1st one and part of the 6th one.
Looks like the Steam versions fix the problems with (some versions of?) the non-Steam versions on Vista with DEP enabled, too. (But you can just disable DEP for the exes on the other versions. I had exactly the same problem with Tomb Raider: Anniversary so I'm not sure if it's the games or something wrong with the current gfx drivers... Not a big deal so long as you know to turn DEP off.)
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This is particularly going to be the case with indies like Telltale who have no real bargaining power (leverage usually being a huge catalog of titles). In fact, I seem to recall that this is the reason Telltale originally planned to avoid Steam. I'm not sure what prompted a change in mindset.
I actually bought season 1 straight from Telltale some time ago. If I were to do it again?... I'd say that while Steam is more convenient, it's not so much so that it would sway me into purchasing through that channel; I'd prefer as much of my cash going directly to Telltale as possible.
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For instance, how many units did Psychonauts sell on Steam?
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After seeing Sam & Max mentioned in that American McGee interview the other day, I checked to see if the games were up on Steam.
Done deal.
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If the cheapest way to download the whole of the first series is through steam is 39.98 (2x19.99 for 1-3 and 4-6), why does the retail box from The Adventure Company where you get a video, poster, concept art, etc cost only 29.99?
I would have thought getting a game via a download service would be the cheaper way to go.
Best purchase I have made in a while.