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by Carlos Bergfeld and Chris Faylor, Sep 11, 2007 11:00am PDTValve has just announced that PC gamers who pre-purchase its upcoming ultra-compilation The Orange Box via Steam will gain access to the Team Fortress 2 beta next week on September 17. Following Steam tradition, the pre-order price for the package knocks 10% off the overall price, making it only $44.95. The Orange Box--which includes Half Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episodes One and Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal--hits PC and Xbox 360 on October 9. The PlayStation 3 version, which is being handled by EA UK, will follow at a later date.
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fuck that shit. if I ever buy this at all now it sure as hell won't be over steam. at least I know retailers will drop their price... I want as little money going to valve as possible. ideally, a used 360 game in a year or two.
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Hey, re-buy our old games so you can give them away as gifts!
Hey, how about no!
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When is the last time a multi-player game came out and all of your friends were psyched up and ready to take a few weeks off from work and play? I've been actively gaming since 1997 and the last time this happened was quake 3 and that certainly was a long time ago. Since then we all drifted to MMO's, RTS's, etc. And now we finally all have a game we are willing to put down our other games for a while and play.
As far as I'm concerned...Valve can charge whatever the hell they want and I would still buy this game. Compared to the money I've spent on worthless multi-player crap...they could charge me a 100 bucks for this game and I would feel like it is a bargain. This doesn't make me a sucker...it just makes me grateful for a company that takes the time to make a game that I feel is worth every penny. I haven't felt like that in a long time but I do for this title.
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I'm very curious to see how valve is going to allow you to give your HL2 copy away though when it's tied to your steam account?
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Re-buy the game you already own to gift it to a friend who will play it, then see your TF2/Portal and want that.. so now he has to buy the orange box also, in which he gets a second copy of HL2, to gift to another person, who will see his buddy's TF2/Portal and now wants to buy the orange box, in which he gets a second copy of HL2, to gift..... it never ends!!!$$$$$$
I'm not saying this isnt a great deal because it is. But the whole point of steam should be MORE options not just deals on "bundles". More consumer choice please...
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Maybe this is really the "demo."
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YOU'RE NOT PAYING FOR HL2 AND EPISODE 1 AGAIN! THEY'RE FREE, ASSHOLES!
Christ, never seen people complain so much about free games before. Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth and complaining its teeth aren't made of solid platinum.
Christ, get over yourselves. If you don't want the games again then don't pay out the $45.
It's not as if $45 is a lot of money anyway - fucking cheapskate shit-talking fuck-monkeys.
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You're not paying for those - sure its in the package thus making it part of the equation, but the price of the 3 *NEW* games combined is more than $45 so you already getting your moneys worth.
$45 for 3 new games + 2 on the side. Think of it this way, and quit being annoying babies. K? It's embarrassing.
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But to force me to either re-purchase Half-Life 2 and EP1 or pay even more to get the Black-Box-equivalent individually?
Fuck you Valve. :(
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Orange Box will probably be AU$89 but I just paid $89 for Stalker so thats fine with me. Its good to be a PC gamer in 2007 don't you all agree? :-)
I could care less about hl2, ep1 or ep2... or portal...Look at the orange box - tf2 is obviously worth about 10-15$. if you look at the bundle price value. You might stretch it and go for 19.99... Why pay 30 for it if i don't want the rest of the items? Even better question - why pay 45 so i feel like i got a better deal? Now i went from spending 15-20$ for tf2 alone to 45$ for 4 or 5 games i could care less about - It's like...if you go and buy something you'd NEVER have bought otherwise for the low low price of 30$...you STILL spent 30$ on some shit you couldn't care less about...who gives a shit if it was theoretically a good deal.
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Then they go and slap me in the face and get rid of the Black Box version. Now this crap. I can understand this kind of behavior with the 360/ps3 version where all the titles are new to the platform, but I played hl2 and ep1 as soon as they came out and paid full price to do so, and I refuse to rebuy them through "Orange Box" because its a shitty way to try and get me to overpay for TF2 and Portal.
And to try and use a freaking beta test to get me to pay up? Shame on you Valve. Try to spin it anyway you want you lost a customer on this one. You could care less no doubt, but it matters to me.
//seriously, correct me if i'm wrong, but won't TF2 be entirely worth $45? i can't remember the last time a game cost less than $50ish.
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What are Orange Box gifts?
Orange Box gifts are allocated to users who own either 'Half-Life 2' and 'Half-Life 2: Episode One' and then go on to purchase The Orange Box, which includes these two games. An Orange Box gift allows users to give either or both 'Half-Life 2' and 'Half-Life 2: Episode One' to a friend who does not already own the game. An Orange Box gift is an easy way to let your friends enjoy 'Half-Life 2' and 'Half-Life 2: Episode One' for free.
How do I get Orange Box gifts to give away?
If you own either or both "Half-Life 2" and "Half-Life 2: Episode One" and then install The Orange Box using the Steam account that contains those games, you will automatically receive Orange Box gifts you can give to friends. You can receive Orange Box gifts by purchasing The Orange Box on Steam or at any retailer.
When will I be able to give Orange Box gifts?
Orange Box gifts will be available to give when the Orange Box officially launches. If you pre-purchase the Orange Box and are eligible for the Orange Box gift, you will still have the gift, you will just have to wait until the release date of Orange Box to give the games to a friend.
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3 games, that they've spent plenty of time and money creating. I always assumed that Black Box would cost anywhere from $40-50. What they've gone and done here is axed the Black Box, and reduced the Orange Box to that price range. You're essentially getting HL2 and Ep1 for free, not re-buying them. Even if TF2, Ep2 and Portal were all priced at $20, Portal even at $15, you're still getting a good deal.
If anything, they're taking a monetary hit, but probably in marketing. Everyone who gets a FREE copy of HL2 and Ep1 that already owns it passes it on to someone who doesn't, who might not have Steam, and they get that much more exposure.
If anyone was expecting Black Box for less than $40, you're nuts. I don't even know what to say to that.
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Engineer video is OUT! Woo
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