[Phalanges]

(Original post by estel)
Whilst I can see why Valve would be interested in having some form of marketplace on another platform, I think the limited factor here will far more likely be Sony. The strength of consoles as a platform is built on the complete control that the platform holder has over the content that's available on it, and I can't see Sony ever allowing Valve to run their own digital storefront in parallel to PSN.

I see where you're coming from, but I think that Steam would have greater power to sell more games than PSN. I think if enough of a cut was offered to Sony they'd be happy to adopt Steam as their digital outlet, particularly because of how popular and respected it is and all of the benefits that would come with it.

But I feel I may be dragging this thread slightly off topic here...

[estel]

(Original post by Phalanges)
I see where you're coming from, but I think that Steam would have greater power to sell more games than PSN. I think if enough of a cut was offered to Sony they'd be happy to adopt Steam as their digital outlet, particularly because of how popular and respected it is and all of the benefits that would come with it.

But I feel I may be dragging this thread slightly off topic here...

Yeh, we're dragging it a fair amount

Why do you think Steam would hve a greater power to sell more games than Sony already does? Steam is a hugely established brand and the biggest digital distributor... on PC. On PS3, all of the advantages that Steam holds on PC would vanish: it has no existing software library to distribute and no established presence amongst PS3 gamers. This in addition to the fact that Sony would never allow two parallel certification routes for software to make it onto PS3.

[Dalimyr]

Last night I went through the Steam catalogue to note down things I'd be interested in buying in the sale. That includes a list of games that I might consider if (but only if) they are reduced in price (sometimes quite considerable drops required). There's just £15 of games I'll definitely buy, a further £25 that I might buy (those games are already reduced by 50/66/75%), and others which I might buy if reduced. Of course, I know some of them are very unlikely (if Crysis and Mass Effect 2 go on sale for a single day again during this sale then I doubt they'll be any cheaper than when they were on sale last week, and I can get hard copies of both games for even less), and there's also a chance of things going on sale and being evil and encouraging me into impulse buying (like Galcon Fusion which I bought last night)

[hobo06]

This sale has made me boot up my PC. There's not much in the THQ pack that interests me, but for that price, no doubt there will be a few games in there to keep me occupied long enough to make it more than worth it!
And I've not even looked at the rest of the sale yet. Glad it's pay day Tuesday.

[hobo06]

I get the feeling I may start to regret this. It's probably what I need to get back into PC gaming properly...but this does also mean a lot of time and money disappearing.

[Dalimyr]

(Original post by hobo06)
I get the feeling I may start to regret this. It's probably what I need to get back into PC gaming properly...but this does also mean a lot of time and money disappearing.

To be fair, I doubt you'll have as little willpower as I had in the Christmas sale http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/show...&postcount=253

[hobo06]

(Original post by Dalimyr)
To be fair, I doubt you'll have as little willpower as I had in the Christmas sale http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/show...&postcount=253

Ouch! No I don't think I'll be going that far

[estel]

Today: 66% off Hearts of Iron, £5 City of Heroes, Force Unleashed £5, Half Life £4, Zeno Clash £2.81, SupCom2 £8.49, Audiosurf £1.50, Company of Heroes Complete £15, L4D2 £6.80

My recommendations from that lot would be Zeno Clash and Audiosurf, tbh.

[Dalimyr]

I was hoping L4D2 would come up later in the sale, as it's on my "maybe if reduced considerably" list Especially as I haven't touched L4D in quite a while, I'll have a think about it overnight, but I might end up giving that a miss for now and maybe it'll be included in a final day rehash and I'll know where I stand financially by then.

[Jace Falco]

(Original post by Dalimyr)
I was hoping L4D2 would come up later in the sale, as it's on my "maybe if reduced considerably" list Especially as I haven't touched L4D in quite a while, I'll have a think about it overnight, but I might end up giving that a miss for now and maybe it'll be included in a final day rehash and I'll know where I stand financially by then.

[Chocothunder]

(Original post by estel)
Today: 66% off Hearts of Iron, £5 City of Heroes, Force Unleashed £5, Half Life £4, Zeno Clash £2.81, SupCom2 £8.49, Audiosurf £1.50, Company of Heroes Complete £15, L4D2 £6.80

My recommendations from that lot would be Zeno Clash and Audiosurf, tbh.

What's the word on the street about Force Unleashed? Looks decent, but I've heard that it's a dodgy port. Though for just £5...?

[Jace Falco]

I can't speak for the port, but it's awesome on 360.

[estel]

The port is genuinely the worst I've ever played, but the game itself is more than passable.

[Dalimyr]

Today's games

90% off
EVE Online: Tyrannis - £1.49

80% off
Half Life - £1.19

75% off
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men - £3.49
Max Payne Bundle (contains Max Payne and Max Payne 2) - £2.49
Flotilla - £1.75
All Civilization IV games (the site says Civilization, but it's only Civ IV and its expansions included in this sale - III and V are still only 25% off each) - £varies

50% off
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Gold Edition (contains Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Chaos Rising) - £19.99

[JohnnySPal]

SO many bargains

Got my eye on lots, but especially the Introversion Complete Pack for a fiver. I really wanted to buy Darwinia but neither of my old computers could cope with the demo. I also really wanna see what's all the fuss is about with Defcon.

[Jace Falco]

(Original post by Dalimyr)
Today's games

90% off
EVE Online: Tyrannis - £1.49

80% off
Half Life - £1.19

75% off
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men - £3.49
Max Payne Bundle (contains Max Payne and Max Payne 2) - £2.49
Flotilla - £1.75
All Civilization IV games (the site says Civilization, but it's only Civ IV and its expansions included in this sale - III and V are still only 25% off each) - £varies

50% off
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Gold Edition (contains Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Chaos Rising) - £19.99

The Max Payne bundle, especially MP2, is an absolutely essential play. They're both up there in my best games of all time; I've lost count of how many times I've played through the two of them - in fact, I'm on another MP1 playthrough at the moment.

Civ IV is totes awesome.

DoW II is pretty cool.

[hobo06]

I am very tempted by Max Payne, particularly at that price.
As for Dawn of War II, anyone looking at that should consider the THQ pack for only £6.50 more. You get Dawn of War I and II, the add ons, and a load of other games. There's bound to be something in there to make that extra £6.50 worth it.

[Dalimyr]

Today's offerings

85% off
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - £3.30

75% off
Oddworld Pack (contains Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus) - £2.00
Order of War: Challenge - £1.99

66% off
Order of War - £10.20
King Arthur: The Roleplaying Wargame - £10.20
Tales of Monkey Island Complete Pack - £8.50
All Europa Universalis - £varies

50% off
DogFighter - £5.99


Bit of a naff selection today, with one of the highlights being one of the cheapest things there - the Oddworld games.

[Jace Falco]

In the name of all that is good with the world, if you do not own it, buy Tales of Monkey Island. Do it now.

[Chocothunder]

How on Earth is Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising already down to £3?! It's only about a year old, and I swear people were saying it was going to be a groundbreaking game. I guess not... Anyone played it?