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Not currently, most of the time I can find real copies for less than the digital download price.



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I don't like to. I did buy the orange box via steam so that I could play in the TF2 beta, and I would say it was worth it. If there is no incentive like there was with TF2 I usually buy retail (which is what I'm going to do with Left 4 Dead this week...)



I just recently started doing the Digital Distribution mostly because I dont have a car and I want to get the game on midnight. I'd much taher have hard copies though.



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No, I buy all my games through retail box copies.

I don't know why but I just like having that box copy of the game.



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Half Life games like Orange box, Doom games, Far Cry, etc... too many to name (Doom was in a pack with like 10+ games, Valve games too).

Steam is a good impulse buy program.



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I buy xboxlive arcade games for the 360 and classic nes games for the wii.



what do you mean "buy them"
but yes i do use DD



No. I plan to eventually though.



yep, from gamersgate (Europa Universalis and Bionic Commando Rearmed) and steam (everything else)

but now it became very expensive to buy stuff from steam, at least for us in Brazil. until two months ago it was EXTREMELY CHEAP. but still I got Crysis Warhead and Spore boxed (galactic edition too). and before that it was Mass Effect. everything else now is usually Steam, especially with the weekend deals and packs.



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I never bought a game through digital distribution until this year. My first purchase was Audiosurf, then Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Max Payne 1, Max Payne 2 and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. All on Steam.

I also bought the retail copies of Orange Box and GTR Evolution, which you can insert their CD Keys into Steam. I'm thinking of buying Football Manager 2009, also Steam integrated!

Steam is definitely an amazing service for any gamer. I might some day expand my purchases to Impulse, GOG and Gamersgate.