CoD4 (Steam Q)

[Matt]

Has anyone bothered to purchase the game via steam? I was thinking sweet $49.95 US and wanted to purchase it but they insist on making me pay $88.50 AUS for it...

Did anyone bother doing this, total cost is ~$102 NZ which means it's pretty significantly cheaper to buy retail...

Steam went to far when they started locking down territories with The Orange Box(they prevented us customers registering thai/russian cdkeys because it was cheaper). Now they expect me to pay $40 more than what they charge US customers ($49.95) for the game?

No thanks, I'll be buying at retail (with a box and cheaper) thank-you...

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[Matt]

Meanwhile, CoD4 looks excellent, I'll see you all on the servers hopefully wed/thurs next week :D

[Equity]

random it doesnt do that for me. i buy at the us price...im in nz....

[Matt]

:( My location is set to NZ in registry etc...is there an area in steam to change your profiles location?

[Alexo256]

You can get it for 46.52 NZD + 6.26 NZD Postage

here: http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-7s-77-2-49-en-15-call+of+duty+4-70-2cjz.html

[Randomized]

Cost me the total of $65.50 through steam.

[Matt]

You can get it for 46.52 NZD + 6.26 NZD Postage

here: http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-7s-77-2-49-en-15-call+of+duty+4-70-2cjz.html


Yeah, but if I wanted to go to lengths like that I would just import it from thailand for $35 :D . Want to get into it asap really (next week)

[Alexo256]

Just download an ISO off some warez site then and buy a legit key for cheap. (Probly quicker than steam)

[sheikyerboutie]

$67.65 via steam(credit card) on Friday night..........way cheaper than retail here.. :rnr:

[Matt]

Seems to be picking Australia based on my IP address :( (steam account doesn't make a difference). Mates on orcon can buy the US version fine, yet myself on Actrix get shown the AUS price.

[Demkaio]

random it doesnt do that for me. i buy at the us price...im in nz....

Your back in NZ now bro? or just ur steam is set to NZ?

[~SoL1D_Sn4Ke~]

just buy retail, steam is fkn annoying sometimes,
ie. it wont start up, takes ages to update steam format shit.

[Matt]

http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2007/11/call_of_duty_4_oz_steam_price_doubles_overnight.ht ml

If anyone you know wants to buy via steam I say do it now for the $49.95US...It's only a matter of time before NZ gets locked down prices etc

(oh, and a thread update SARS is selling me one)

[noob_pwnerer]

I brought off steam.

I recommend never never never EVER buy any third party games (ie not made by valve/steam) off steam.

Not only was the game not available at the same time as the retail version but also this:

I pre-purchased mine and there was a pre-load option, so i pre-loaded the game only to find out when it was unlocked and available to play that steam didnt take into factor the amount of people that would pre-load the game. soooooo many people did, which caused the servers to crash and you were left with half of call of duty (around 4 gigs) and steam thinking it was the full game.

The only way to fix it was completely remove all of the CoD4 files and download the whole 7 gigs.

so after 15 gigs of my cap and 2 days of downloading I was able to play.

I mean how hard is it to calculate how many people pre-purchased the game and provide more pre-load servers?

imo they lost alot of customers (including me) due to such a retarded mistake.

Check the call of duty steam forums for more angry buyers (and alot of funny rage posts).

tis' all good now though, but use this as a future reference. Take the time to go to your local store and buy it off the shelf.

[Bounty Hunter]

I brought off steam.

I recommend never never never EVER buy any third party games (ie not made by valve/steam) off steam.

Not only was the game not available at the same time as the retail version but also this:

I pre-purchased mine and there was a pre-load option, so i pre-loaded the game only to find out when it was unlocked and available to play that steam didnt take into factor the amount of people that would pre-load the game. soooooo many people did, which caused the servers to crash and you were left with half of call of duty (around 4 gigs) and steam thinking it was the full game.

The only way to fix it was completely remove all of the CoD4 files and download the whole 7 gigs.

so after 15 gigs of my cap and 2 days of downloading I was able to play.

I mean how hard is it to calculate how many people pre-purchased the game and provide more pre-load servers?

imo they lost alot of customers (including me) due to such a retarded mistake.

Check the call of duty steam forums for more angry buyers (and alot of funny rage posts).

tis' all good now though, but use this as a future reference. Take the time to go to your local store and buy it off the shelf.

same except the credit card server crashed for me, so i couldnt even preload, steam told me to try again but that didnt work because it thought id alerady bought it, they told me to delete .dlls etc

finally recieved an e-mail the other day to say it had canceled due to a wrong number or some shit, i didnt care cause id gone out and bought it retail...

i did get trackmania through steam though and it's sexy

[xcuzznxtimmyx]

i got it delivered from playtech

ddnt have to do shit :D