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Half Life 2 To Be DVD Only In UK

Posted by Zonk on from the upgrade-to-access-headcrabs-plz dept.

Thanks to Halflife2.net, who today recieved word from game retailers that, at least in the UK, Half Life 2 will only be available via DVD. This is evidently becoming common for US games in Europe, as FarCry was not released on CD in Europe either.

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  1. It's about time. by badfrog · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's taken way too long for this to happen, and there should be so many more games with at least the choice of DVD-ROM format.
    A DVD-ROM drive is only $30 or less, someone with the hardware to play a modern game has no excuse to not have the drive.

  2. Re:Kind of annoying, but... by SnAzBaZ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyone with the modern hardware required to run games like HL2/Farcry is almost certainly going to have at least a DVDROM drive, the cost of which is nothing compared to the rest of the system. (£10-£15?).

  3. Re:Kind of annoying, but... by Rico_Suave · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You have lame friends :) I'm not directing this at you, but a lot of people seem to have an unfounded dislike of DVD-ROM drives. They'll complain and moan about having to buy a $20 DVD-ROM drive (there are five for under $20 on pricegrabber right now), yet won't bat an eye at buying a $300 video card every year. Even DVD *burners* are dirt cheap now - if you've shelled out the cash for a system capable of playing Half Life 2 or Doom 3, there's no reason not to have a DVD drive as well.