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Red Orchestra 2 (Retail) activation on Steam?

The digital version is almost always cheaper, because there's nothing to manufacture or distribute.

I Agree, manufacture and distribute of digital version is way cheaper than retail, but rest of sentence is not true, not in all countries. E.g. Steam sells new AAA products for 39-49 euro, when retail BOX in local store usually cost 15-35 (PC games).
 
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The digital version is almost always cheaper, because there's nothing to manufacture or distribute.
Umm, no. Living in one of the most expensive countries in the world, I have NEVER seen a game that is cheaper on steam than in the stores, unless it was at sale at steam, in which case it doesn't count. Sometimes steam and retail is the same price, often it is more expensive on steam.
 
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Not necessarily, but then again, it's always better to have the hard copy, which quite often comes with some nifty material.

The only moment steam is cheaper is when its one of those special sales. Otherwise they always as the default retail price while all retail outlets are about 40% cheaper. At least that is the case in Europe.
 
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