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Borderlands, Prototype Highlight Steam 24-Hour Sale

Ex: With only 3 days remaining in Steam's massive 'Perils of Summer' sale, the digital distribution platform continues to serve hungry gamers some incredible discounts.

True to form, today's 24 hour deals on Steam are not to be missed.

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Queasy5069d ago

Competing PC services, PSN and XBL have a long way to go to catch up with Steam as far as deals go.

killyourfm5069d ago

*applause* My question is, do developers approve these discounts or does Steam take a hit, aka Loss Leader? I'm surprised these kinds of deals aren't more prevalent on XBLA and PSN>

Darkfiber5068d ago (Edited 5068d ago )

They are all digital downloads. Steam is the retailer in this case. They don't actually own any number of physical copies of the game, therefore they don't need to charge a specific amount of any game. They can pretty much charge whatever they want for whatever game. I'm sure the developers get some sort of royalties from every game that is sold, but again, since there are no physical copies of each game, the developers aren't losing any money by having Valve sell their games at a low price. The amount of "copies" they have available are literally infinite and cost nothing to produce, so any game they sell is pretty much pure profit.

And these sales are more of a marketing ploy than anything. Sure, there aren't big sales every day of the year, but it makes people like Valve more, therefore they will increase their user base because of their reputation. The reason PSN and XBL don't have huge sales like that is because they have a must smaller consumer base downloading games than Steam has. Steam not only has a MUCH bigger catalog of games for sale, but they also have full retail games as opposed to just downloadable games, which makes up the majority of the games offered by PSN and XBL, which are not everyone's cup of tea, so even if they did have huge sales on downloadable games (which they DO, PSN does at least, usually 50% off) that doesn't mean tons of people are going to buy it. If they offered Borderlands on PSN for $10 tons of people would buy it, but they don't even HAVE Borderlands at all on there, so that's the first problem. There are a lot more fees involved when putting a full game for download through Sony or Microsoft, which is the same reason brand new games are typically cheaper on PC than on console. These fees keep them from putting tons of third party games on their consoles for download.

evrfighter5068d ago (Edited 5068d ago )

bubbles darkfiber bubbles.

wall o text is unappealing though.

you could only imagine how much Valve's own games make for them on steam even at $10 (L4D2 for instance)

500k copies sold at $10 is $5 million in pure profit. Considering the pennies it would cost them in bandwidth for the download. Keep in mind L4D prolly sold a couple million on steam for a lot more than $10

Arnon5068d ago

"They don't actually own any number of physical copies of the game, therefore they don't need to charge a specific amount of any game. They can pretty much charge whatever they want for whatever game. I'm sure the developers get some sort of royalties from every game that is sold, but again, since there are no physical copies of each game, the developers aren't losing any money by having Valve sell their games at a low price."

You do know that games cost money to make, whether they're digital download or retail, right? Usually, these sort of sales will ONLY happen if the game was successful enough to not take a hit from this.

Danrax5069d ago

If you haven't played Borderlands, now is the freakin time. Amazing game.

RememberThe3575068d ago

The game was one of my favorite games of 2009. So simple, yet so good.

jagstatboy5068d ago

not only is it my favorite game of 2009, it ranks in my all-time top 5.

dabri55068d ago

Me, my wife, and two friends just bought the 4 pack for 7.50$ a person. We are all gonna hit the game up this week. Did the same for left 4 dead 2 earlier this week. Lots of fun.

Vip3r5068d ago

DoD:S is well worth £1.49.

CountDracula5068d ago

Boderland's price tag brings out the cheap guy in me! :)

MajestieBeast5068d ago

prototype meh seriously 25euro they call that a sale at activision dont make me laugh.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos23d ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto23d ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger8823d ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies22d ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.

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Essential Video Games Everyone Needs To Play At Least Once

Video games are no longer just a simple past time. Today's games are evolving into true works of art. Offering intriguing narratives, cinematic setpieces, and profound messages, games can entertain us for hundreds of hours.

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Chard24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now

Furesis24d ago

I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.

anast24d ago

It's worth a play through today.

gold_drake23d ago

the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better

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All the Essential Video Games Everyone Needs To Play At Least Once

Given the medium's wild diversity, this primer of the essential video games everyone should try is a good place to start.

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thorstein66d ago

.... from the 2000s (mostly).

shinoff218366d ago

I can't fk with this list. They missed on alot of games probably before the writers times. Also I know people loved some portal but I was never a fan.

Cacabunga66d ago

Tomb Raider 1
Driver 1
Abe’s Odyssey
FF6
King of Fighters 94
Mortal Kombat OG
LINK 2 the past
Street Fighter 2
Resident Evil 1

Inverno66d ago

Infinite but not the first two games? Witcher 3 but not the first two games?? GTA V but not literally any of the games before it??? Portal 2 but not the first? Also if you're going to play Shadow of The Colossus play the remaster and not the remake. Can't say I disagree with the list but my man it's all over the place.

Name Last Name66d ago

I mean some sequels are objectively better and you don’t need to play the whole series.

Inverno66d ago

But most of these games have a story to follow, sure you can catch up with a YouTube vid but where's the fun in that?

LucasRuinedChildhood66d ago (Edited 66d ago )

A list like this isn't telling you not to play the previous games if you want to. It's just giving you legendary games to play.

But tbh, you don't always have to force yourself to play every entry in a franchise to get to the better ones.

- The vast majority of Witcher 3 players never played the first 2 and had a great time. The first 2 games aren't in the same league.
- The GTA games are self-contained with the odd fun reference. You can easily jump into any of them.
- The Shadow Of The Colossus remake looks and controls better than the original (plus it has a 60fps option while the remaster is just 30fps). New players will enjoy it more.
- Portal 2 is a lot better than Portal 1 and takes the concept much further gameplay-wise. Storywise, Portal 1 is fairly light too. Not that you shouldn't play it but realistically ... you'd love Portal 2 whether you play it or not (at lot of Portal 2 players have never played 1).

Bioshock 1 is the only one I agree with you on simply because it's one the best games of all time and arguably better than Infinite. No other setting like Rapture.

Looking at the list, I'd recommend playing Uncharted 1 before 2 but no doubt, 2 is the legendary one you have to play.

Inverno66d ago

I get it, but that's just my opinion on his opinion. I just think that before you play a sequel you should still play what came before it. Maybe it's just me but i find it fascinating playing through the first game in a series and seeing how it has evolved through its sequels. Like I said I don't disagree with the list, other than SoTC which I strongly believe the remaster of the original should be played above the remake.

AuraAbjure66d ago

Awesome list! Hot take on Fear (and it's hard af expansion Persaus Mandate!) Bioshock Infinite is stellar, so is the Witcher 3 and you nailed it by having Ocarina of Time. So many fantastic games! Gotta play 'em all! Next one on my list is Prey after I beat Dead Space 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction.

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