Box or Steam

[breadtruck]

Ill Steam it. As cool as the box looks, I dont care to buy physical media for my PC these days unless ABSOLUTELY necessary

 

[Jorg Biermann1]

I think I'll most probably buy the box. For one reason.

Thousands of people will buy this on steam on the first day. So it will take around 8 hours to actually install the game?

Hopefully they do what they did with Shogun 2 and by getting the CD even though you still install with steam it only takes around 30 minutes.

 

[aD.Luoson]

Definately box, our caps in nz are too small to use on downloading the game

 

[Patriot]

Steam. But I may get the boxed version, it will depend on some things.

 

[karl stiner]

for me its got to be steam so easy i will not be buying boxed games ever again its the steam support if you have problems installing what i like the best

 

[KompanyCommands]

Box version, definitely. As a plus, I won't have to cope with my crappy download speed on a game's release day. I just hope it gets over here in time. :C

Have you got bad download speed because i can download a 12gb game in under 2 hours :IS2:.

Make sure you have a good internet if you want steam also just to point out the game wont release in retail until after its been released on steam i suppose many shops dont stock it until its released it depends what they have done in terms of getting the game out ASAP if i cant get it before other get it on steam i will get it on steam because i will get it on release simple as.

 

[Sah.]

I'd have to go for the box, there's an empty space on my favourite long term games shelf ready for it right next to bfme2 and supcom FA. Besides, if you buy the box you can usually download off steam anyway !

 

[C_Gibby]

Make sure you have a good internet if you want steam also just to point out the game wont release in retail until after its been released on steam

That's right, so I'm gonna see about ordering it online! I've pre-ordered games on disc before, and I often get my copy like 3 days before it's actually released.

But with Steam, I still have to wait a couple of days before I can actually start playing.

 

[dogbadger]

don't you just activate the cd key with steam and dload it anyway?
the disks don't leave the box

 

[Sierra Oscar]

Ill probably end up getting it on Steam, however for retail games that can be activated on Steam I must admit that it is very tempting to get the retail version.

That way you get the best of both worlds - a hard copy and you can still download it via Steam.

 

[HellBilly]

i read somewhere that a game dev. make more money per copy if its a digital sale ... so ill be getting mine off steam

alot of times steam will let you download the game a few days before and then it unlocks on "opening day"

 

[Leto Atreides]

Steam.

I haven't bought a boxed game since Medieval 2 in 2006.

 

[u-s-e-r]

Boxed, downloading through Steam during big game releases etc. can be a real pain in the ***.

 

[AngelsMedic]

I think I'll most probably buy the box. For one reason.

Thousands of people will buy this on steam on the first day. So it will take around 8 hours to actually install the game?

Hopefully they do what they did with Shogun 2 and by getting the CD even though you still install with steam it only takes around 30 minutes.

+1 retail copies instal faster.

 

[blkmgc]

Steam. No reason to do anything else imho.

 

[KompanyCommands]

That's right, so I'm gonna see about ordering it online! I've pre-ordered games on disc before, and I often get my copy like 3 days before it's actually released.

But with Steam, I still have to wait a couple of days before I can actually start playing.

Actually come to think of it i may have to do what your doing also i seem to remember on release of BFBC2 everyone went to download it at once i was driven to only 33 KB's it would take me 2 weeks to download that game lucky for me i had gotten the disk version next day im sure i will do the same as i really want to play this game on release the question is can they ship it out for release ?

I sure hope so :IS2:

Let me check a few web sites out for you all now and see if any of the are going to make the release day promise im hoping GAME will do that .

if i do find something i will just PM you its always good to help people out .

Oh and i gave you a thumbs up .

 

[hockeywarrior]

Bad experiences in the past with Steam download - fuhgeddaboutit! I'm going to Gamestop..

Yes Steam's download system has been causing me major grief lately too. All the more reason to buy it retail if possible.

 

[Forward]

Box from the shop. I won't pay in euro when I can buy cheaper in a store.

 

[Maizel]

Everybody is saying that the release of the game on Steam is going to be a pain because the speed is low.

That's bull. Even on big releases I download with at least 1mb/s. On normal days I easily get to 3.mb/s.

The big problem is getting the game to actually start, since with most big releases you can't play for at least half an hour after downloading, because of all the servers being out of whack. The boxed problem will have this trouble too.

Besides,

All this was probably true of Steam 3 years ago. The past few years Steam has really improved it's stability during big releases.

 

[hockeywarrior]

Everybody is saying that the release of the game on Steam is going to be a pain because the speed is low.

That's bull. Even on big releases I download with at least 1mb/s. On normal days I easily get to 3.mb/s.

The big problem is getting the game to actually start, since with most big releases you can't play for at least half an hour after downloading, because of all the servers being out of whack. The boxed problem will have this trouble too.

Besides,

All this was probably true of Steam 3 years ago. The past few years Steam has really improved it's stability during big releases.

My concerns are founded on recent experience, not past ones. Over the last two months or so I've been having lots of problems with downloads suddenly stopping for no apparently reason, or going from like 1-2 mp/s download speeds way down to 100 kb/s. It's taken me days just to download some of my games because of these issues.