Portal 2 on sale for $20 off already.

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Never. Buy. From Gamestop.

EVER

 

[Meggiepants]

I don't really think Valve has anything to do with the sales of an individual company. For instance, I pre-ordered this from Amazon and with all the discounts it came out to $35. Every retailer seemed to have a different deal going. I don't think Valve was involved with all the different stores and what they were charging.

Gamestop is probably offering this deal to try to drag you into their store and get more pre-orders is all.

 

[distended]

I'm sure 99% of people who bought it on day one would have done so even if they'd known it would be $20 off in a couple weeks. Just to be part of the opening day jizzfest.

 

[Frostbite3789]

(for example, you flat-out don't like Portal).

Wait...what? There are people who...didn't like Portal? This information isn't processing.

 

[Irridium]

Is Portal 2 unpopular in general or something? Usually the games that get this cheap this quickly are ones that the majority of people just don't care about. I don't think Portal 2 is any Call of Duty or Halo, but I've been seeing enough ads for it everywhere that I thought it was still up there in the "popular mainstream games that will stay pricey for a while" category.

More likely is that it made back its budget multiple times over, and Valve lowered the price to celebrate. Which will result in more sales and more money.

 

[Kunzer]

You heard me right, Portal 2, a game that's been out for 11 days, is already on sale for $20 off (all platforms) at Gamestop.

Nothing about this is a surprise to me. You didn't see this coming?

I sure as hell did not buy portal 2. I might spend $5 on it, maybe.

You do know that portal 1 was given away for free not too long ago on steam, yes?

 

[monkey_man]

Actually, my price point for games that have only recommendations and no demo is $20. So I'm gonna keep waiting.

Play Portal 2. If you liked portal 1, You'll LOVE portal 2.
And it's cheap now, and no Valve game has ever sucked balls. At worst, you'll find it mediocre, but tolerable for 20$.
BUY IT NOA!

Anyway, I always hate the price drops on AAA games. It makes me feel stupid for paying 30 Euros more.

I'll wait for Blue Box since it will come with Portal 2 Halflife episode 3 and Team fortress 3

Before this happens, the universe will've ended. Twice.And Chuck Norris's beard will have to fall out three times on one saturday, on may the third, in 1996. If it happens otherwise, no blue box will emerge. EVER

/raises his hand

I'm one of those people.

LIES! Everyone likes portal! even GLaDOS does! And She doesn't even know there is a game called portal!

 

[JeanLuc761]

You heard me right, Portal 2, a game that's been out for 11 days, is already on sale for $20 off (all platforms) at Gamestop.

Nothing about this is a surprise to me. You didn't see this coming?

I sure as hell did not buy portal 2. I might spend $5 on it, maybe.

You do know that portal 1 was given away for free not too long ago on steam, yes?

Portal 1 had also been out for 2 1/2 years and cost $10.
Portal 2 has been out for 11 days and (ordinarily) costs $50-60.

 

[Plazmatic]

You heard me right, Portal 2, a game that's been out for 11 days, is already on sale for $20 off (all platforms) at Gamestop.

Source here [http://www.gamestop.com/browse?nav=16k-portal+2].

Now...I don't know how to feel about this. On the one hand, I think Portal 2 was worth every penny of the $45 I spent on it (pre-order discount), but I'm FURIOUS that I am indirectly being, for lack of a better word, punished for buying the game on Day 1. I'm perfectly okay with sales like this a couple months down the line, but $20 off when not even two weeks have passed? Sorry Valve (or Gamestop, whoever authorized it), but that's a bit of a dick move.

On the bright side, those of you who haven't picked this brilliant game up...you have no excuse anymore.

A: this is gamestops doing

B: really? 5$ difference? and your that mad?

C: I bought mine on steam, so it was even cheaper than that. lol

 

[JeanLuc761]

You heard me right, Portal 2, a game that's been out for 11 days, is already on sale for $20 off (all platforms) at Gamestop.

Source here [http://www.gamestop.com/browse?nav=16k-portal+2].

Now...I don't know how to feel about this. On the one hand, I think Portal 2 was worth every penny of the $45 I spent on it (pre-order discount), but I'm FURIOUS that I am indirectly being, for lack of a better word, punished for buying the game on Day 1. I'm perfectly okay with sales like this a couple months down the line, but $20 off when not even two weeks have passed? Sorry Valve (or Gamestop, whoever authorized it), but that's a bit of a dick move.

On the bright side, those of you who haven't picked this brilliant game up...you have no excuse anymore.

A: this is gamestops doing

B: really? 5$ difference? and your that mad?

C: I bought mine on steam, so it was even cheaper than that. lol

It's a $20 difference, not a $5 difference. I'm just frustrated about the situation.

 

[JeanLuc761]

If you bought it even one day before launch, it was $45. Now you're complaining that it's temporarily on sale for $40? That doesn't punish anyone.

The game was $45 for pre-order on PC, $55 on consoles. It's currently on sale for $30 on PC, $40 for consoles.

 

[sheic99]

Good thing I got it pirated and didn't pay a dime ^o^

Good business tatic though, they know everyone who really wanted it bought it already and now lowered the price for those who were contemplateing it.

Pro-tip: Mods on this site auto-ban people who admit to piracy.

It doesn't surprise me terribly.

People have been blaming the outcry over the DLC as leading to a "metabombing" of Portal 2's ratings. As I've said before, I think the game was simply not being that well received by users to begin with, and people were just latching onto the people screaming about the DLC (and argueing about DLC is what all the dicussions about the subject have generally come down to when I've been involved).

We'll see what happens, but I'm not going to be shocked if the game is down to $20 or less by this time next year.

I doubt that, the only criticism I've seen from both critic and user was the Day One DLC.

 

[Armanox15]

OI MOI GWAD!

 

[Michael Logan]

Usually the games that get this cheap this quickly are ones that the majority of people just don't care about.

In sweden its the other way around, most of the big titles drop in price super quick, while smaller titles stay expensive for years.

 

[Kunzer]

You heard me right, Portal 2, a game that's been out for 11 days, is already on sale for $20 off (all platforms) at Gamestop.

Nothing about this is a surprise to me. You didn't see this coming?

I sure as hell did not buy portal 2. I might spend $5 on it, maybe.

You do know that portal 1 was given away for free not too long ago on steam, yes?

Portal 1 had also been out for 2 1/2 years and cost $10.
Portal 2 has been out for 11 days and (ordinarily) costs $50-60.

I am aware of these things that you have just said.

I'm telling you that while portal 1 may currently cost $10, It was given to me for free by steam.

There was no special catch -- all steam users had the opportunity to have the game for free.

It was a week long event.

Also, it should be mentioned that if you love a game enough to buy it on day one, then you should be having enough fun that you don't care or even don't realize that the game has gone on sale.

If you are more concerned about money than you are about your game experience (which is perfectly reasonable) then don't buy games on day one.

 

[Atheist.]

I just got a kick out of the fact that it says Retail Version : 29.99 Digital Version : 49.99.

Wtf? Here pay us MORE for LESS.

 

[JeanLuc761]

I am aware of these things that you have just said.

I'm telling you that while portal 1 may currently cost $10, It was given to me for free by steam.

There was no special catch -- all steam users had the opportunity to have the game for free.

It was a week long event.

Also, it should be mentioned that if you love a game enough to buy it on day one, then you should be having enough fun that you don't care or even don't realize that the game has gone on sale.

If you are more concerned about money than you are about your game experience (which is perfectly reasonable) then don't buy games on day one.

With respect, I did say in the OP that I felt Portal 2 was more than worth the $50. In retrospect, it would have been good to post this topic after I had thought about it some more