Why buy games off Steam???

AJ! · 03-14-10, 01:19 PM

Has anyone else noticed that on almost all occations the digital downloads they have are far more expensive then most retail and online stores prices for hard copies..

Empire TW - Steam £30 Amazon £19

Napoleon TW - Steam £25 Amazon £17

MW2 - Steam £40 Amazon £30

MW - Steam £30 Amazon £20

Chaos Rising - Steam £30 Amazon £18

Now this was just a quick comparison with amazon but i know there are cheaper prices out there. What i dont understand is how steam can charge this for downloads when you can get a hard copy of the game for much less

When i bought Dawn of war 2 from Amazon i got it for £15 while Steam was charging over £30. I now have it installed which means i can redownload it off steam whenever i want or use the disk when the steam servers are playing up......

I dont see why anyone would want to use the steam service to buy games

03-14-10, 01:19 PM	#1
AJ! Commodore Join Date: May 2006 Location: That lil island above france Posts: 601 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Why buy games off Steam??? Has anyone else noticed that on almost all occations the digital downloads they have are far more expensive then most retail and online stores prices for hard copies.. Empire TW - Steam £30 Amazon £19 Napoleon TW - Steam £25 Amazon £17 MW2 - Steam £40 Amazon £30 MW - Steam £30 Amazon £20 Chaos Rising - Steam £30 Amazon £18 Now this was just a quick comparison with amazon but i know there are cheaper prices out there. What i dont understand is how steam can charge this for downloads when you can get a hard copy of the game for much less When i bought Dawn of war 2 from Amazon i got it for £15 while Steam was charging over £30. I now have it installed which means i can redownload it off steam whenever i want or use the disk when the steam servers are playing up...... I dont see why anyone would want to use the steam service to buy games __________________