Originally Posted by Achilleslastand
I myself wanted a physical copy of the game but in my neck of the woods it was next to impossible to have one especially on release day. I did buy it on steam but allow me to add my thoughts on steam.
Perhaps my biggest gripe is that none of the costs involved with producing/printing/shipping said product are involved with steams version. The game is uploaded to steam one time ,thousands and thousands of serial keys are generated and sold at depending on the game 39.99 to 59.99.
None of these cost savings are passed onto Joe A Consumer while the developer/publisher/steam gets a bigger piece of the pie.
I do appreciate steam for its convenience but I do however miss the days when it was par for the course to get a retail copy and receive a 80-100 page manual which great and you seemed to get more band for your buck.


Valve takes a significant cut from purchases, presumably similar to the price of making physical copies. It's not as if there aren't costs involved in what steam does. Bandwidth isn't free after all.