From these impressions it seems like Valve is holding HL2 back just so they can release CS:S at the same time. Why would it take 3+ months just to polish HL2?
Think
HL2 = $50
If the Source ports are at a budget price of $20, and there's four of them, (CS, HL1, DOD, TFC)
that makes $80
50+80 = $130
So you're basically just buying all of the ports and HL2 in one lump sum. the extra $20 that brings it to $150 is the collectors edition stuff-...
I thought someone from Valve answered that they would be available in stores for a budget price?
edit: and on steam probably
The steam games list will be getting quite large soon I hope there's a way to remove games you don't ever want..
Honestly, the price is high, but ALL the source ports, that's HL1 source, DoD source, CS source, TFC source, DMC source? If the source ports are priced at $20-30 retail, seperately, the price makes sense...