If you don't own The Orange Box by now, why not? This weekend's Steam deal is 66% off the normal $29.99 asking price, so you really have no excuse for not owning the collection of damn fine Valve games.
Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode 2, Lost Coast, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 ... for $10. Crazy, isn't it? I'm extremely curious to see what kind of effect this is going to have on sales, because I am a huge nerd, obviously. But beyond that, it could mean good things for the future.
Maybe we'll be lucky enough to have Valve divulge how big of a boost in sales The Orange Box will have received from this sale, but I'm not counting on it. Something tells me the company might use the data to push the idea of massive price reductions for absurd profits on other publishers, which would be fantastic for us consumers.
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2:40 PM on 04.24.2009
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£5.66 in the UK, good deal given current exchange rates!
I don't see why anyone that bought it when it came out should be mad that it's on sale now. You're probably not mad that people can buy other games that launched around that time are cheaper.
AAAA!!! WHY IS MY COMPUTER FAILING SO BAD THIS WEEK?!
I bought it as a gift for a friend, you cant think this one twice.
I had OB for the 360 but this is getting another purchase for £5.99
And of course I'm getting this.
@Kyousuke
Praise you good sir, if it wasn't for you, people might have been fooled by The Orange Box being the 3rd highest rated PC game ever on Metacritic. Fuck me, I don't think I could sleep at night knowing people wasted ten whole dollars on such a travesty.
Oh wait you're the retard with the irrational hatred of anything Pc related, never mind.
Surprised to see so many people who look like they haven't played any of the games.
@bango
You are a glass is half empty person my friend.
Do I get an extra copy of TF2 to send to someone, I do know a soon-to-be Mac owner (who will dual boot) who would like a copy...
And then he'd owe me 20 bucks...hehehehe....
You are correct, you will be given it as a gift that you can give to anybody. If they lack steam, when you gift them it emails them all the info and stuff that they need.
Also wtf at 10 bucks. I am seriously going to buy 2 copies so I can gift this to all my friends who lack any of the games. 10 bucks, holy shit on a hand basket.
But this is insane!
I'm in the same boat, but since every computer I got since 2004 got hl2 installed on it and another playthrough on that computer, I think he ammount of time I spend on steam will be doubled now. DOUBLED.