Steam Midweek Madness: Dragon Age Origins 33% off

[KaOTiK]

DAO($33.49) and the DAO DDE($43.54) are both 33% off

Great game, weak sale

 

[mmntech]

If it weren't a 20gb download(!), I'd pick this up. Time to abuse my college's generous internet policies.

 

[Martimus]

$45 is still a little steap for me. I'll wait until I build my new system before getting it unless I find it much cheaper.

Thanks for the heads up though. I just wish it were cheaper.

 

[Via]

That was quick.

Wasn't it like a year before the price on Oblivion dipped at all?

 

[Gothgar]

is it worth 10 bucks extra for whatever you get?

I might pick this up

 

[KeithTalent]

I do want to try this game, but it's still too pricey for me so I'll wait.

KT

 

[Magusigne]

I do want to try this game, but it's still too pricey for me so I'll wait.

KT

24.99 is my price I'll try it out at.

 

[KeithTalent]

24.99 is my price I'll try it out at.

Yeah, that sounds about right. Could be waiting a while though.

KT

 

[Lonyo]

Only in the US
In the UK it's £14 ($21) for the regular boxed version and has been about that for a while.

Steam sale in the UK brought it down to £20, or almost 50% more than I can buy a boxed copy for. Hot deal!

 

[ibex333]

At $33 it's still way too expensive. It's an awesome game, But I wouldn't pay more than $20-25 for it.

 

[simonizor]

That was quick.

Wasn't it like a year before the price on Oblivion dipped at all?

That's because Oblivion was a great game that sold an assload of copies. Dragon age on the other hand...

 

[Zenoth]

You guys should buy the CD-Key instead and register it via the EA download manager, it's a digital copy/download just as much as it is on Steam, but it ain't the Steam version, it'll just be installed in its own folder just like any retail games would. I myself bought the Digital Deluxe Edition back when it was released for only $25 at CDKeyHouse, but it's also available at DirectGameKeys for $20.39 at the moment. Additionally, CDKeyHouse currently have the Awakening expansion in stock for $24.99, I bought it earlier today and I received the key a few hours ago, that's also where I bought vanilla Dawn of War II, although I bought the expansion directly from Steam.

There are other CD-Key-sellers out there but those two are my personal favorites, I've never had a single problem with any of their keys, they're all legitimate, some of which are unregistered Steam games (such as Napoleon TW, or LD42, etc.). I highly recommened them for anyone looking for much lower prices (usually anyway).

 

[mmntech]

You guys should buy the CD-Key instead and register it via the EA download manager, it's a digital copy/download just as much as it is on Steam, but it ain't the Steam version, it'll just be installed in its own folder just like any retail games would. I myself bought the Digital Deluxe Edition back when it was released for only $25 at CDKeyHouse, but it's also available at DirectGameKeys for $20.39 at the moment. Additionally, CDKeyHouse currently have the Awakening expansion in stock for $24.99, I bought it earlier today and I received the key a few hours ago, that's also where I bought vanilla Dawn of War II, although I bought the expansion directly from Steam.

There are other CD-Key-sellers out there but those two are my personal favorites, I've never had a single problem with any of their keys, they're all legitimate, some of which are unregistered Steam games (such as Napoleon TW, or LD42, etc.). I highly recommened them for anyone looking for much lower prices (usually anyway).

Is that legal? Sounds kind of fishy to me.

 

[simonizor]

Is that legal? Sounds kind of fishy to me.

For the most part, no. I believe that the way that most of this works is by "gifting" a copy of the game to the purchaser. It says right in Steam's EULA (and other places) that selling Steam gifts is prohibited.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 allows you to deauthorize your Steam CD key from your account which allows you to sell the game if you wish. I don't know if any other Steam games allow this, but that would be the only "legal" way to purchase a Steam CD key from anywhere other than Steam.

That being said, if you were to do it, would Steam ever catch you? Extremely unlikely.

 

[Craig234]

is it worth 10 bucks extra for whatever you get?

I might pick this up

I was disappointed by the DLC but still wanted it.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

I can't bare to spend that much for a game that lacks both online multiplayer and custom content generation unlike its Neverwinter Nights predecessor.

 

[Zenoth]

I can't bare to spend that much for a game that lacks both online multiplayer and custom content generation unlike its Neverwinter Nights predecessor.

In my opinion the modding community for Dragon Age is good, it allows to experience the game differently. I'm using a bunch of nice mods for Origins and I believe it made it even better than under vanilla settings, but of course it's a question of personal tastes, at least there's an official editing tool for it, and I think it'll work with Awakening, or I hope so anyway, I'm currently downloading Awakening, I'll start a game later tonight, I know I'll miss some of my mods though, but with time it will get modified by the community just as much as Origins is. If you're not into mods then I would understand, although it's quite accepted that Origins isn't for everyone, and I agree with that, it took me a good three or four days before really starting to get into it, at first I thought that BioWare just missed it, boy I was wrong.

 

[lothar]

Wake me up when it reaches $20 or less(preferrably $5) on Steam.

 

[kia75]

For the most part, no. I believe that the way that most of this works is by "gifting" a copy of the game to the purchaser. It says right in Steam's EULA (and other places) that selling Steam gifts is prohibited.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 allows you to deauthorize your Steam CD key from your account which allows you to sell the game if you wish. I don't know if any other Steam games allow this, but that would be the only "legal" way to purchase a Steam CD key from anywhere other than Steam.

That being said, if you were to do it, would Steam ever catch you? Extremely unlikely.

But where does the the price decrease come from? I can gift people games on steam but after Paypal fees and time and effort I'd end up charging more for the game then steam does.

As long as the game developer gets paid, I don't mind buying European license numbers (technically illegal, but IMO moral) but if this is the equivalent of paying to pirate a game then I'll avoid it.

 

[Lonyo]

But where does the the price decrease come from? I can gift people games on steam but after Paypal fees and time and effort I'd end up charging more for the game then steam does.

As long as the game developer gets paid, I don't mind buying European license numbers (technically illegal, but IMO moral) but if this is the equivalent of paying to pirate a game then I'll avoid it.

Why is it illegal to buy European keys?
You could just as easily buy a boxed copy of the game from an importer and you would end up with a European key. GoGamer.com for example sells boxed imports.

Also for a game like Dragon Age you can pick up a boxed copy for under $23 in the UK, and eastern Europe might be cheaper.

 

[zebano]

$20 is my price point for almost any game nowadays. There are just so many quality older (and free) titles that I see no reason to pay more than that.

 

[kia75]

Why is it illegal to buy European keys?
You could just as easily buy a boxed copy of the game from an importer and you would end up with a European key. GoGamer.com for example sells boxed imports.

Are these legitimate European keys? If the developer gets paid then I'm happy. If on the other hand all this money goes to pirates, well I know how to pirate this stuff for free.

Also, I heard that Steam deleted the games of a bunch of people who used international keys instead of American keys. Will that happen to me if I buy one of these things?

The price is impressive and I prefer to download stuff of the internet then waiting 2 days for it to arrive on my doorstep but those sites do sound a bit too good to be true.


The reason it'd be illegal is because of licensing agreements, region locks, publishers, etc.

 

[Craig234]

$20 is my price point for almost any game nowadays. There are just so many quality older (and free) titles that I see no reason to pay more than that.

From a publisher's perspective, they can budget for a bigger/better game the more people are willing to pay. We vote with our dollars. Note all the 'reality tv' - people 'vote' for it.

 

[rivethead]

Wake me up when it reaches $20 or less(preferrably $5) on Steam.

You might be sleeping for awhile. I've been watching and waiting for this game to go on sale at Steam.

Instead, the price has went UP from $41.99 to $49.99!

 

[FuryofFive]

You guys should buy the CD-Key instead and register it via the EA download manager, it's a digital copy/download just as much as it is on Steam, but it ain't the Steam version, it'll just be installed in its own folder just like any retail games would. I myself bought the Digital Deluxe Edition back when it was released for only $25 at CDKeyHouse, but it's also available at DirectGameKeys for $20.39 at the moment. Additionally, CDKeyHouse currently have the Awakening expansion in stock for $24.99, I bought it earlier today and I received the key a few hours ago, that's also where I bought vanilla Dawn of War II, although I bought the expansion directly from Steam.

There are other CD-Key-sellers out there but those two are my personal favorites, I've never had a single problem with any of their keys, they're all legitimate, some of which are unregistered Steam games (such as Napoleon TW, or LD42, etc.). I highly recommened them for anyone looking for much lower prices (usually anyway).

i read somehwere that EA download manager only works for up to a year after registering the game