NingenJanai
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If an Activision game goes for 75% off in steam it probably means they are ditching the license and trying to make as much money as possible before that. We all know Activision don't like big discounts.
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 - To Next-Gen and Beyond!
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If an Activision game goes for 75% off in steam it probably means they are ditching the license and trying to make as much money as possible before that. We all know Activision don't like big discounts.
I bet those 1000 sales will be made before I can even click the damn mouse
Bots man. They're fast.
Still, you'll be able to buy a link off ebay for a dollar less than market value of all the games!
(Seriously, this limited thing is a trainwreck waiting to happen if it's the first 1000)
Leon Belmont
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I agree with you, but you know it's Activision, do you think that they are going to that?
That's why Transfomers came to to my mind, since it was 75% off, but we don't what will happen, Acti is Acti.
Discount games rather than dump the associated licences? It's impossible to say without being privy to the particular length of the contracts, which is why I just assume the worst.
Edit: Trials just got a patch. I have no idea what it does but now that Ubi is awake maybe it'll push through the patch for Anno soon.
Leon Belmont
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Discount games rather than dump the associated licences? It's impossible to say without being privy to the particular length of the contracts, which is why I just assume the worst.
Edit: Trials just got a patch. I have no idea what it does but now that Ubi is awake maybe it'll push through the patch for Anno soon.
And we can wait everything from Activision, but as you said, "better safe than sorry"
I think it's much more likely to be a high priced bundle, like the Double Fine bundle that had t-shirts available to those who paid $70 or over. It'll help drive the average price up. It won't just be to the first 1000 to buy the bundle.
Also an option.
CyberFront, japanese holder of IP rights to the title went out of business recently, Jast USA mentioned on twitter that they will try to get ahold of rights for future distribution.
Still, given they said they have *plans* to *look into* getting into Steam for Steins;Gate and haven't done anything in that regard since then, I wouldn't expect Ever 17 to come out on Steam before 2017
or 2034
Yes, and the average price will be really high, at first. That's probably the only purpose of those 1000 sales.
Why owners of Ever 17 went out of business exactly? I didn't know.CyberFront, japanese holder of IP rights to the title went out of business recently, Jast USA mentioned on twitter that they will try to get ahold of rights for future distribution.
Still, given they said they have *plans* to *look into* getting into Steam for Steins;Gate and haven't done anything in that regard since then, I wouldn't expect Ever 17 to come out on Steam before 2017or 2034
I was hoping that Steins Gate will be released on steam, being so popular and all. As I said many times earlier, it would make no sense not to release it on steam. It's one of the best VNs after all.
By this I assume nobody of UK steam gaf did buying Prey in quantities? Is it still available?
All these outside Transformers, are atrocious. Tony Hawk was ok but the PC port is bad.
I was interested in it too, mine steam community got broken during sales and didn't fix itself after. I can't search for people, sometimes I can't add them, old glitch I was experiencing (comments of people with private profiles not showing) seems to be back, but the market seems to work better.
No one went to buy anything in bulk, that I know of. And the ones that had copies lying around were given to other gaffers - I fell asleep. D:
But CyberQuake has offered to get me a copy. But Hawkie has offered as well and he has copies on hand, I just don't know if someone else snatched it up or he is asleep and missed my PM.
Only time will tell.
Yes.
Chance Hale
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Can I redeem my retail copy from back in the day?
I really really hope that Acti won't drop Transformers before I buy those. Is there any signs they'll do that? I mean War is more than 3 years old already and Fall isn't new either.
Oh well, it seems I was fated not to have it after all.
Oh well, it seems I was fated not to have it after all.
Chance Hale
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Neat! Suppose I should check if any of my other games can be redeemed sometime. I remember Prey being pretty neat even if it became laughably easy because of spirit walking. Also remember it being shockingly grisly at times, there some pretty nasty stuff in the game.
What? They have finally added multiplayer via Steamworks to the game?
Huge vagina's everywhere
Wrong side.
The Transformers games look cool (and I'm not a fan of the TV show/movies/comics/whatever media they first appeared in), so I may have to grab them sometime. Are they any fun to play?
They've got their fans, especially the second one. Personally, I found them to be very dull TPS games.
any recommendations for a good bluetooth dongle? (gonna pair my DS3 (maybe DS4 if I do get one) and hopefully the Wii U Pro Controllers down the road :/
was thinking of these
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AKO7XOW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
was thinking of these
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AKO7XOW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
I bought the cheapest bluetooth dongle I could find and it worked fine, but the range was a little spotty.
I'd go with the Model S just because it looks funkier.
I don't really like that idea, myself. : / I feel that keeping everything in one place - giveaways, discussion, etc. - contributes to the sense of community in these threads. Sure, things can get a little spammy when a popular bundle drops and people start Modbotting keys, but it's nice to see the added activity and all the little discussions that pop up as a result. Encouraging everyone to either limit "thank you" posts to PM's or work them into regular posts to keep the noise down is a fair compromise, I think.
Same here since yesterday Hawkie! Drove 100 Km yesterday at night and it sure was interesting.
At least it's a good day to chill out with the backlog if the free time is kind enough.
You mean those glasses? I think that's just from a Valve employee, not Valve itself.
oh
Wasn't that why Jeri Ellsworth left?
(I'm operating on like, 2 hours of sleep, so take everything I'm currently saying with a truckload of salt)
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Worked out how to make an offline GFWL account so I can play/save Dark Souls, though without online. Not fussed. Enjoy offline Dark Souls.
Question: Microsoft overhauled the way gamertags/live works about six months ago, yeah? I don't own an Xbox, and 99% of the games I play don't use GFWL, so I don't really know the details.
Is it possible that my Dark Souls key is registered to a gamertag account, so like "EatChildrenAU", that isn't associated with a typical GFWL login that's now required (eg: @hotmail, @live, etc). Was there a point where people merged their online gamertag logins with an @address login? That would explain why my key is registered, but I know not where.
Question: Microsoft overhauled the way gamertags/live works about six months ago, yeah? I don't own an Xbox, and 99% of the games I play don't use GFWL, so I don't really know the details.
Is it possible that my Dark Souls key is registered to a gamertag account, so like "EatChildrenAU", that isn't associated with a typical GFWL login that's now required (eg: @hotmail, @live, etc). Was there a point where people merged their online gamertag logins with an @address login? That would explain why my key is registered, but I know not where.
I'm not sure, I haven't been following it, but I didn't see a thread on it so I thought I'd ask
It was this thing that was talked about a while back:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=718760
Valve laid off Jeri Ellsworth's hardware team (AR) but it's still experimenting with "wearable computing":
Whether or not Valve intends to release an actual product, though, is still up in the air.
Ravensmash
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I'm hyped for the new bundle - which means it's going to probably be a crippling disappointment
Do we have any hints/rumours over content?
Do we have any hints/rumours over content?
I'm hyped for the new bundle - which means it's going to probably be a crippling disappointment
Do we have any hints/rumours over content?
The wildest rumors have been circulating.
Nothing concrete, though.
There's a couple of games in with a chance, since they got mac/linux ports, but other than that...
I'm hyped for the new bundle - which means it's going to probably be a crippling disappointment
Do we have any hints/rumours over content?
Only that they have 1k copies of one tier so you'll need to be fast.
I'm hyped for the new bundle - which means it's going to probably be a crippling disappointment
Do we have any hints/rumours over content?
All speculation atm. I'm expecting Monaco, Chivalry, Dust in there as it hasn't been in a bundle yet and they've been released for a significant period of time.
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