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I gifted a friend my extra HL2 license. He hadn't played it yet, see... recoiling in horror 10/12/07, 21:28			0
You could say Valve lost a sale but those clever devils likely gained a new customer. That we're able to give away our old copies at all is an awesome idea that benefits everyone. I am pointing out, though, that many people did buy the same game twice. Yes. But! The second time we bought it, we were really paying for the expansions and TF2; HL2's presence in the bundle was just a good idea. That's a pretty solid business model - make games so good and bundle them so well that people buy them twice. People who already owned HL2 didn't buy the Orange Box for HL2. In my opinion, $50 is a fair price for two excellent 'expansions' and the most anticipated team game of the past decade.
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I broke down and downloaded Steam (questions I don't want to bug Chet with) (Ouroboros) 10/12/07, 01:00

Your first download will be huge (Mighty Ack) 10/12/07, 01:11

RE: I broke down and downloaded Steam (questions I don't want to bug Chet with) (Chet) 10/12/07, 01:29

I crashed about five minutes after posting so I found that out myself. (Ouroboros) 10/12/07, 01:38

I did think of a new dumb question (Ouroboros) 10/12/07, 03:32

Volume. (recoiling in horror) 10/12/07, 08:14

Also, suckers who bought games twice. (Fuckin' Dogs Bought This Van) 10/12/07, 10:37

Also only like 5 guys work at Valve. Labor costs are low. n/t (corneille) 10/12/07, 10:46

The credits to portal disagree. (n/t) (citrusmirakel) 10/12/07, 19:51

yeah this whole orange box thing is a rip off (fuse13) 10/12/07, 10:57

I purchased it and I don't feel that strongly. It's not like I'm mad. (Fuckin' Dogs Bought This Van) 10/12/07, 21:11

RE: I purchased it and I don't feel that strongly. It's not like I'm mad. (gotterdamm) 10/12/07, 21:15

By charging $10 for it. (Pinkie Snarq) 10/13/07, 00:05

You've got a real good economic brain on your head, you know that? (Billings) 10/13/07, 00:21

So if they took out HL2 and Ep1 and charged the same price... (gotterdamm) 10/13/07, 00:26

...then I would still have bought it. (Pinkie Snarq) 10/13/07, 10:01

I gifted a friend my extra HL2 license. He hadn't played it yet, see... (recoiling in horror) 10/12/07, 21:28

Also lots of costs avoided with the online distribution model.(NT) (PurpleXVI) 10/12/07, 10:40

Chapter 18 made me throw up (Ouroboros) 10/13/07, 00:07

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