Steam Sale Spotlight

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by Farlander

On with the EA bashing again... this has happened a lot of time on Steam sales, the last time I remember was THQ's Company of Heroes sale - all three games together in a package were a little bit more expensive (and even more than 1 cent expensive ) than if you'd buy the three CoH games individually.

You missed the point. The game is $9.99 in the US and £11.24 in the UK. A pound is worth a lot mor than a dollar. Do the math.

[Darth Marsden]

Don't worry, I'll do it for him.

The exchange current rate is £1 > $1.5516. This means that £11.24 converts to $17.44.

So basically, that's $9.99 in the US and $17.44 in the UK, almost twice the price. Which is quite simply BULLSHIT.

[der_ketzer]

That's what's keeping me from buying. The $/€ rate is almost as bad.
Well that and I know that I'd never play this because I hate the editor.

[Farlander]

Oh, that. Well... isn't UK pretty much almost always screwed with prices? Not that I do not feel for them, but screams of 'BULLSHIT' for the price differences is kind of a common occurrence at this point, isn't it?

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by Farlander

Oh, that. Well... isn't UK pretty much almost always screwed with prices? Not that I do not feel for them, but screams of 'BULLSHIT' for the price differences is kind of a common occurrence at this point, isn't it?

Well the EU is always screwed. The UK gets good prices most of the time.

And if it's $9.99 the "standard" is that it's 9.99€. Not 12.49€...

Something even better...

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

Today's Daily Deal is Darkspore. It's... OK. £3.79 / $4.99.

and it's 12.49€. Suck it EU customers. Take that huge EA c***. I for one will not.

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by Farlander

Oh, that. Well... isn't UK pretty much almost always screwed with prices? Not that I do not feel for them, but screams of 'BULLSHIT' for the price differences is kind of a common occurrence at this point, isn't it?

Technically, yeah. It's never a straight conversion, but I don't tend to complain unless there's no conversion at all - 9.99 in both dollars and pounds, for example. And even then all you get is a little (grr) from me these days.

But this... this was just bullshit. There is no logical reason for the UK, or indeed Europe, to be charged more than the US. If there was no conversion, that'd be lazy, but understandable. This required someone to actually convert the price, and they did it badly.

Still not sure why I'm so pissed off? Well, if £11.24 converted to dollars is $17.44, then just think of it the other way round. $9.99 converts to... £6.44. Which is almost HALF what we're actually made to pay.

Like I said, bullshit.

And ketzer... Jesus. I didn't realize EA hated Europe so much.

[der_ketzer]

Well to compare the EU price for Darkspore a bit more: We pay more for a single copy than a US customer pays for the 4 pack.

[Darth Marsden]

That... that really does defy logic. Fuck EA, man. Fuck 'em.

[RetroVortex]

I think EA is run by corporate who don't really understand how the video game industry works, and are just blindly guessing everything based on knowledge from entirerly different industries they used to work in.

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by RetroVortex

I think EA is run by corporate who don't really understand how the video game industry works, and are just blindly guessing everything based on knowledge from entirerly different industries they used to work in.

They are just doing what they did way back when games were only sold in retail stores because comparing prices was not as easy back then and the import postage would ruin the money you save anyway.

[Darth Marsden]

Eh, EA suck. End of.

Today's Daily Deal is SOL: Exodus, a Space Sim I know nothing about. £3.74 / $4.99.

Two weekend deals. First is Napoleon: Total War. It's free-to-play all wekeend, and the price is down to
£7.49 / $9.99. None of the DLC is reduced though, so the Peninsular Campaign is the same price as the game.

Other deal is Cities XL 2012. Half price at £7.50 / $10. Oddly exact there.

[Darth Marsden]

Today's Daily Deal is Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill (Remastered). I hear it's not too bad. £2.99 / $3.49.

[der_ketzer]

Those games are all amazing. Except the one with the cooking mini game (not this one)
If you want to start the series this is the game to choose because it is the remade version of the first game.

[Darth Marsden]

I'd have bought it if it weren't first person. NOT a fan of those.

Today's Daily Deal is Worms Crazy Golf, a game that combines some of my favourite things - Crazy Golf and explosions! Woo! £1.57 / $2.49. No other Worms game is on offer though, sadly.

[Farlander]

NOT a fan of those.

Even The Last Express?

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by Farlander

Even The Last Express?

Never played it.

[Hands in his gamer card]

[RetroVortex]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

Never played it.

[Hands in his gamer card]

This expired three years ago!

Time to get to the revival centre for some "re-education"!

[Farlander]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

Never played it.

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Well, there's no point in killing you because that won't make you play it now, would it? It's on GoG. Technically it's first person gameplay, although it switches to third person during conversations and cutscenes.

One of the coolest features in the game is that everything's happening in real time. You've got three days, I think, to solve the mystery, and every character has his own goals, time table (what and when he's doing), and the game is VERY non-linear with several different endings.

Honestly, I'm not a big fan of first-person adventure games, but The Last Express is just too damn awesome to miss just because of that.

[Darth Marsden]

The real-time thing puts me off as well. I like being able to play adventure games at my own pace, without being timed. I know all about the game, it just doesn't interest me. Everybody cool with that, or shall I just get me coat?

[Farlander]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

The real-time thing puts me off as well. I like being able to play adventure games at my own pace, without being timed. I know all about the game, it just doesn't interest me. Everybody cool with that, or shall I just get me coat?

Nah, I'm cool, let me just go get my shotgun.