Uhhhh...whats so bad about only dl'ing it on steam?

[Dr. Freeman]

Here's the thing about Aftermath; there's nothing preventing Valve from mailing people box'd copies like how they did Half-Life 2 gold. I would be surprised if they don't offer Aftermath on some sort of a physical media. Just because it's not going to be in stores doesn't mean it's not going to have some kind of a boxed copy (It may end up not though.) So don't give up hope quite yet.

Although, upon futher consideration, I doubt many people will want to wait 8-10 weeks to get their game.

even with the scenerio u presented, Valve will still be limiting themselves to gamers/fans who know about the expansion through Steam.
not to mention, some people are turned off by Steam and only use it to access the SP part of HL2.

no matter which way u slice it, Valve should go retail with Aftermath because that just increases chances of sales they wouldn't get otherwise.

 

[Nephtis]

I have dial up.

 

[Edcrab]

I suggested what Farrow said on steampowered sometime last year.

Biggest complaint was security issues, which are exactly the same as with regular boxed copies. I've also emailed Gabe with this idea.

I think Valve just hate the idea of having anything to with physical distribution.

Quite possibly- it's almost as if they want to banish everything to do with their retail-reliant past.

Granted, supplying CD keys on vouchers (or whatever) is just as "secure" as distributing complete games, and that's why I think that they might as well send out the actual game to the shops instead.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

The point is though, that they need a publishing company to send the game out where as a card would be much cheaper and easier.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

I should really make a poll to indicate the percentage of people who have no Internet Connection.

The fact that I would have to dish out an extra £30 for a wireless LAN connection to my dads computer just makes it ever frustrating.

Just out of interest, do I need a LAN connection to my dads computer if we got broadband, or can I just connect straight to the internet with a wireless

 

[kupocake]

I should really make a poll to indicate the percentage of people who have no Internet Connection.

... On an Internet Forum?

 

[JCampbell]

... On an Internet Forum?

Hah! Good one!

 

[kupocake]

They just came out w/ a new statistic saying that about 85% of the people online in the US are on some type of broadband. So i dont think that can really be used as an excuse anymore...

I understand where you're coming from, but unlike the US public would no doubt like to have it, 85% of the world's population aren't from the US. Some countries are ahead of that figure, others are behind.

 

[Kel Thuzad]

I understand where you're coming from, but unlike the US public would no doubt like to have it, 85% of the world's population aren't from the US. Some countries are ahead of that figure, others are behind.

Yep, and i say more are definitely behind...

 

[Dublo7]

Will be a pain for 56kers. Namely me.

 

[15357]

Will be a pain for 56kers. Namely me.

Quoted for emphasis.

also, steam has its problems. a lot of them.

 

[Dublo7]

Quoted for emphasis.

also, steam has its problems. a lot of them.

Yeah, that aswell.

 

[Smigit]

Just out of interest, do I need a LAN connection to my dads computer if we got broadband, or can I just connect straight to the internet with a wireless

depends on your network, I have a wireless adsl modem so I connect straight to that, assuming you have the right gear you won't need to go near your dad's computer.

I wan't a boxed copy for the hell of having a box. I also dont have a CCard although I could borrow my parent's if needed (they dont mind but not all parents are like mine). I think Valvue would really shoot themselves in the foot not offering a boxed copy and down the line they will need to re-enter retail anyway for HL3 of HL2 Collectors edition (say with DOF , the EXP's or whatever like they did with HL1).

Besides having a product to ship immediatly after their contract expires with vivendi could be a good bargaining device with a potential new publisher. If I was a publisher wanting to sign someone up I'd rather have some company that is releasing new games for an established franchise (the HL name is guaranteed to bring in dosh) than a company with nothing to offer me for 12+ months except an aging back catalogue. I don't think valvue should wait until HL3 to get a new publisher simply due to the fact people still want to buy their games NOW so either find one straight away or distribute them themselves via reatil. In either case it'd then make sense to distribute Aftermath retail.

 

[Danimal]

I bet you could buy it off ebay, :cheers:


Or maybe someone can sell you aftermath on a burned dvd or cd's

whats the big deal?


The reason valve does this is so vivindi doesnt get any money, retail= 50% publishers money, On steam= 100%


So they can get more money, and with more money, they can make more games

1) Buying it off eBay is like asking a nun to slap you, you don't expect it to happen but she actually slaps you.

(In other words, buying it off eBay will result in account bannage since 9/10 cases the game is of the stolen leak version.)

2) Not everyone has credit cards or the internet speed to download a 3GB game.

3) I don't have the paitence or the trust to download a game off VAVLe after giving them my credit card number.



If Aftermath is Steam only then that gives me another reason to hate Steam and to an extent VAVLe.

They're hanging on by a thread as it is already.

 

[Cole]

one thing i do wanna point out to all the people that complain about 56k, and not having a broadband connection. They just came out w/ a new statistic saying that about 85% of the people online in the US are on some type of broadband. So i dont think that can really be used as an excuse anymore... if u dont have enough to pay for broadband, even dsl, you dont have enough to buy the game in the first place.

Im a 56ker... I don't complain.... To bad broadband isn't around here... Well I could care less .
If a 56ker complains... he should be arrested and beat the shit out of. If I can go dl a 600 meg file on my 56k...delete it within the hour and not care...I don't want to hear any whining.