Beyond Earth - Rising Tide at 30% discount! This is madness!

Hello everyone,

I just discovered that Beyond Earth - Rising Tide can be preordered at 30% discount from Green Man Gaming! This is quite a saving! There is a 10% basic discount plus an additional 23% discount using voucher SAVE23-WITHGM-GSEP15 during the order.

Enjoy!

EDIT
33% now with voucher 25PERC-SELECT-TITLES!

 

I don't understand how GMG makes money, but whatever, not my problem. lol

 

By Grabthar's Hammer. What a savings.

 

Just keep in mind that GMG usually only accepts refunds for pre-purchased titles BEFORE pre-loading of is available. Only pre-order on GMG if you're sure that you want to buy the expansion even if it turns out to be bad.

 

Yes they often offer crazy discounts. I believe that are able to do that because they spend zero on marketing. Have you ever seen one ad from GMG? They basically rely on word of mouth only, and it works for them!

 

the voucher also seems to work with other games like X-COM2, but i think only until Sept. 18th.

 

Thanks for the heads up - I will pre-order today!!

 

It is valid until UTC 16:00 on Sept 18th

 

Still valid! Up to September 21st!

 

Got me order in. Thanks for the tip.

I don't understand how any third party seller of digital downloads works. A physical product I could buy from the publisher and they'd ship it to me or they can sell it to a site/store that has the product shipped to them and then I buy it from them and have it shipped to me. There's a supply chain there and a middle man that serves a purpose, usually having to do with the physical location of the product they're sending me, and how near it is to me.
I don't understand how a download needs a middleman.
I'm paying Green Man Games, who pays 2K Games, so I can download software from steam/valve? Is my game being bundled with sub-prime mortgages and credit default swaps?
I guess I don't need to know, the game works either way, but this buying and selling of things that don't exist makes my brain hurt.

 

Valve probably just gets a fixed cut from the sale. The advantage for them is that these third-party websites lead users back to steam instead of creating/fueling alternatives that could loosen valves grip on the digital games market. The third party websites make money for the people they employ and the end user has halve a dozen or so sites that offer deals to get their attention - and even many of the non-sales are a few €/$ cheaper than on steam. They have also got a direct integration of Playfire which, for reasons I don't understand, people seem to like.

 

What is playfire?

 

A Social Network for Gamers.

 

Is that like a private internet network for gamers? I'm asking this because I've seen the youtube advert WTFast, which purports to resolve game lag and packet loss simply by creating its own network where there are fewer routers and less traffic from other sources.

 

"What is playfire?"
You know what Facebook is? Its like that.

WTFast is snake oil by another name. If your ISP is throttling you then their is no way to bypass that. Ports might need opening or your home network might need optimizing but outside of that nothing is going to wave a magic wand and fix your internet connection if your ISP is the issue.

 

Rising tide(steam) at 19.35 € on instant gaming, if you really count your pennies

https://www.instant-gaming.com/fr/907-acheter-cle-steam-civilization-beyond-earth-rising-tide/

! Warning : I think it only works for europeans .

 

those, who really count their pennies, do not pre-order.

 

You are right but this is Civilization after all...

 

GMG doesn't distribute and store the data. They send you a key and you download from steam. Their operational costs are way lower.

Steam on the other hand makes the bet that concentrating so many gamer on the same platform allows them to more easily have exposure and sell their product.

 

You are right about Steam, but there are several other shops that just provide Steam keys and Greenmangaming is able to undercut those too!