Solve My Steam Crysis of Faith

NarcissistZero · 09-11-09, 10:47 PM

So, I was a big supporter of Steam. I have like 150 games on the service. Recently though, as I have mentioned, a friend of mine lost his account, and though he did just get it back, it scared me that it was so easy to lose.

For the past few weeks I have been buying retail, and honestly it is a pain in the rear. Most stores don't stock PC games that much anymore, so I have to check 10 different stores to find the game, and they almost never have them on release day.

Steam has Red Faction 3, Batman Arkham Asylum and Resident Evil 5 up for preorder right now, all for release Tuesday. I want them all... who knows when I will find them in a store, plus these preorders have bonuses.

Still, I cannot click the buy button for some reason.

Help me make a decision.

NarcissistZero · 09-11-09, 10:53 PM

Wow, I hate Crysis for making me always misspell the word now.

nutcrackr · 09-11-09, 10:57 PM

haha crysis is bigger than the english language!

I have heaps of games on steam, if you have a good password (random chars 8+) and use common sense (don't accept gifts from unknowns) and don't cheat and don't go to phishing sites you should be alright for good.

Steam is the win do not fight it!

How did he lose his account anyway?

**nekrosoft13** · 09-11-09, 11:42 PM

i preffer retail as well, have few steam games as well.

as far as retail is concerned in my area they are not hard to find. frys always have them

**bacon12** · 09-11-09, 11:45 PM

I buy steam because if it isn't at WalMart I have to drive at least 30 miles to get it.

NarcissistZero · 09-11-09, 11:59 PM

I have a Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target and three Gamestops all around me. Problem is, they never get the games on release, or even at all.

Gamestop only gets new PC games if you preorder. For whatever odd reason, they don't allow you to preorder everything either, they told me "no" to Risen and Dragon Age.

Best Buy gets everything eventually, but it takes days after release.

Target never gets much of anything.

Wal-Mart puts stuff out on release, but they only carry the biggest and best titles like Sims 3 and such.

**nekrosoft13** · 09-12-09, 12:05 AM

why not just buy from gogamer?

ATi · 09-12-09, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

why not just buy from gogamer?

because gogamer has it on "Release Date: Sep 29, 2009" Just do it

get it on steam

NarcissistZero · 09-12-09, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

why not just buy from gogamer?

Their shipping is slow as hell, plus it ships on release day, not arrives on release day. Plus, shipping plus tax means I am paying $10 more, or more, depending on the game. For instance RE5 is $45 on Steam... on gogamer, with tax and shipping, it could easily hit $60.

Kaguya · 09-12-09, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by NarcissistZero

Their shipping is slow as hell, plus it ships on release day, not arrives on release day. Plus, shipping plus tax means I am paying $10 more, or more, depending on the game. For instance RE5 is $45 on Steam... on gogamer, with tax and shipping, it could easily hit $60.

What about another service like Impulse?

To be honest, while it really was unfortunate that your friends account was disabled for a period of time, you do have to cut Steam some slack as they have hundreds of thousands or millions of accounts with loads of games etc... they probably have failsafes setup and, just like our antivirus sometimes flag false positives, so could Valve's monitoring software or even the people doing the work. For me, the fact that he got his account back says everything... had he not got it back, then that would be something worth fighting against.

I've given up on retail... I was disappointed that Wolfenstein didn't come to Steam, so I honestly made a decent effort to find it retail and it just wasn't available. I don't mind Amazon, but I'm also environmentally conscious and the added packaging (not to mention the retail game box and DVD itself) all seems so wasteful.

I'm with nutcrackr on this one... protect your account, don't do anything risky, and you really have nothing to worry about. If the convenience and ease is worth it to you, go back to Steam. If you think that the gasoline, time, effort, and irritation of going retail is meaningful to you because you're making a stand, then go with it. As I've said before, it doesn't matter how you buy your games as long as you buy them

**K007** · 09-12-09, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by NarcissistZero

Wow, I hate Crysis for making me always misspell the word now.

LMAO this is gold.

09-11-09, 10:47 PM	#1
NarcissistZero Loving Everything Me Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 8,033	Solve My Steam Crysis of Faith So, I was a big supporter of Steam. I have like 150 games on the service. Recently though, as I have mentioned, a friend of mine lost his account, and though he did just get it back, it scared me that it was so easy to lose. For the past few weeks I have been buying retail, and honestly it is a pain in the rear. Most stores don't stock PC games that much anymore, so I have to check 10 different stores to find the game, and they almost never have them on release day. Steam has Red Faction 3, Batman Arkham Asylum and Resident Evil 5 up for preorder right now, all for release Tuesday. I want them all... who knows when I will find them in a store, plus these preorders have bonuses. Still, I cannot click the buy button for some reason. Help me make a decision. __________________ I gots one of them high powered gaming computers with an EVGA GTX 480 video thingy and a Q9550 processing device and also one of them Windows 7 64 operating programs with 4GB of some Corsair 1033 DDR2 ram. Steam, Xbox Live and PSN: StingingVelvet

09-11-09, 10:53 PM	#2
NarcissistZero Loving Everything Me Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 8,033	Re: Solve My Steam Crysis of Faith Wow, I hate Crysis for making me always misspell the word now. __________________ I gots one of them high powered gaming computers with an EVGA GTX 480 video thingy and a Q9550 processing device and also one of them Windows 7 64 operating programs with 4GB of some Corsair 1033 DDR2 ram. Steam, Xbox Live and PSN: StingingVelvet

09-11-09, 10:57 PM	#3
nutcrackr Super Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 3,204	Re: Solve My Steam Crysis of Faith haha crysis is bigger than the english language! I have heaps of games on steam, if you have a good password (random chars 8+) and use common sense (don't accept gifts from unknowns) and don't cheat and don't go to phishing sites you should be alright for good. Steam is the win do not fight it! How did he lose his account anyway? __________________ .

09-11-09, 11:42 PM	#4
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Solve My Steam Crysis of Faith i preffer retail as well, have few steam games as well. as far as retail is concerned in my area they are not hard to find. frys always have them __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

09-11-09, 11:45 PM	#5
bacon12 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,536	Re: Solve My Steam Crysis of Faith I buy steam because if it isn't at WalMart I have to drive at least 30 miles to get it.

09-11-09, 11:59 PM	#6
NarcissistZero Loving Everything Me Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 8,033	Re: Solve My Steam Crysis of Faith I have a Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target and three Gamestops all around me. Problem is, they never get the games on release, or even at all. Gamestop only gets new PC games if you preorder. For whatever odd reason, they don't allow you to preorder everything either, they told me "no" to Risen and Dragon Age. Best Buy gets everything eventually, but it takes days after release. Target never gets much of anything. Wal-Mart puts stuff out on release, but they only carry the biggest and best titles like Sims 3 and such. __________________ I gots one of them high powered gaming computers with an EVGA GTX 480 video thingy and a Q9550 processing device and also one of them Windows 7 64 operating programs with 4GB of some Corsair 1033 DDR2 ram. Steam, Xbox Live and PSN: StingingVelvet

09-12-09, 12:05 AM	#7
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Solve My Steam Crysis of Faith why not just buy from gogamer? __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME