Surely if you buy it from Amazon it just becomes part of your Steam account anyway once installed and will auto update anyway?
Can anyone know why it cost me 35.99USD (after discount) from Steam? Seems a big premium just because I am in Japan?
Yes. All you are paying for is the key that will activate the game on steam - you don't even need the CD.
I've not purchased yet (but will soon) because I'd rather get the game on time (or a couple of days early if the Steam estimated release stays at 19th in the UK) than wait for it to arrive in the post. This means I'll probably being paying £5 more via steam rather than Amazon.
If Amazon just sent me the key in an email, and kept the box/CD/Manual - I'd purchase it from them in a heartbeat. It's insane.
£13.99 on Play too now I see. They tend to ship far quicker than Amazon in my experience.
If all this really is, to just unlock a code, why would Firaxis go through the expense of producing a boxed version? Especially for an expansion that won't work without the original game?
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