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HL2 Retail no longer needs CD in drive!

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Slogun

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Yep, I didn't think they'd actually do it, but they fixed this unfair discrepancy between retail and steam versions of the game:

UPDATE NEWS: "Half-Life 2

Solved disc in drive incompatibility error by removing Securom disc check routine"

(looks like perhaps they had to do it to solve an incompatibility issue, or at least justified it)



LINK

I tested this out using my CE DVD version and it is indeed true.

I didn't see any post here on AT on this important HL2 news...
 
I figured it was a matter of time. Didn't make sense that they'd need a CD for one version and not the other. What with requiring steam and all to verify it anyway...
 
what do they care they have sold over 7 million copies. I think they made there money.

7,000,000 x ~50 = $350,000,000...

Some people did't pay 50 for it maybe $40, some people like me paid $60 for the silver package and that was really no cost because it was a download and they made all that ages ago and even some paid 90!!!! But I think the average was probably 50-55 so I'll low balled it a little

I don't think they are to worried about piracy as much anymore
 
Originally posted by: JBT
what do they care they have sold over 7 million copies. I think they made there money.

7,000,000 x ~50 = $350,000,000...

Some people did't pay 50 for it maybe $40, some people like me paid $60 for the silver package and that was really no cost because it was a download and they made all that ages ago and even some paid 90!!!! But I think the average was probably 50-55 so I'll low balled it a little

I don't think they are to worried about piracy as much anymore
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I don't think Valve gets all $50 of it.

By the way, is the music as high quality without the CD?
 
Originally posted by: SonicIce
Originally posted by: JBT
what do they care they have sold over 7 million copies. I think they made there money.

7,000,000 x ~50 = $350,000,000...

Some people did't pay 50 for it maybe $40, some people like me paid $60 for the silver package and that was really no cost because it was a download and they made all that ages ago and even some paid 90!!!! But I think the average was probably 50-55 so I'll low balled it a little

I don't think they are to worried about piracy as much anymore
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I don't think Valve gets all $50 of it.

By the way, is the music as high quality without the CD?
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You mean people still play with the music on? 🙂
 
Originally posted by: SonicIce
Originally posted by: JBT
what do they care they have sold over 7 million copies. I think they made there money.

7,000,000 x ~50 = $350,000,000...

Some people did't pay 50 for it maybe $40, some people like me paid $60 for the silver package and that was really no cost because it was a download and they made all that ages ago and even some paid 90!!!! But I think the average was probably 50-55 so I'll low balled it a little

I don't think they are to worried about piracy as much anymore
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I don't think Valve gets all $50 of it.

By the way, is the music as high quality without the CD?
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Everything is the same quality because the game doesn't use the cd. It just makes sure you have it in. Most games are like that anymore...
 
LOL

I just read this off the steam site:

Some Keys Double Printed by Sierra/VUGames
Unfortunately, Sierra (not Valve) double printed some CDKeys. Only Sierra knows which CDKeys were duplicated.

VUGames is the parent company of Sierra - the publishers of the games, and printer of the CDKeys. They are a different company from Valve.

If you purchased your Game more then 90 days ago, you will be unable to get a free replacement from Sierra/VUGames if you have a duplicate CDKey.

That must be a riot for whoever got stuck with those
 
If you purchased your Game more then 90 days ago
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Odd, in that the game only went on sale 11/16, about 26 days ago.
Of course the game was available for purchase online through steam for a while before 11/16, but steam versions are not issued a "CD key."

BTW, do you have a link for that bit of steam news, I couldn't find it.

EDIT: Nevermind, I found that info buried deep on a clickable link here.
 
Originally posted by: Slogun
Yep, I didn't think they'd actually do it, but they fixed this unfair discrepancy between retail and steam versions of the game:

UPDATE NEWS: "Half-Life 2

Solved disc in drive incompatibility error by removing Securom disc check routine"

(looks like perhaps they had to do it to solve an incompatibility issue, or at least justified it)



LINK

I tested this out using my CE DVD version and it is indeed true.

I didn't see any post here on AT on this important HL2 news...
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excellent news!
 
that is cool, but i just said fvck and ripped the dvd to my hard drive w/alcohol 120% & mounted it on a virtual drive
works like a charm :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: alm4rr
LOL

I just read this off the steam site:

Some Keys Double Printed by Sierra/VUGames
Unfortunately, Sierra (not Valve) double printed some CDKeys. Only Sierra knows which CDKeys were duplicated.

VUGames is the parent company of Sierra - the publishers of the games, and printer of the CDKeys. They are a different company from Valve.

If you purchased your Game more then 90 days ago, you will be unable to get a free replacement from Sierra/VUGames if you have a duplicate CDKey.

That must be a riot for whoever got stuck with those
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Bahahahaha. That certainly puts Valve's banning of 20,000 users in a new light, based on accusations of "sharing" of keys, doesn't it?

Especially since there supposedly were some users that had paid for all of their games, and had their rights to use their prior paid-for games taken away from them as well.

My non-lawyerly opinion is that these people probably have a valid tort against Valve, if they can prove that they paid for the game and didn't steal/borrow a CD-key to use it.

Edit: Or am I confusing CD-keys with Steam account ids? I don't own the game so I'm not sure how it all works, other than what I've read reported by others. I don't patronize Blizzard or Valve personally.
 
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Originally posted by: alm4rr
LOL

I just read this off the steam site:

Some Keys Double Printed by Sierra/VUGames
Unfortunately, Sierra (not Valve) double printed some CDKeys. Only Sierra knows which CDKeys were duplicated.

VUGames is the parent company of Sierra - the publishers of the games, and printer of the CDKeys. They are a different company from Valve.

If you purchased your Game more then 90 days ago, you will be unable to get a free replacement from Sierra/VUGames if you have a duplicate CDKey.

That must be a riot for whoever got stuck with those
Click to expand...

Bahahahaha. That certainly puts Valve's banning of 20,000 users in a new light, based on accusations of "sharing" of keys, doesn't it?

Especially since there supposedly were some users that had paid for all of their games, and had their rights to use their prior paid-for games taken away from them as well.

My non-lawyerly opinion is that these people probably have a valid tort against Valve, if they can prove that they paid for the game and didn't steal/borrow a CD-key to use it.

Edit: Or am I confusing CD-keys with Steam account ids? I don't own the game so I'm not sure how it all works, other than what I've read reported by others. I don't patronize Blizzard or Valve personally.
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A duplicate CD key means that whoever registers the key with an account first is the one who gets to use it. Any further attempts to register the key simply do not work. So as far as I know, it's impossible to get banned from this, because the unlucky person wouldn't be able to register their game and play in the first place.
 
Originally posted by: fisher
the people banned were using known hacked keys.
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Yea, they were said to be using kegen keys that were obviously hacked by virtue of being "out of range" of valid keys.
 
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