Fallout 3 half-price on Steam! Comments by Robert Purchese

A no-brainer, instant buy. Too bad they don't sell the DLC on Steam yet, exclusive to Gams for Windows Live still... Then again, if you want you can get them to work with the Steam version if you move some files, or so I've read somewhere. Anyone got instructions?

There is a 2K deal that is much, much better. Assuming you don't have most of the games.

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1764/

I wish I knew if my machine would run that without buying it, I'd have it at that price.

@DFawkes:

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com

Does all the GfWL and achievements and whatnot work through the Steam-bought version?

It does, but you need to faff around moving the DLC data files if your Steam installation isn't on C:\ because of the way GFW:L has been (badly) programmed.

I love and hate Steam.

I love them when they have great deals on like this (although in this case I already own the game and it cost me about the same online three months ago - £18 to be precise). I've picked up a few games for under £5 for example such as Lost Planet, OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast and Assassin's Creed.

I hate them because all their new releases sell at the RRP so, take Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood as an example, it's £34.99 compared with the £22.95 I paid for the same game at Amazon. That's crazy IMO because there are no distribution, packaging, manual, disc costs involved so how on earth do they justify those kind of prices?

Very very tempting.

I got Oblivion during the sale last time, since my Xbox 360 is currently broke.. Is it really worth owning another game twice as well though? :P

Yes all the GfWL achievements work on the Steam version

I was unaware of the DLC problems though, my Steam (and all games) are not on C:\ drive -- Optimaximal, is the workaround documented or obvious?

Darren, that is something I ask myself all the time and still have yet to work it out. Steam moves in mysterious ways sometimes...

Is only £15 at Play UK, depending on whether you prefer a 'hard copy'.

Darren: no distribution costs? Fallout 3 here is 6GB. Bandwidth isn't free.

Don't forget the number of downloads are unlimited, not to mention the automatic patching service that is provided after release. Often, PC games are not tradeable anyway, and the DRM is online anyway, so really what's the extra value of the physical media anyway? Negligible at best.

Dammit! I would get this but I spent the last of my current gaming budget on Saints Row 2 the other day...

...and I don't like it at all! Arse.

22,49 Euro on Steam for Europeans ....what a ripoff

Ah, another of Steams rip-off

Steam is a rip-off because they almost never reduce the price as retain eventually will start to do it until they throw it on the bargin bin.

I brought Fallout 3 back in January for 20€, even more absurd is the fact Fallout 3 is headed for GotY edition that will contain all of the FIVE DLC packs so what is the point of buying it now? none.

So not only Stream is a rip-off but in this particular deal we better off waiting for the GotY edition.

"I hate them because all their new releases sell at the RRP so, take Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood as an example, it's £34.99 compared with the £22.95 I paid for the same game at Amazon. That's crazy IMO because there are no distribution, packaging, manual, disc costs involved so how on earth do they justify those kind of prices?"

I have a suspicion that the publisher (and maybe the developer?) are instructing Steam to retail at specific price, 99% of the time at RRP, and basically no-bothers to think about dropping the price in line with falling premium. Well, with the exception of weekend deals, but after that oh look! 39.99 again.

In shops, publishers have less control, shops can price whatever they want.

I could be speaking utter bollocks though.

Best game i played all year.. And to think i almost gave it up after a VERY boring start (up to megaton)

... Completed it just last night - now onto the downloads...

"I have a suspicion that the publisher (and maybe the developer?) are instructing Steam to retail at specific price"

Kinda. The problem is that games STILL sell the most at retail. And publishers dont want to piss off the retailers because of that (or they'll probably stop selling brand new games and go 100% pre-owned). Subsequently they pretty much have to sell via download at the same price as stores - or they'll invoke the shop keepers wrath who'll "accidently" not find shelf space for said game.

Obviously it works out MUCH MUCH cheaper for the publishers to sell online though - so the sooner everyone moves to downloads only, and cuts out the middleman shopkeeper - the sooner we'll get cheaper games. Look for example at the iphone (100% downloadable games, not available in shops - therefor the public DEMANDS cheap games, and anything expensive wont sell)

holy crap! I already have it!

If the gaming community made all refused to buy anything from steam untill its prices where more reasonable I wonder what would happen?

"If the gaming community made all refused to buy anything from steam untill its prices where more reasonable I wonder what would happen?"

Steam would shut down.

The ONLY way to get what you want (cheaper games) is for every gamer everywhere to stop buying games in stores.

(see above)

Lol @ people saying Steam is a "rip-off". It's one of many places you can buy games, stop moaning.