Mark Rein: Piracy is a problem, but Steam is great.

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MrMarc said:
Steam is brilliant I will agree, however I'm very surprised to hear how well COD4 is selling considering how outrageously priced it is on Steam.

Activision went and fixed the price to $70 for European users, not including tax or debit card charges either, the price comes to at least £40 afterwards which is absurd for a PC game in the UK.

No idea how the pricing for it is in the US though, but other than that publishers usually have it spot on with Steam prices.

 Yeah...there's no problem in the US...games are always cheaper on Steam...if only by the few dollars saved on tax.

Some other price benefits of Steam:

 -Package deals, such as the entire Unreal collection for $60, great deals on Source packages, etc.
 -When the price drops on a game, Steam is almost always the first to get the drop...I believe Company of Heroes is $20 on Steam but still $30 or $40 in most retail locations.