Overpriced

Aroich · 06-28-2011, 12:10 AM

Really Steam? A game from 2003 and you charge £9.99

Does steam even care about competitive pricing anymore? It can be bought for as little as £3 from other sites. Nearly every single steam game is significantly over priced, some as much as 70%.

Steam is no longer the quality provider they used to be, the only thing they care about is money. They should partner up with EA.

Niscimble · 06-28-2011, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Aroich

They should partner up with EA.

I would gladly pay more to make sure that this doesn't ever happen. Ever.

Aroich · 06-28-2011, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Niscimble

I would gladly pay more to make sure that this doesn't ever happen. Ever.

They already act like EA.

Would you even be able to tell the difference?

Aroich · 06-28-2011, 06:26 AM

It's also buggy as hell and crashes randomly

Acturas · 06-29-2011, 02:00 PM

It is a game from 2003. Its expected to not run well on new hardware

However it should NOT cost USD $20

This is coming from someone who bought the base game for $20, Rush Hour for $20, and the prima guide for $20

06-30-2011, 03:43 PM

For me it was money well spent. I bought the steam version just so that I wouldn't need the disc to play because my 2 year old son likes to mess with my dvd drive and sometimes loses my discs.

Considering the ridiculous amount of time I have spent playing this game, $20 doesn't seem over priced to me at all.

jdenm8 · 07-01-2011, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Acturas

It is a game from 2003. Its expected to not run well on new hardware

Well said. I don't know why so many people complain about it.

Well... USD$20 isn't too bad when you consider the retailers have it for AUD$15 and they're hit-and-miss on whether they have it in stock or are willing to transfer it from another store's inventory.

Also, most of the time Steam is significantly cheaper than many other stores willing to ship here.
The only games that I've seen that are more expensive through Steam than anywhere else are the EA, 2K and TakeTwo (Rockstar Games) ones, which is totally expected from me since they're the most prolific territory discriminators.

PrezKennedy · 07-01-2011, 12:33 PM

Wait for a Steam sale. I bought it for my friend when it was $4.99. I've played this game since the day it came out back in 2003, and it's worth the money... which is why it still sells for $19.99 in the store.

divine_skills · 07-02-2011, 05:06 PM

It might hit 5€ at some point during the Summer Sale.

theunknifable · 07-05-2011, 01:13 PM

Bought it for $4 during EA week.

pspbr · 07-10-2011, 01:16 PM

2 games, Sim City 4 and Il2 Sturmovik 1946. Both cost 10usd and are old a lot, but ive played much more of them than most games that i payd 40usd.

Rancor26 · 07-16-2011, 03:02 AM

Well it's 25€ on origin store lol...

targetbsp · 07-16-2011, 03:12 AM

When gamestation launched their download service they sold it for 10p

fedaykin6 · 07-18-2011, 05:22 PM

Got it for only 10 euros. Wonderful game, tons of great free mods available and runs flawlessly on a modern computer without a single crash so far.

nihilius · 07-19-2011, 09:29 PM

10$ well worth, wonder why people complain so much about the prices.

06-28-2011, 12:10 AM	#1
Aroich Banned Join Date: Sep 2009 Reputation: 2 Posts: 52	Overpriced Really Steam? A game from 2003 and you charge £9.99 Does steam even care about competitive pricing anymore? It can be bought for as little as £3 from other sites. Nearly every single steam game is significantly over priced, some as much as 70%. Steam is no longer the quality provider they used to be, the only thing they care about is money. They should partner up with EA.

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06-28-2011, 06:26 AM	#4
Aroich Banned Join Date: Sep 2009 Reputation: 2 Posts: 52	It's also buggy as hell and crashes randomly

06-29-2011, 02:00 PM	#5
Acturas Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Reputation: 324 Posts: 1,496	It is a game from 2003. Its expected to not run well on new hardware However it should NOT cost USD $20 This is coming from someone who bought the base game for $20, Rush Hour for $20, and the prima guide for $20

06-30-2011, 03:43 PM	#6
Midessan Guest Posts: n/a	For me it was money well spent. I bought the steam version just so that I wouldn't need the disc to play because my 2 year old son likes to mess with my dvd drive and sometimes loses my discs. Considering the ridiculous amount of time I have spent playing this game, $20 doesn't seem over priced to me at all.

07-01-2011, 12:33 PM	#8
PrezKennedy Join Date: Apr 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 6	Wait for a Steam sale. I bought it for my friend when it was $4.99. I've played this game since the day it came out back in 2003, and it's worth the money... which is why it still sells for $19.99 in the store.

07-02-2011, 05:06 PM	#9
divine_skills Join Date: Nov 2010 Reputation: 730 Posts: 1,911	It might hit 5€ at some point during the Summer Sale.

07-05-2011, 01:13 PM	#10
theunknifable Join Date: Nov 2010 Reputation: 59 Posts: 392	Bought it for $4 during EA week.

07-10-2011, 01:16 PM	#11
pspbr Banned Join Date: Nov 2010 Reputation: 5 Posts: 123	2 games, Sim City 4 and Il2 Sturmovik 1946. Both cost 10usd and are old a lot, but ive played much more of them than most games that i payd 40usd.

07-16-2011, 03:02 AM	#12
Rancor26 Join Date: Sep 2010 Reputation: 20 Posts: 714	Well it's 25€ on origin store lol...

07-16-2011, 03:12 AM	#13
targetbsp Join Date: Jul 2010 Reputation: 1030 Posts: 3,932	When gamestation launched their download service they sold it for 10p

07-18-2011, 05:22 PM	#14
fedaykin6 Banned Join Date: Mar 2010 Reputation: 75 Posts: 821	Got it for only 10 euros. Wonderful game, tons of great free mods available and runs flawlessly on a modern computer without a single crash so far.

07-19-2011, 09:29 PM	#15
nihilius Join Date: Oct 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 65	10$ well worth, wonder why people complain so much about the prices.