CS: Source Tomorrow! (for real) + package pricing

Ev!L-aLphA · Oct 6, 2004, 11:54 PM

Tomorrow at 11 am PST, the Half-Life 2 Steam offers will be ready for purchase. Those who purchase via Steam, will receive the final version of Counter-Strike: Source immediately. Half-Life 2 and other games in the Steam offerings will be made available to purchasers upon their release.

ATI/Half-Life 2 bundle owners may redeem their product key for the Bronze offer or apply their key toward the purchase of either the Silver or Gold offers, receiving a credit equal to the price of the Bronze offer.

Also tomorrow, the Counter-Strike: Source beta will close. Valve would like to thank the thousands of gamers who participated in the beta and helped make it a success.

Package prices are as follows:
Bronze: $49.95
Silver: $59.95
Gold: $89.95

Source: CS Nation

digerati · Oct 7, 2004, 12:18 AM

I hate you lol

Dark Lord · Oct 7, 2004, 12:21 AM

like i said in hte other thread, golds way to expensive. ill stick with the silver package.
besides, if i really want hte tshirt and posters that come with the gold one, im positive i can buy them cheap off ebay.

Shinjikun · Oct 7, 2004, 12:22 AM

OH SWEET GOD THE TIME IS UPON US! Repent sinners! The end is nigh!

digerati · Oct 7, 2004, 12:28 AM

Hell I think they're ALL too expensive. Considering we don't get cds, labels, shipping. But then again I'm accustomed to having bought half life for $5.00 then downloading Counter-strike for free.

@/2ct!< · Oct 7, 2004, 01:45 AM

so, whens dod coming?

BWX · Oct 7, 2004, 02:04 AM

Bronze: $49.95
Silver: $59.95
Gold: $89.95

ATI/Half-Life 2 bundle owners may redeem their product key for the Bronze offer or apply their key toward the purchase of either the Silver or Gold offers, receiving a credit equal to the price of the Bronze offer.

What the heck? I thought when you got a coupon you got HL2 - all of it.. not the cheapo bronze package..

What kind of scam is that? What's the difference with these packages anyway?

digerati · Oct 7, 2004, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BWX

Bronze: $49.95
Silver: $59.95
Gold: $89.95

ATI/Half-Life 2 bundle owners may redeem their product key for the Bronze offer or apply their key toward the purchase of either the Silver or Gold offers, receiving a credit equal to the price of the Bronze offer.

What the heck? I thought when you got a coupon you got HL2 - all of it.. not the cheapo bronze package..

What kind of scam is that? What's the difference with these packages anyway?

Bronze = HL2 with CS: Source
Silver = HL2, CS Source, HL Source, DoD Source etc etc
Gold = All of that plus shirts, posters, soundtracks yadda yaddaa

Bicka · Oct 7, 2004, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BWX

Bronze: $49.95
Silver: $59.95
Gold: $89.95

ATI/Half-Life 2 bundle owners may redeem their product key for the Bronze offer or apply their key toward the purchase of either the Silver or Gold offers, receiving a credit equal to the price of the Bronze offer.

What the heck? I thought when you got a coupon you got HL2 - all of it.. not the cheapo bronze package..

What kind of scam is that? What's the difference with these packages anyway?

Eh???
You said it yourself...the coupon gets you hl2. Doesnt say anything about getting 'everything' else that comes with hl2. You should be lucky your getting cs:source as well.

Ev!L-aLphA · Oct 7, 2004, 02:10 AM

Half-Life 2 Steam Offers

[color=orange]BRONZE -- $49.95 [/color]

Half-Life 2*
Counter-Strike: Source
*To be made available upon product's release.

[color=silver]SILVER -- $59.95 [/color]

Half-Life 2*
Counter-Strike: Source
Half-Life 1: Source*
Day of Defeat: Source*
Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam
*To be made available upon products' release.

[color=gold]GOLD -- $89.95 [/color]

Half-Life 2*
Counter-Strike: Source
Half-Life 1: Source*
Day of Defeat: Source*
Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam
Complete Half-Life 2 Strategy Guide from Prima Games
3 different Half-Life 2 posters
Half-Life Collector's box
Half-Life 2 hat
Half-Life 2 postcard
Half-Life 2 stickers
Half-Life 2 Soundtrack CD
Chance to win a trip to Valve! (1 trip offered for every 5000 Gold packages purchased).

* To be made available upon products' release.
**1 trip offered for every 5000 Gold packages purchased. For contest details, [color=#0000ff]click here[/color].

BWX · Oct 7, 2004, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bicka

Eh???
You said it yourself...the coupon gets you hl2. Doesnt say anything about getting 'everything' else that comes with hl2. You should be lucky your getting cs:source as well.

I should be lucky? I don't care about these inflated prices, believe me.. SO what's so much better about the other packages? Not that I care about CS either... It's just funny seeing that a 90 DOLLAR price tag on any game.

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Edit-

LOL after seeing the packages...

Half-Life 1: Source*
Day of Defeat: Source*
Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam
Complete Half-Life 2 Strategy Guide from Prima Games
3 different Half-Life 2 posters
Half-Life Collector's box
Half-Life 2 hat
Half-Life 2 postcard
Half-Life 2 stickers
Half-Life 2 Soundtrack CD
Chance to win a trip to Valve! (1 trip offered for every 5000 Gold packages purchased).

OMG that is hilarious.

I'll give you 40 bucks for a sticker and a hat.

ok....

studbagel9 · Oct 7, 2004, 02:36 AM

You do get Half-Life 1 source too... to me, that validates the price in itself. I would pay 40 for that and 50 for hl2 as long as all the mods came with them.

Shinjikun · Oct 7, 2004, 03:00 AM

I'm going to wait for the retail store package (if I'm paying $$$ I'd like to physically own the media as well) but it's good to know all of this is finally getting finalized. Hopefully we'll see HL2 sooner than later.

Nexus7even · Oct 7, 2004, 03:26 AM

I'm curious as to whether all the third party HL mods will work on HL1 Source. Because that makes the difference between me buying Silver or Bronze.

starfury6 · Oct 7, 2004, 12:43 PM

There's definitely something to be said for owning the discs a box and the manual rather than just a cdkey written on the back of a fag packet for safe keeping, which Steam strikes me as...

Wonder how long we'll have to wait for the retail boxed version.

dipstick · Oct 7, 2004, 05:05 PM

hmm, seems best to buy from Steam. The EB Collectors box for $80 is a ripoff compared to the Gold one here. EB is getting two returns today for sure!

Shinjikun · Oct 7, 2004, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dipstick

hmm, seems best to buy from Steam. The EB Collectors box for $80 is a ripoff compared to the Gold one here. EB is getting two returns today for sure!

Yes but with the collectors edition you have one DVD you actually own (along with some extra crap), with Steam you physically don't have anything except data on your hard drive and some trinkets.

Davisorle · Oct 7, 2004, 05:47 PM

Do you guys know about the Ati bundle? I mean am I gonna get it right away ( source ) or I will need to place the pass-key again from the coupon today? I wanna be ready for 11 AM cause the pass is at a friends that was using the same one too! ( it's hi's) I'm just gonna buy the regular edition when it comes out and not online... Till then he doesn't play online but only needs the HL 2 so I get his pass ! Cool huh? Thank god I know him!
So do you know if I 'll need it again today or not? Congrats to all the long wait is over so.. Lets kill eachother online again!

Shinjikun · Oct 7, 2004, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Davisorle

Do you guys know about the Ati bundle? I mean am I gonna get it right away ( source ) or I will need to place the pass-key again from the coupon today? I wanna be ready for 11 AM cause the pass is at a friends that was using the same one too! ( it's hi's) I'm just gonna buy the regular edition when it comes out and not online... Till then he doesn't play online but only needs the HL 2 so I get his pass ! Cool huh? Thank god I know him!
So do you know if I 'll need it again today or not? Congrats to all the long wait is over so.. Lets kill eachother online again!

You can use your HL2 voucher to get the Bronze edition. You'll be able to start playing CS:S immediately (after 11 am pst today) and when HL2 is released you'll be able to start playing as well via the Steam preload.

Davisorle · Oct 7, 2004, 07:44 PM

I know I read that I was just wondering if Ill need the cope from the coupon again from the Ati card but its ok I found it.. Thanx anyway! I guess Ill c u all in the game in about... 15-20 mins! Good luck ad have a nice day!

Vampyromaniac · Oct 7, 2004, 08:23 PM

Woah.
http://www.steampowered.com/status/status.html

Davisorle · Oct 7, 2004, 08:26 PM

Like i was saying good luck! NONE! everything is down for now I keep trying to connect but nothing! hope within a few minutes it will be active!

NeoTribal · Oct 7, 2004, 08:52 PM

Seems like they are having a hard time processing all those CC trasactions. If you get through, you get a message saying that you will have to wait until they get a chance to verify the credit card transaction.

Seems like we get access to everything *except* Counterstrike: Source (pending CC verification, I suppose.)

Those prices are a little harsh, eh?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Oct 7, 2004, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shinjikun

You can use your HL2 voucher to get the Bronze edition. You'll be able to start playing CS:S immediately (after 11 am pst today) and when HL2 is released you'll be able to start playing as well via the Steam preload.

It's live NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shinjikun · Oct 7, 2004, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vampyromaniac

Woah.
http://www.steampowered.com/status/status.html

Say goodbye to Steam's bandwidth!

Dom · Oct 7, 2004, 10:35 PM

The prices seem very fair.

loudeye · Oct 8, 2004, 12:38 AM

Finally

I have a ATI coupon, so I registered a long time ago, and did away with the preloads well ahead too, so it took just seconds
to update and unlock the CS:S content.

Now HL1:Source and DOD:Source sits in the games browser too ! Great

These are pics taken @ 1280x1024 (LCD), all settings at high, no AA/AF. Notice the hostages floating in the air !

Geminiwave · Oct 8, 2004, 02:25 AM

is it just me or is that kindof ugly? I dunno CS:Source looks kinda icky

loudeye · Oct 8, 2004, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geminiwave

is it just me or is that kindof ugly? I dunno CS:Source looks kinda icky

These pics are .jpegs, converted from .bmp. I wasn't very impressed with the graphics when I first started playing the beta, but it seems a balance has been made between good overall performance and graphic fidelity. You'll see better pics from someone with a better system than mine too !

~~REGENERAT1ON~~ · Oct 8, 2004, 03:12 AM

you can find high quality screens at my website

Oct 6, 2004, 11:54 PM	#1
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 60	CS: Source Tomorrow! (for real) + package pricing Tomorrow at 11 am PST, the Half-Life 2 Steam offers will be ready for purchase. Those who purchase via Steam, will receive the final version of Counter-Strike: Source immediately. Half-Life 2 and other games in the Steam offerings will be made available to purchasers upon their release. ATI/Half-Life 2 bundle owners may redeem their product key for the Bronze offer or apply their key toward the purchase of either the Silver or Gold offers, receiving a credit equal to the price of the Bronze offer. Also tomorrow, the Counter-Strike: Source beta will close. Valve would like to thank the thousands of gamers who participated in the beta and helped make it a success. Package prices are as follows: Bronze: $49.95 Silver: $59.95 Gold: $89.95 Source: CS Nation __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

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Oct 7, 2004, 01:45 AM	#6
@/2ct!< HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Not Vegas, anymore :( Posts: 1,391 Rep Power: 0	so, whens dod coming? __________________

Oct 7, 2004, 02:04 AM	#7
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Bronze: $49.95 Silver: $59.95 Gold: $89.95 ATI/Half-Life 2 bundle owners may redeem their product key for the Bronze offer or apply their key toward the purchase of either the Silver or Gold offers, receiving a credit equal to the price of the Bronze offer. What the heck? I thought when you got a coupon you got HL2 - all of it.. not the cheapo bronze package.. What kind of scam is that? What's the difference with these packages anyway? __________________

Oct 7, 2004, 02:10 AM	Thread Starter #10
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 60	Half-Life 2 Steam Offers [color=orange]BRONZE -- $49.95 [/color] Half-Life 2* Counter-Strike: Source To be made available upon product's release. [color=silver]SILVER -- $59.95 [/color] Half-Life 2 Counter-Strike: Source Half-Life 1: Source* Day of Defeat: Source* Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam To be made available upon products' release. [color=gold]GOLD -- $89.95 [/color] Half-Life 2 Counter-Strike: Source Half-Life 1: Source* Day of Defeat: Source* Valve's back catalog currently available on Steam Complete Half-Life 2 Strategy Guide from Prima Games 3 different Half-Life 2 posters Half-Life Collector's box Half-Life 2 hat Half-Life 2 postcard Half-Life 2 stickers Half-Life 2 Soundtrack CD Chance to win a trip to Valve! (1 trip offered for every 5000 Gold packages purchased). * To be made available upon products' release. **1 trip offered for every 5000 Gold packages purchased. For contest details, [color=#0000ff]click here[/color]. __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

Oct 7, 2004, 12:18 AM	#2
digerati Everyones life has worth Join Date: May 2003 Location: My Yellow Bug Posts: 3,779 Rep Power: 61	I hate you lol

Oct 7, 2004, 12:21 AM	#3
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	like i said in hte other thread, golds way to expensive. ill stick with the silver package. besides, if i really want hte tshirt and posters that come with the gold one, im positive i can buy them cheap off ebay.

Oct 7, 2004, 12:28 AM	#5
digerati Everyones life has worth Join Date: May 2003 Location: My Yellow Bug Posts: 3,779 Rep Power: 61	Hell I think they're ALL too expensive. Considering we don't get cds, labels, shipping. But then again I'm accustomed to having bought half life for $5.00 then downloading Counter-strike for free.

Oct 7, 2004, 02:36 AM	#12
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	You do get Half-Life 1 source too... to me, that validates the price in itself. I would pay 40 for that and 50 for hl2 as long as all the mods came with them. __________________

Oct 7, 2004, 03:00 AM	#13
Shinjikun 第3 子供 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Nerv HQ Posts: 1,319 Rep Power: 0	I'm going to wait for the retail store package (if I'm paying $$$ I'd like to physically own the media as well) but it's good to know all of this is finally getting finalized. Hopefully we'll see HL2 sooner than later. __________________ Xfire: [Shinji1225 \ Status] A7N8X-E Deluxe Athlon XP 2500+ (@ 2.2 GHz 11x200 MHz FSB) Corsair TwinX XMS 1GB PC3200 Dual Channel (2-2-3-5) [color=red]ATi [/color][color=white]Radeon 9500 Pro (@ 330\310) \ [/color][color=white]Omega Catalyst Drivers v2.5.90[/color] [color=white]Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU[/color]

Oct 7, 2004, 03:26 AM	#14
Nexus7even DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	I'm curious as to whether all the third party HL mods will work on HL1 Source. Because that makes the difference between me buying Silver or Bronze.

Oct 7, 2004, 12:43 PM	#15
starfury6 Dark Jedi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	There's definitely something to be said for owning the discs a box and the manual rather than just a cdkey written on the back of a fag packet for safe keeping, which Steam strikes me as... Wonder how long we'll have to wait for the retail boxed version. __________________ [color=DeepSkyBlue][/color] [color=DeepSkyBlue] Intel Q6600 / Dual 8800 GTS 512/ Asus Striker II Formula OCZ 4GB DDR2 1066 / Scythe Ninja / Hyper 880w 3 x Maxtor 750GB total SATAII / LG Multi Blu[/color]

Oct 7, 2004, 05:05 PM	#16
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	hmm, seems best to buy from Steam. The EB Collectors box for $80 is a ripoff compared to the Gold one here. EB is getting two returns today for sure!

Oct 7, 2004, 05:47 PM	#18
Davisorle DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: USA CA Posts: 133 Rep Power: 0	Do you guys know about the Ati bundle? I mean am I gonna get it right away ( source ) or I will need to place the pass-key again from the coupon today? I wanna be ready for 11 AM cause the pass is at a friends that was using the same one too! ( it's hi's) I'm just gonna buy the regular edition when it comes out and not online... Till then he doesn't play online but only needs the HL 2 so I get his pass ! Cool huh? Thank god I know him! So do you know if I 'll need it again today or not? Congrats to all the long wait is over so.. Lets kill eachother online again! __________________ P4 2.8Ghz HT - ASUS P4C800 DELUXE - AIW 9800 PRO 128Mb - CORSAIR XMS 512MB DUAL CHANNEL ( 256 x 2 ) - MAXTOR 120GB 8MB + MAXTOR 60GB 8MB(RAID ?) - SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY 2

Oct 7, 2004, 07:44 PM	#20
Davisorle DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: USA CA Posts: 133 Rep Power: 0	I know I read that I was just wondering if Ill need the cope from the coupon again from the Ati card but its ok I found it.. Thanx anyway! I guess Ill c u all in the game in about... 15-20 mins! Good luck ad have a nice day! __________________ P4 2.8Ghz HT - ASUS P4C800 DELUXE - AIW 9800 PRO 128Mb - CORSAIR XMS 512MB DUAL CHANNEL ( 256 x 2 ) - MAXTOR 120GB 8MB + MAXTOR 60GB 8MB(RAID ?) - SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY 2

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Davisorle DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: USA CA Posts: 133 Rep Power: 0	Like i was saying good luck! NONE! everything is down for now I keep trying to connect but nothing! hope within a few minutes it will be active! __________________ P4 2.8Ghz HT - ASUS P4C800 DELUXE - AIW 9800 PRO 128Mb - CORSAIR XMS 512MB DUAL CHANNEL ( 256 x 2 ) - MAXTOR 120GB 8MB + MAXTOR 60GB 8MB(RAID ?) - SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY 2

Oct 7, 2004, 08:52 PM	#23
NeoTribal 1" Lobes! =D Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 187 Rep Power: 0	Seems like they are having a hard time processing all those CC trasactions. If you get through, you get a message saying that you will have to wait until they get a chance to verify the credit card transaction. Seems like we get access to everything except Counterstrike: Source (pending CC verification, I suppose.) Those prices are a little harsh, eh? __________________ To the Dark Tower Childe Roland went...

Oct 7, 2004, 10:35 PM	#26
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	The prices seem very fair.

Oct 8, 2004, 12:38 AM	#27
loudeye DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 91 Rep Power: 0	Finally I have a ATI coupon, so I registered a long time ago, and did away with the preloads well ahead too, so it took just seconds to update and unlock the CS:S content. Now HL1:Source and DOD:Source sits in the games browser too ! Great These are pics taken @ 1280x1024 (LCD), all settings at high, no AA/AF. Notice the hostages floating in the air ! Last edited by loudeye; Oct 8, 2004 at 12:06 PM. Reason: changed two pics :)

Oct 8, 2004, 02:25 AM	#28
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 62	is it just me or is that kindof ugly? I dunno CS:Source looks kinda icky __________________

Oct 8, 2004, 03:12 AM	#30
~~REGENERAT1ON~~ NGO Crew Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 409 Rep Power: 0	you can find high quality screens at my website