Left 4 Dead 2 Sells Over 2 Million Copies at Retail; Downloadable Content News 'Very Soon'

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• I share your meh. Not really thrilled with L4D2, I blindly pre-ordered it. Lesson learned. : Lukiopimp
• This is also the first Valve game I haven't bought, just throwing it in there. : Mystery0000
• Your loss. L4D2 is 100x better than the first. : Jimbo Ro

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• Please don't blame this on Valve. If it were up to them, they would release it as free DLC, but Microsoft... : WastedMeerkat
• Play on the PC? Or go play Modern Warfare 2, comfortable in the knowledge that PC users also get shafted ... : Nehvrook

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• It may be free...especially for PC. The first 360 DLC was free, I think. : FirstPersonCooter
• News. News is coming soon. : Durajim
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  So what would you suggest Valve do with the artists and level makers do during bug crunching time and aft... : ajvitaly
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    Shhhh ajvitaly, you are making too much sense! You will hurt his brain! : GigiLeCheshire
    • so hard : angelrubio
  • Yet EA releases day one DLC too. Nope, I think as gamers we are simply fucking ourselves in the ass by gi... : pinion120
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    Or they could budget better? What jackass wouldn't budget for work done after release? So those bug teste... : X-Nice
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      i'm an idiot, i replied to the wrong post. Jesus this commenting system is cumbersome... : X-Nice
      • yeah it's really confusing.... : AllYourBase
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        its the best damn commenting system on the internets, son : GloriousCow
        • damn right it is. hate regular forum format : anal justice
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  Hey don't worry, this is Valve. They won't even make the announcement until sometime next year, and the a... : sambront
  • No in one year it will be L4D3. : menar003
• This does irritate me. What determines when a game is done? L4D1? NO WAY! L4D1 was released with spec... : IHATEDUST
• L4D2 is already huge, and no one is forcing you to pay for DLC; you choose whether you want more for the ... : johnsto
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  I already got my money's worth out of L4D2. : dognose
  • concur : awaypaster
• me too. I wish they'd delay the release of the DLC so I would feel better about my already purchased game : edgewise
• First people complain that the first game didn't get enough attention. Now you're complaining that this o : Godhatesfatpeople
• I'll bet you $50 it will be free DLC. : Ride-My-Rocket
• My wallet's out just in case it's gonna cost. Or they should release it for free but have a tip-jar peopl... : inchwide
• They NEVER said anything about releasing DLC after 2 weeks. They just announced that it's in the works. R... : WastedMeerkat

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• This is made for playing with online friends. I haven't had a bad game yet. : dognose
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  Are you in the Shack Steam group? Finding people who are not completely anonymous helps. : IHATEDUST
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    No, I havent tried playing with Shackers yet. : jdcope
    • Can someone get me an invite to the shacknews l4d group? This is me http://steamcommunity.com/id/bl... : bl1stering
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      jdcope, you have mail! :) : thinker1968
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        Can you send one my way too? http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960444382 Thanks! : shizzam8
        • I'm also looking to join the shacknews group for some l4d action. http://steamcommunity.com/id/sir_shag... : Sir_Shaggy
      • Ooh, ooh, me too. http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197975000841 : SeraphielX
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    I've asked to be invited like 20 times, could you guys invite me? kaddar0 -- steamid kaddartalon@hotmail... : kaddar0
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      post your community page. : Cihte
      • http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960797730 : jdcope
      • http://steamcommunity.com/id/kaddar : kaddar0
      • http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198002601989 : JerkStore2
      • http://steamcommunity.com/id/cal-tommy : Gasdream
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  That sucks to hear! I'm curious as to the difficulty you are on. I've had really good luck with teammat... : Hit in the Head
  • Just been trying Normal so far... : jdcope
• Don't play with pubs, and don't play with bots. This is the best way to enjoy L4D1 or 2 : carbontree
• I find this hard to believe. I can't always play with shackers and have spent plenty of time on pubs and ... : edgewise
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  I almost exclusively play on pubs (campaign) and have to say I find more good games than not. I just add ... : CurbDog
  • Campaign is where to meet friends... versus is where to take your crew when you're ready for a real chall... : spyrext
• Make friends. : icedcool

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  Valve defense voltron assemble and smite!! : yacoub35
  • great post! : kokujin
  • And I'll be, the head! : icedcool
  • lolling here. : ihya
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  i'm actually kinda curious, how long has valve been offering their current business model (downloadable c... : Demius
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    Since the release of Half-Life, surely? : thesubtlesnake
    • Nah. Maybe HL2: Deathmatch? : robosextoid
  • I'm not entirely sure Valve were the first to offer free content... could argue id did the same with Q2CT... : johnsto
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    Team Fortress Classic for Half-Life in 1999. : trineas
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      I though it was a mod ? : Frush81
      • It was, by Valve, "for Half-Life". : johnsto
• console developers who DETEST the PS3 '(wii lol)? : nisolider

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• next years e3 announcement ^^ : zehoo

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• ^^^^^ : zehoo

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  I don't think Valve would sell out their new characters by making them replaceable with the old ones, but... : edgewise
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    Sounds fantastic fun. Wonder what work would be involved in maps to make it still challenging though? : =]Milo[=
    • tons more enemies and specials, I suppose. : edgewise
• It's a great game but I think the new survivors are boring. They're just not as endearing to me as the ot... : YummiGummi
• That's how the Killing Floor Character DLC works. You can see people using the DLC, but you can't use it ... : AxeMan808

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• Heir heir : icedcool
• I couldn't agree more. : Athlon7
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  Way to go by isolating a whole group of growing gamers that own a PS3. I, personally, don't like the anti... : f1kt1t1ous
  • "How much money does Valve have and they still can't afford a few PS3 programmers?" So they should ta... : edgewise

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• Yep I don't know anyone that did not buy it on steam aside from a few people that picked retail copys up ... : TheDaFox
• There was a point were Gamestop was selling it for PC at $29.99 circa Black Friday...this sold many retai... : pepelouis

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  And if you release this for free I am going to anonymously mail you a ten dollar bill. : dognose
  • Considering IW throught the PC gamers under the bus, it's great to see that Valve still shows that they c... : silverback1138

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  Xbox: I'd imagine it'll cost. PC: Almost certainly free. : Durajim
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    The first L4D1 DLC pack, Survival, was free on Xbox. : Chris Faylor
    • I get the feeling Valve had to break arms to get that deal : Durajim
    • this'll be the same, for sure : angelrubio
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      Valve had to do a lot of working around for that to happen. Microsoft are hardasses about not having any ... : Godhatesfatpeople
      • There are also some tech issues holding back the TF2 DLC on Xbox 360: http://www.shacknews.com/onearti... : Chris Faylor
• yeah, really. The Stone Prisoner took all of 15 minutes to complete. Thank god I got that from a pre-... : DewFuel
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  I buy games that are good out of the box and don't worry about DLC problem solved. : ease one
  • so you bought L4D2, then? : zerog83
• yeah and if you're like Bethesda, you won't even get the real ending without buying DLCs : Sixcos
• The best 1h/2h sword in the game? A pretty decent set of armor, 2 additional abilities for each class of ... : deveus1
• I hate with a passion Dragon Age implementing DLC content in the menus of a finished game. Cheapens the ... : spyrext
• On the other hand, games used to cost 50 dollars for a loooong trail of time, now-adays, there is so much... : kaddar0

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  No. TF2 has enough goodness for now, time to get cracking on Episode 3! : tfsbrian
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    That would be nice too, but I thought that the TF2 team was kicked over to work on L4D2 just before launc... : zipr
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      The rumor is the Soldier update will hit sometime early January. So I know they're working on "something"... : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Considering they have been testing a variety of new weapons for every class, I would expect another Class... : Wisp!

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  So you think Microsoft's cut is 100 of the DLC revenue? : ajvitaly
  • 100% is what that should have said. : ajvitaly
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    Yes. That's what Valve said when the survival pack was announced for L4D, and also why the TF2 content to... : robosextoid
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      It wouldn't make any sense for publishers to produce DLC if Microsoft's cut was 100%. : thesubtlesnake
      • Valve is exceptional in that they don't charge for DLC. Period. They try to give incentive to consumers t... : robosextoid

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• I hope Hugh Dillon's involved again. I can't tell for sure but the Midnight Riders songs sound like it c... : Haku-Jin
• i sorta hope not :P : sanewave
• I called this also. It's my guess, if not now then eventually. They made it off by chopper but my guess i... : Skillmore
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  I hope so. I call Dusty! : carbontree
  • Veto! : Dusty_Slim
• http://www.youtube.com/MidnightRidersBand Jesus fuck, that's a lot of effort. That has got to be a DLC... : zehh

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  Those L4D1 maps are clearly not made for the new infected. Also, I think there is a hack/mod that bri... : ElArabDeMagnifico
  • yeah joystiq posted it and from the sounds of it was a lot of fun. : stgdz
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  I am more than willing to pay $5-10 for new campaigns, but what you said should be free since it doesn't ... : ajvitaly
  • Why the hell would you pay for something that should be free? : Cobalt81
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  the old campaigns weren't designed for the new infected, and the characters would need to have a good por... : re4ctor
  • Yep, it'll take work to tweak the maps and record new dialogue. Hence why it's worth money to me; I appr... : LeeMon
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    "I hate bridges" : edgewise
    • "I hate Depeche Mode" : dognose

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• I have wondered about that too. MW2 has been cracking 150,000 peak users since it was released (both sing... : ajvitaly

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• If it is I will shit bricks. : kapellen421
• I would easily pay $20 for that kind of DLC. : jtthe2nd