Valve Premier Pack question

[FriScho]

I wonder if you really can get the Valve Premier Pack ($9.95 per month) for only one month. In other words, "rent" HL2 for 1 month. Play it through for several times in one month and then quit the subscribtion.

If not, what's the minimum timeframe you have to be Valve Premier Pack user? 1/2 year? 1 year?

I did not find an answer to that via search.

Sorry for my bad english (not my native language)

If you check the \Steam\steam\steamui_english.txt you will not find more than these informations about the Valve Premier Pack:
"Steam_SubscribeIntro1" "You're about to subscribe to:"
"Steam_SubscribeIntro2" "This will cost $9.95 per month.
Since it is your first time subscribing to a game,
we need to ask you for some additional information."
"Steam_SubscribeIntroProductName" "Valve Premier Pack"
"Steam_SubscribeUserInfo" "Please enter your first and last names, exactly as they
appear on your credit card."
"Steam_SubscribeCompleteInfo" "Thank you! Your subscription to the
Valve Premier Pack is complete.
In your Games list, you can now double click the
game to play (or right-click on the game's title and
select 'Play' in the menu.)"

Who has better/more detailed informations he can share?

 

[Joneleth]

I'd assume you MUST agree to pay $9.95 a month for a set number of months before you can access the game. I could hardly see Valve allowing people to "rent" the game for a month, beating it, and then cancelling their subscription. I think they'd lose a lot of sales that way.

 

[Hudson]

that sort of thing would be good for customers, bad for valve.

 

[Chris D]

Valve are very welcoming and generous to their players but I doubt they'd do this.

 

[dscowboy]

Gabe has responded that you CAN in fact pay for one month only. I thought this was in the Valve info thread. I'll try looking for it.

 

[Spiffae]

yes, you can do this. I plan to do it, so that i can have HL2 on the very first day for sure, and then when the collector's edition comes out, i'll be cancelling my subscription and buying the CE.

EDIT: They are going to allow this because the monthly subscription folks will probably want to play multiplayer, and you can't "beat" that, per se.

 

[dscowboy]

I'm big on Spiffae's idea too. Forget about dealing with retailers and ship dates and preorders and reserved copies and UPS. As long as I can precache HL2 in the week before release like Gabe said, it's going to be a whole lot easier to rent it over Steam for the first month or so.

 

[Slash]

indeed... most people will be lured into the online parts of the game and want to play longer.

But sure, some will play the game and beat it within a month and quit renting it.. but that will be a very small percentage :x

 

[Guest]

Originally posted by FriScho


Sorry for my bad english (not my native language)

Was that bad english?

 

[Gunner]

That's not a bad idea: rent the game for the first month then buy the boxed version... hmmm why not bad at all : )

 

[FriScho]

Re: Re: Valve Premier Pack question

Originally posted by sharp
Was that bad english?

You tell me, I'm outta school for a long time

 

[Spiffae]

Originally posted by )[eVo]( Para
That's not a bad idea: rent the game for the first month then buy the boxed version... hmmm why not bad at all : )

I'm just sick of retailers "not having the game in yet" on the release date when it's just sitting in a box waiting for someone to unpack it and they are all too busy selling pokemon for Gameboy Advance. I'll pre-order the collector's edition when they know that they are going to get it, and meanwhile i'll have an exact release date that i can spend playing the game.

 

[Mr Neutron]

FriScho:

just a couple missing articles ('a valve premier pack user'; 'via a search'/'via searching') and a dubious tense ('I've been outta school for a long time')

Is your native language Slavic? Article usage nuances are already vague, but Slavic learners of English (and vice versa) seem to have greater difficulty than some others.