Shack PSA: Assassin's Creed PC $10 on Steam

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No longer content with mere weekend sales, Valve has announced that this week will see its digital storefront Steam discount one Ubisoft-published PC title daily.

The promotion kicks off with a 50% discount on Ubisoft Montreal's open-world murder simulator Assassin's Creed, which brings the game's price down to $9.99. That price is only valid for today, Monday, March 23.

Other titles published by Ubisoft, but not guaranteed to be part of the sale, include Far Cry 2, Tom Clancy's HAWX, World in Conflict, Grey's Anatomy: The Video Game, Tom Clancy's EndWar, Prince of Persia, and Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    March 23, 2009 9:55 AM

    It's great for them to be doing this, but since I can buy Assassin's Creed online and have it delivered (which means I get the box, old-fashioned style!) for £8, I don't see much point in buying it through Steam. It'll be interesting to see what games come through the week.

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      March 23, 2009 9:58 AM

      £8 != $10

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        March 23, 2009 11:46 AM

        But the steam price is the retarded 10$ != £9.99

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          March 23, 2009 2:22 PM

          TBH even when we could get games in USD it wasn't as cheap as it seemed. The current rate is about 1.45USD to 1GBP. Assuming you get about 1.40 from your card provider, chances are they'll whack about 2% on top plus we've always had to pay VAT (15% these days) too. Valve has been honouring EU sales taxes for a while, apparently there's a clause in one of those international trade treaties which means if a company sells stuff online and doesn't honour sales tax, the recipient country doesn't have to honour their copyright!

          So not that retarded, it's certainly competitive with high street prices.

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            March 23, 2009 9:02 PM

            Steam uses the highest European sales tax, which is the 25% used in countries like Sweden.

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        March 23, 2009 2:18 PM

        Steam has prices in GBP these days and it's available for £9.99 under this offer. I bought it anyway because I think it's worth a couple of quid extra on Steam, just for the convenience. I doubt I'll have time to play it until at least next weekend, too busy these days :(

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      March 23, 2009 11:22 AM

      You don't play the box. You could start downloading it now and play in an hour or two. They have next-hour shipping yet?

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        March 23, 2009 2:34 PM

        Not everyone has fast internet...it would take me (with "high speed" Internet) 7 hours to download TF2, 5 for the Mirror's Edge demo, etc...it is faster to order it, especially as I can play OTHER things during that time...plus the box & instruction manual are nice...

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        March 23, 2009 3:03 PM

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      March 23, 2009 1:42 PM

      A... "boxed game"? My my... I haven't seen one in months...

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