Steam value-bundles THQ games News
PC News by Robert Purchese
Steam has clumped THQ and Relic games together into great money-saving packs.
For USD 99.99 (GBP 65), one can enjoy a dozen fruits from the THQ tree, resulting in a saving of around USD 147 (GBP 95).
This Collector Pack bulges with Company of Heroes and expansion Opposing Fronts; Titan Quest plus add-on Immortal Throne; Dawn of War Gold Edition and expansions Dark Crusade and Soulstorm; and S.T.A.L.K.E.R..
Juiced 2, Frontlines: Fuel of War, and the Full Spectrum Warrior games are also in there. But every value pack needs padding.
You can by Frontlines, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Full Spectrum Warrior plus add-on Ten Hammers as part of an Action Pack, too. This costs USD 59.99 (GBP 39).
Alternatively, for strategy fans, there's a Relic Super Pack, stuffed with both Company of Heroes games, Dawn of War Gold Edition, and Dawn of War: Dark Crusade. This costs USD 49.99 (GBP 32).
Incidentally, Steam is halving the asking price for Titan Quest: Gold Edition to USD 9.99 (GBP 6) until Monday. Inside are the original game and expansion Immortal Throne, both of which we recommend, especially at that price.
Still, none of those bargains come close to the Valve Complete Pack, which stuffs 22 games - including Left 4 Dead - by the developer into one USD 99.99 (GBP 66) box. That's a whopping saving of GBP 157.
A David Dickinson to THQ's Tim Wonnacott.
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Seems very good value that despite the inclusion of the awful Juiced 2 and Frontline. The £32 pack is more worthwhile though for Company of Heroes and Dawn of War plus their expansion packs. Company of Heroes is quite possibly the best RTS ever made... certainly it's the best one I've ever played... it's a genuine classic.
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StooMonster
27/11/08 @ 10:03
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Why do European software publishers Atari (Infograms) and Ubisoft continue to offer their back catalogues on Steam to American (North, Central and South) customers but refuse to offer the service to their European customers?
There's a couple of titles I want to buy on Steam -- Beyond Good and Evil is one example -- but they do not want to accept my money. Just remembered, it's some of their new titles too, another example is the new Prince of Persia is on Steam for most people except for European customers.
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PlugMonkey
27/11/08 @ 10:12
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Why do European software publishers Atari (Infograms) and Ubisoft continue to offer their back catalogues on Steam to American (North, Central and South) customers but refuse to offer the service to their European customers?
There's a couple of titles I want to buy on Steam -- Beyond Good and Evil is one example -- but they do not want to accept my money. I don't know for definite, but it might be because Atari and Ubisoft games are all available on the Metaboli subscription service. |
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StooMonster
27/11/08 @ 10:23
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@ PlugMonkey
Which is fine, if you want to pay for your games as a subscription service ... wtf? They can offer them there if they choose, they also offer some titles on Direct2Drive, as do EA (e.g. Dead Space); but I choose to use Steam ... I don't want dozens of different download managers, each with their own DRM scheme. So I choose not to buy them until they offer them on my platform of choice, there are plenty of other games publishers that can have my money instead. |
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So I choose not to buy them until they offer them on my platform of choice, there are plenty of other games publishers that can have my money instead.
I see where you're coming from , but it annoys me a little that Steam is getting so much power. I've seen many comments along the lines of "I won't buy it if it's not on Steam" recently, while some indie devs don't seem to be too happy with the platform, and the price structure is often dubious. Competition is good, and Stardock and Gamersgate shouldn't be forgotten.
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StooMonster
27/11/08 @ 10:42
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Yes competition is good, therefore they should offer titles on all download services and not attempt to control the market via restricting offerings to certain services -- that is non-competitive.
Steam's often dubious price structures are set by the publishers, not by Valve -- so I guess that's another area that is non-competitive. |
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TheMoonRat
27/11/08 @ 11:26
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Steam's often dubious price structures are set by the publishers, not by Valve -- so I guess that's another area that is non-competitive.
I remember looking on the SI forum for Football Manager 2009 about the ridiculously high price of the Stream version as opposed to retail. From what I gathered, there was an agreed price per game sold that Valve would pay SI (or their publisher, Sega) - but that Valve could then set the price the customer paid to them to whatever they wanted. |
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Yeah, I am also not so sure that Valve has no say in this at all. The same games are sometimes cheaper on other DD platforms.
StooMonster: Fair enough in this specific case, I was making more of a general point. Not every small/indie dev can be expected to be found on every platform, and when people then make a point of not buying it because it's not on Steam, I find that problematic.
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StooMonster
27/11/08 @ 11:39
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@ TheMoonRat: so what you are saying is that Valve have a margin on top of whatever price the publisher decides they want?
If the publisher decide they want £45 for a game that sells in shops in UK for £25 it doesn't really matter if Valve take 10% or 20% margin to cover their costs and make a profit does it? As the expensive price has been set by the publisher! OK, for clarity ... the majority of the price structures are set by publishers, and Value take a variable margin on top. |
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StooMonster
27/11/08 @ 11:42
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@ UncleLou: if you take music as an example the music publishers offer their wares at different prices to different platforms. i.e. their supply prices are cheaper to Amazon.com than they are to iTunes.
It's simply business, they are trying to restrict the power of the dominant platform by making it charge higher prices than the competition; as they are worried that in the future that platform will be able to dictate prices to them. |
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PlugMonkey
27/11/08 @ 12:15
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@ stoomonster
I just meant that there might be some sort of exclusivity deal. I was reluctant about Metaboli to begin with, but the Essential Collection is huge and an absolute bargain I've played literally dozens of games off it. The interface is a bit clunky mind. Which is probably why people love Steam so much. It just...works. And their DRM is about as fair as you can get. I can install a game on as many PCs as I like, but I can't play it on more than one at the same time. It's basically exactly as fair as only getting one disc when you buy a game. Only without the hassle of me actually having to carry the disc around with me.
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StooMonster
27/11/08 @ 12:29
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@ PlugMonkey: thanks for the tip about Metaboli -- I'll overcome my initial reaction of "WTF! Subscription?" and check it out more carefully.
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groovychainsaw
27/11/08 @ 12:59
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Since the pound has begun collapsing, steam has become less and less attractive pricing in $ - after you add on the 17.5% (soon to be 15% i guess..) tax, you could probably buy those online in the UK (as in a dvd) for less bundled together. Certainly its not that much cheaper anyway.
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