Valve Games Still On Store Shelves

Valve has announced that despite its recent break with Vivendi Universal Games, games boxes will remain on store shelves after the August breakup. From the article: "The news will mollify retailers who feared that a recent legal settlement between Valve and VU Games, which will see VU Games withdrawing all of its Valve-created products from August 31st, could signal a move to online-only distribution for the firm's products."

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Re:Numbers?

[UWC]

I've heard that Valve charged full price for HL2 via Steam because VU wouldn't let them undercut the boxed versions. I guess we'll never know for sure if it's true, but the break with VU will allow them to set prices as they please.

That said, I did get mine via Steam, but I bought the $59 version which included the entire Valve back catalog via Steam.

Re:I for one..

[Grand]

So you wont be able to find a DVD-R, but you will be able to find the OEM disc because its in a box????

Personally, I like the idea that all I need is a login to get my games. I have a couple of games that I have lost the CDKEY's or the discs are scratched. Now it is my fault for this, but im still SOL. I believe that you can actually just copy the valve file for each game (Its one file per game) and your set. Just download/install steam, and copy that file into its respective folder and your set to play. No downloading involved except for updates if needed.

Re:Numbers?

[snuf23]

"That said, I did get mine via Steam, but I bought the $59 version which included the entire Valve back catalog via Steam."

Yeah I did the same. I figured I'd rather not have the CDs if I'm going to have to sign up for steam anyway - and the $10 additional for the back catalogue was the clincher. I guess if you already had licenses for the original Half Life that wouldn't be a great option though.