ARMA2 & OA's Steam Thread: All Steam Q's/discussions go here [covered by Dwarden]

[MattXR]

In my steam it says £29.99 thats normal Shop price in the UK for a good PC game lol.

[NuclearDruid]

Yeup, apparently the price has just been lowered on steam! Good news!

[Sniperwolf572]

No, it hasn't, UK and US get the cheap deal, while rest of the EU get the ripoff price.

US: $49,99 (35,10€)
UK: £29.99 (34,60€)
Europe: 47.99€ (£40,60 / $66,90)

[BOTA:16]

As mentioned above, Steam does not dictate the selling price. That is the decision of the publisher. Publishers also have to keep in mind their retail outlets (best buy, walmart, gamestop, etc.) as they don't want to undercut the prices to them and piss them off. So they just match what the brick and mortor stores selling price. I am waiting to see if there will be a retail (hardcopy) version released in the US, if not then I will be pre-ordering it on Steam in the next couple weeks. I've never had any issues with Steam, but with a game like ArmA 2 I would prefer a hardcopy version.

[walker]

Hi Sniperwolf572

Currency fluctuations make assessing prices like that pointless, check back in a week and will have all changed.

You think that is bad, try having thousands in a multi-currency business accounts over the last year. The relative value of our money has devalued by 25% then rose 50% then back down again, then up, then down, etc.

Commodity price fluctuations are impossible to predict; ditto currency fluctuations, in the end all you do is take a punt and if companies like BA and Ryan Air get caught out by it and Virgin guess it right you can see how hard it is to guess right.

So you just buy the game and take your chances.

Kind Regards walker

[kavoven]

No, it hasn't, UK and US get the cheap deal, while rest of the EU get the ripoff price.

US: $49,99 (35,10€)
UK: £29.99 (34,60€)
Europe: 47.99€ (£40,60 / $66,90)

Thats just fooling customers, nothing less...

[Rhodite]

Hi Sniperwolf572

Currency fluctuations make assessing prices like that pointless, check back in a week and will have all changed.

You think that is bad, try having thousands in a multi-currency business accounts over the last year. The relative value of our money has devalued by 25% then rose 50% then back down again, then up, then down, etc.

Commodity price fluctuations are impossible to predict; ditto currency fluctuations, in the end all you do is take a punt and if companies like BA and Ryan Air get caught out by it and Virgin guess it right you can see how hard it is to guess right.

So you just buy the game and take your chances.

Kind Regards walker

Last time I checked steam is not affected my the money markets in that direct manner.

I have seen many titles retain there prices irrispective of local shop prices here in the UK or in Europe.

I honestly do not believe for a second that STEAM are powerless to reduce the prices of games that are marketed at the numeric price in euros or pounds as they are in US dollars. Profiteering at its most greedy imho.

[walker]

Thats just fooling customers, nothing less...

No kavoven

That is just the UK Pound is strong this week. Steam probably run a predictor algorithm to stabalise price over time.

Rhodite the question is not the advertised price but the price at the time Steam take the money. I am certain the adjust prices to their advantage, same as every one else.

Kind Regards walker

[Richieb0y]

at CD wow there at 28 euro inc shipping but it says 26/06/09 and i eamail them about it. they still ship it 26june

http://www.cdwow.nl/search?query=arm...2&category=all

[Commando84]

Steam has one or say 2 big advantages compared to a boxed version and that is that it can't run out of stock I think at least...
Also how many times have you used up a disc or a friend or relative acidentally broke your disc somehow and you gone to the store to buy a new one? for me I have buyed 4 ofp games and 3 Arma 1 games, though Arma 1 discs where mostly for Lan game usage
Sadly when Arma 1 came out most of my friends moved on to other things or got tired of ofp/Arma :P
But I'll try to make them try Arma 2 when I get it so they might change their minds and give it in for Bis.

Also Steam games are locked to your steam account so you can always download them when you want or need them, very nice especially after buying a new system or a format of the harddrive