Doctor Phibes
Prince
Their discounts are nowhere near as good as Steam's or other Digital Retailers. During the holiday sale Steam had ~1300 games/packs on sale.
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What the hell am I supposed to do with ~1300 games/packs? I'd rather comparison shop for the odd game I want (like once every 3 months) and 'own' it a bit more than with Steam.
Its not really a D2D model, as they aren't the only ones who use it. You also still need to log in to D2D to get patches (provided the game doesn't have its own patching service, which most don't)
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And some do. I should have said Caveat Emptor. But once again, I'm not interested in 'most' - I'm look at specifics and checking beforehand. (And what is it with all this bulk buying of games anyway?)
It wasn't exactly kept a secret that Civ5 was going to use Steam, its also listed on the back of the box (though bigger fonts would be nice), and it isn't a net provider.
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That is partly my bad. I instantly pre-ordered Civ5 when I heard about it out of total loyalty and expectation (never again) - but what do you mean about the 'back of the box' - my order was from Amazon, not a high street shelf.
Yes, wrong terminology, not provider, but 'service'...