Gamespot vs Steam for Digital downloads (Deus ex)

[Andy T]

How does Gamespot's digital download service compare to Steam? I am thinking of buying Deus Ex from them for the extra mission/content etc, but have no first hand experience.
Thanks.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Direct2Drive worked OK for me for some $5 game downloads, but at least for them it was just DRM, without the automatic updates / patching that you get with Steam, and without a central library.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

whoa I didn't even know gamespot had a digital download service. You should look into buying it from green man gaming. It's $34 for the regular and $40 for the augmented edition (after voucher code). The game uses steamworks so you'll have to activate on steam. You won't get the tf2 items though.

 

[DaveSimmons]

D'oh! it was Gamefly that bought D2D, while GameStop bought Stardock's Impulse.

I don't have any Impulse games, someone else will need to comment on them.

 

[MarkLuvsCS]

Steam is an awesome platform and I want them to get better. This is why I buy throuh steam unless there is a huge diff in price.

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