Steam Worth the Money ?

[liamnic2]

yo guys

I was going through steam and looking at all the packs of games they have for offer. I noticed that Game series bundles on Steam are not the cheapest but they are OK for Steam prices. If I bought the CD/DVD versions of these games it would be cheaper but I would not get the DLC Steam offers for the games + I would get all the games patched and updated by Steam for me, saving plenty of time.

Here are some packs Im looking at ( some with their CD/DVD counterpart) :

Men of War

Steam Pack : http://store.steampowered.com/sub/14299/
CD/DVD Pack : http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/2655...ngDetails.html

The savings on the Steam version are actaully not too bad since I think going the extra bit to save time updating and patching. And the price different between both are not even that bad.

Company of Heros

Steam Pack : http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1529/
CD/DVD version : There is not a complete pack but there is a gold edition : http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/3511...rlrefer=search

Total War Series (Excluding Shogun 1 & 2)

Steam pack :http://store.steampowered.com/sub/11..._7_suggest__13
CD/DVD pack : http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/3048...rlrefer=search

You get more from the Steam version as it gives you all the games and their DLC's.

What do you guys think. I think comparing the prices and how much Steam offers I think the Steam packs are pretty decent. Although I would have to wait ages for it to be downloaded thro my horrible connection, but its getting sorted next week so

[Drunken Monkey]

Company of heroes collection 27 quid?

Didn't realise how good steam sales were...
Got it for Under a fiver in one of the daily deals :O

[liamnic2]

Company of heroes collection 27 quid?

Didn't realise how good steam sales were...
Got it for Under a fiver in one of the daily deals :O

Very nice. I think Im better off getting the whole series of each game and just working my way from start to finish, unless the start is rubbish lol.

[Wozza365]

The steam sale is coming up soon so id wait til then, see what ya can get

[DeadEyeDuk]

Convenience > Price

Even before I got BT Infinity, but even more so afterwards, the convenience of just DLing the game instead of waiting for the post/installing etc trumps the price for me. Now that being said, I am not ridiculous and if the gulf is massive then that would just be silly, but for the sake of a few of our proper English pounds, it remains worth it to me to use Steam.

In addition, as you say, there are some functionality things with using a Steam version or retail when it comes to patches/updates/DLCs etc that would just add frustration that could have been avoided for a smallish wad of cash I have bought less and less games anyway and do tend to try and wait for the sales or weekend/daily deals now, but for big new releases, Steam (and Origin for my sins) will still be my first port of call

[tom_gr7]

Zavvi.com all the way for me, if you preorder early enough its pretty cheap! You get points for things you buy and for referring people. Corfate saved a few quid on a preorder by using my referral code so it works both ways.

I use steam for the sales mainly, but if I can buy a hard copy for the same price I will to save my download usage. But some games are just so cheap!

[DeadEyeDuk]

I will to save my download usage. But some games are just so cheap!

That's what Infinity Unlimited is for

[tom_gr7]

That's what Infinity Unlimited is for

But I cant get that :'( Live in the sticks

[DeadEyeDuk]

But I cant get that :'( Live in the sticks

/comfort with manly hug

[tom_gr7]

/comfort with manly hug

thanks ded, makes me feel better, some nasty bully was calling me nasty names on bf3 I Think it may have been because I kept killing him