[Hollywood]

Originally Posted by geRV

If it does go gold im wondering who has the say over the release date. Since the final files have been laoded through steam then by all rights activation and getting into the game should be instant. But most likely we're gonna have to wait till the game hits store shelves. oOo:

I think with steam this will be the first time a game has had a simaltanious worldwide release date (to an extent). Just be nice if we didn't have to wait till it hit store shelves, just seems somewhat redundant to me.

The only difference so far seems to be DoD:Source which you can only get through the steam packages. No word on whether or not it will be a free download or not. Oh do you get a box or instructions with the Steam packages? I don't think so, so there are differences. I think that is why the packages are a little bit cheaper. The collector's edition at EB comes with Hl2, Hl1 and CS along with the strategy guide and tshirt for 79.99.

The silver package on Steam comes with DoD:Source as well and is only 59.99, but you don't get a box or instructions or the strategy guide. So I guess if you don't care about those extras then Steam would be the way to go, but I like the fact that I get the cd's and box and instructions and whatnot.