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Orange Box discount, beta access announced by Valve

The Orange Box-featuring Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal, as well as the complete Half-Life 2 experience to date-is now available for pre-purchase via Steam, a leading online platform for the distribution of PC games. Those who pre-purchase the PC edition via Steam before October 10th will save 10% off the $49.95 regular price and get exclusive access to the Team Fortress 2 beta.

Available at retail on October 10th in North America and October 12th in the rest of the world, retail copies of The Orange Box will be offered for an estimated price of $49.95 on the PC and $59.95 on the Xbox 360 console systems. The 10% pre-purchase discount also applies to these versions at participating retail outlets.

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MK_Red - 841 days 19 hours ago

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I hope this was not the big announcement (But sadly it is).

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SwiderMan - 841 days 19 hours ago

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1.1 - Agreed

It's definitely GOOD news because it discounts each version considerably. But it's not earth-shattering, like something NEW.

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sixaxis - 841 days 18 hours ago

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2 - Does ps3 version of this game is still coming

But what about ps3, will it also be available on october or what? Strange isnt it. I dont want to wait another fu*king month.

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Crazy Larry - 841 days 17 hours ago

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2.1 - You should be use to it...

If you're not much for waiting, you shouldn't have gotten a PS3.

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ShiftyLookingCow - 841 days 18 hours ago

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what about people who already own HL2 and HL2 episode 1?

edit: This is what I got from Steam
"Already own Half-Life 2 or Half-Life 2: Episode One?
Give your extra game as a gift to a friend when you purchase The Orange Box. Learn more here."
WTF?!? I will pick this game next year at a discount somewhere for 360, and I will probably remove Steam soon if not for CS:S

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nirwanda - 841 days 17 hours ago

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3.1 - It's not that bad

you keep portal team fortress 2 ep2 and the popcap game get a $10 discount and play the team fortress 2 beta and sell hl2 and ep1 to a friend thus gain and even bigger discount bloody generous if you ask me especially with the beta thrown in.
no dought they will sell each separate on steam
and even people preordering from stores get a preorder discount

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Korosuke - 841 days 13 hours ago

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Why don't valve sell black box or something(EP2, TF2 and portal set) at same time ?
It's disgusting way of business.
It's better EP2, TF2 and portal set with more 5-10% discount than orange box for people already have HL2 and EP1.
At the time of the EP3 release, They might be sell us EP3 with HL2, EP1 and EP2.

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Marceles - 841 days 17 hours ago

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I can't wait until the price of ps3/360 games go down. This $60 game trend is gettin old, but still picking it up

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Excalibur - 841 days 17 hours ago

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4.1 - If you have a Circuit City

In your area they have a 10% gamer card that helps quite a bit.
They often have the newer games at a discount on top of the discount card.
I picked up Stranglehold for $47.99 then the 10%off made it $43.20

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Marceles - 841 days 17 hours ago

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I mostly buy my stuff online since I'm always in the office unless late at night...so the shipping just adds on to the already expensive games.

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Crazy Larry - 841 days 17 hours ago

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5 - #4 /\ /\ /\ $60 is nothing...

There were MANY games that hit the $80-$90 mark for Genesis and SNES, (Phantasy Star 4, Final Fantasy 3/6, Shining in the Darkness, just name a few) and that was 15 years ago. $60 is a steal for that much entertainment.

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Marceles - 841 days 17 hours ago

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Those were for a select few though, and only because they had more megabyte memory than the usual. I remember buying Street Fighter II for 60 bucks for the SNES, but that was understandable since Super Nintendo was a brand new system. Donkey Kong Country was even 60 bucks. But these are straight up, normal dvds that are $60 bucks and the systems have been out for awhile. I mean I'm still buying them, but how long are the games going to cost this much...never mind. The answer? When people stop buying them. When will that happen? Never lol...

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Cysquatch - 841 days 16 hours ago

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I've yet to pay $60 for any damn game. I just rent it and if I like, pay the keep it price of $45 or less. I picked up Rainbow 6 and GRAW2 for even less ($42/each). That being said, i'll jump on the PC version of this just to get into the beta and then pick it up for the PS3 when it drops.

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Macdory - 841 days 14 hours ago

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$60 is a lot for an expansion ... with a few extras thrown in ...

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hi6hli6ht - 841 days 17 hours ago

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6 - i was kinda hoping to see this game pushed later

until valve finishes black mesa....that wouldve been awesome if that was packaged in with this game but its still a must buy for me...black mesa wouldve been great cuz i never finished HL1 and i wouldve played that for the backstory...o well....black mesa should be on steam so ill get it there after i get orange box...and 99 achievments! wow...

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ShiftyLookingCow - 841 days 17 hours ago

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Black Mesa is not from Valve, its from some modding group

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hi6hli6ht - 841 days 17 hours ago

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6.2 - DarthNihilus

oh its not?? that explains why its not included in this, thanx for clearing that up, but still wouldve been a cool addition...i really wanna go back to the HL1 world but after playing HL2 a little at my friends house, i cant go back to the original game, and do you know when it gonna be released? if its before the orange box then even better for me :)

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Macdory - 841 days 14 hours ago

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People seem to be forgetting that HL2 Episode 2 is an expansion, not a fully realised stand alone game. Episode 1 was $19.99 on release (now $9.99).

Portal was always touted as a free bonus for purchasing the package, and Team Fortress 2 is a real bonus, but it is only an updated mod that used to be free. But giving the benefit of the doubt, it should be worth the same as DoD:S ($9.99) - saying that, wasn't DoD:S free if you bought the Silver pack?.

As for HL2 and Episode 1 being bundled - well, thanks, but no thanks - I don't want to pay for the same thing twice, especially as the chances of me playing them through again are nil ... plus it is against Valve's policy to let you give/sell games on, so the idea of passing them onto a friend is a non-starter!

So if the package was around $30, then I would see it as fair. Even $35 at a push ...

But asking ~$53 (inc tax) is just a rip off ... that's around £28 and I can get the boxed version for no more than £25

Every time I look at buying something off of Steam it just seems like such a rip off, compared to buying a boxed retail copy ... plus, if I buy from the likes of gameplay.com I always recieve it a day or two before release, and I don't have any worries about getting stuck with a slow dowload from steam ...

Seeing as there is no difference between Retail and Steam version I think I will wait and buy a retail copy ... it's about £27 (inc Tax) ($53) from Steam and £25 ($50) Retail - plus the Retail price will be around £18 ($36) within 3-4 weeks

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