Team Fortress 2

[Tom]

Just a quick headsup, if you start Steam you can pre-purchase the orange box (a package of games not an orange box), which as hl2, ep1, ep2, portal, and tf2, for about £20-£25.

Best bit is, if you do it now, you can play the beta of TF2 from Monday

[Chilly]

Valve are a bunch of *****. They know full well people already have hl2 with the other crap. People are only buying that pack for tf2 and possibly ep2. I'm waiting til its available individually before spending money I dont have to.

[nath]

Problem is, if you want Ep2/TF2 and Portal it'll cost more to buy individually than getting the orange box.

Loads of people are really rather pissed off on the steam forums. To think, they could have avoided it so easily by just offering the orange box minus hl2 and ep1, for like 5-10 bucks cheaper.

[Chilly]

they even have the cheek to post a link called "What if you already own HL2?" It says you can donate it to a friend. WELL FUCKING THANKS FOR THAT!

[nath]

Yup, total bollocks. As some have said - it's a cynical marketing ploy to get more people on to steam and buying games. It's just a kick in the teeth for the people who've been supporting steam and buying the games from the start.

[Chilly]

They know full well a lot of people will buy a wasted copy of hl2 just for tf2, they are simply being ***** to their consumers by not offering tf2 as a single purchase straight off.

[nath]

Well, it'll be available to purchase the day before it's available (oct10). Sure, getting the orange pack lets you play the beta as of tomorrow but I don't have so much of a problem with that.

[FuzzyLogic]

I only want ep 2 and portal, even that costs more than the bundle

[Tom]

Well tbfh its only £20-£25. Thats £8 for tf2, £8 for ep2, and £8 for portal.

Its hardly expensive is it? When I bought hl2 (over steam), I also got a shed load of other valve games. It wasn't really a problem.

[Rubber Bullets]

Half-Life 2: Episode Two $29.95
Portal $19.95
Team Fortress 2 $29.95

Individual price $79.85
Package price $49.95

Would it have been better to have left HL2 and Ep 1 out of the package altogether?

I think £26-27 seems an OK price for the three, regardless of bundling stuff I've already got.

RB

[Draylor]

Originally Posted by Chilly

Valve are a bunch of *****. They know full well people already have hl2 with the other crap. People are only buying that pack for tf2 and possibly ep2. I'm waiting til its available individually before spending money I dont have to.

So?

If they removed the shit 99% of folks already have from the package and left the price the same how many sales would they lose? None Id bet.

Meanwhile you can give the bits you have already away (apparently?) and its free advertising. I fail to see the problem.

[Ch3tan]

It really is very cheap for what they are offering, and its great for new customers. TBH, I'd have paid £25 for portal, ep2 and tfc2 the fact they are including hl2 and ep1 just makes me a bit annoyed i already purchased ep1. Great for people who do not have hl2 yet though.

[dysfunction]

I fail to see the problem with this bundle either. If buying them seperately is more expensive then why the fuss? They are giving them at a discount then...

Is it because people would prefer to get other stuff in the bundle instead? Perhaps its peoples greed getting the better of them rather than Steam being barstands....

[Calaen]

its not greedy to not want 2 copies of HL2 considering I bought the silver package thingy. I have not even installed HL2 so I couldnt tell you what the game was about I dislike single player games, yet I am gonna have to buy it again in order to get tf2 with everyone else.

[KevinUK]

It's annoying because I bought Episode 1. Next time they release a stand alone product like that I will think why bother, it will come part of the next bundle they release.

Episode 1 wasnt really worth the price that it came out at either. But yeah TF2, portal and Ep 2 in the bundle, its a good price so can't be too annoyed.