Today I decided that I wanted to pre-order Battlefield Bad Company 2, and being an active user of Steam I wanted to purchase it through there so I could intergrate with my friends list. I'd also be able to play it immediately on the day of release, having pre-loaded it, but I halted my purchase for one simple reason; it costs £35.
So naturally, thinking that's a bit steep for a PC game, I shopped around to see if any other digital services sell it cheaper, and I couldn't find one that was cheaper. To add insult to injury, the physical DVD copy costs £25 from most stores. I know the download version comes with a bunch of extras, but are they really worth £10 more? I mean think about it; you're buying a digital copy, which saves the makers money on packaging and production, so if anything they should release two versions, one with the extras for the same price as the DVD version, and one without that's cheaper.
Isn't this the whole point of digital download? To save money for both producer and consumer? Not only that, but when I looked at Game.co.uk this is what I found: http://www.game.co.uk/Games/PC-Games/Battlefield-Bad-Company-2-Limited-Edition/~r333421/
That's right, they sell both digital AND physical, and the digital once again costs more. How does that make any sense?! Just looking at it blows my mind. The only thing I can think of is that they're trying to exploit gamers like me who hate having their games clutter their desktops and disc drives, and charge extra for the convenience. How do they expect these services to flourish if there's no real benefit?
NOTE: Seeing as it seems almost no one's actually read the OP, I'm talking about PRICE, not ownership or download speed, or anything else, just PRICE.
So naturally, thinking that's a bit steep for a PC game, I shopped around to see if any other digital services sell it cheaper, and I couldn't find one that was cheaper. To add insult to injury, the physical DVD copy costs £25 from most stores. I know the download version comes with a bunch of extras, but are they really worth £10 more? I mean think about it; you're buying a digital copy, which saves the makers money on packaging and production, so if anything they should release two versions, one with the extras for the same price as the DVD version, and one without that's cheaper.
Isn't this the whole point of digital download? To save money for both producer and consumer? Not only that, but when I looked at Game.co.uk this is what I found: http://www.game.co.uk/Games/PC-Games/Battlefield-Bad-Company-2-Limited-Edition/~r333421/
That's right, they sell both digital AND physical, and the digital once again costs more. How does that make any sense?! Just looking at it blows my mind. The only thing I can think of is that they're trying to exploit gamers like me who hate having their games clutter their desktops and disc drives, and charge extra for the convenience. How do they expect these services to flourish if there's no real benefit?
NOTE: Seeing as it seems almost no one's actually read the OP, I'm talking about PRICE, not ownership or download speed, or anything else, just PRICE.
