Bioshock

[Lichbane]

Originally Posted by ElPresidente

I've got the PC CE on pre-order. This was a game that I was always going to get on PC,

You mean there are other version of games out there that are NOT CEs? I'm sure they are there, but my eye gravitate to the words "Collectors Edition" and I see nothing else. I am SUCH a CE junkie .....

... and yes. I do have the CE Bioshock on pre-order too.

[Rog69]

Originally Posted by Jigoku

Yep! If you don't mind not having a box, US$50 (AU$63) is significantly cheaper. I've heard it's about £10 cheaper than retail for you UK folk too ...

Yes, it is cheaper than retail for the UK, although I did have it on pre-order from Play for around the same price as Steam anyway. With Steam at least I know I can play it on day 1, Play are cheap but don't always deliver on the release day of games. I just hope it wont take a torturous half a day to unlock or whatever like HL2 did on day 1.
It's frustrating knowing I now have Bioshock installed (well, most of it anyway) on my PC and I cant get at it

[Jigoku]

You know your retail version won't unlock the Steam version, right? Unless you buy it from Steam there's no point pre-loading it.

[The_Fiddler]

Jigs is a mod for the Steam forums, so he knows what he's talking about

[Jigoku]

Found a quote from a guy at 2k.

BioShock on Steam!! - Page 19 - 2K Forums

Originally Posted by Jason2k

Hi guys,

To answer some questions raised here:

1) You will not be able to use Bioshock retail keys with Steam. The two versions use two separate authentication systems, and are not compatible. You can probably move save files between the two, although I haven't tried it.

2) Pre-loading is pre-loading, and that's all it is. You won't be able to access any of those files until the unlock (which is noon pacific time on the 21st).

3) We did not have any ulterior motive in announcing today. We can't make these kinds of announcements until the deals are finalized and the announcement is agreed upon by all parties involved, and that meant we couldn't announce until this morning. There are a lot of people involved in a deal like this, and these things take time.

4) I know a lot of people dislike Steam (personally, I think it's the greatest thing ever). Fortunately we are not forcing you to use it. The game will be available at retail, over Direct2Drive and Steam on launch day. The retail version doesn't use Steam at all, so if you don't want to use Steam, don't buy it over steam. You have plenty of other options.

Hope that clears some things up!

Originally Posted by Jason2k

You cannot.

[Rog69]

Originally Posted by Jigoku

You know your retail version won't unlock the Steam version, right? Unless you buy it from Steam there's no point pre-loading it.

Yes I know, I've canceled my pre-order from Play and I'm going to buy it on Steam when I get home tonight

[zero]

The demo is available on Xbox Live for the 360. Short, but awesome.

[Rog69]

PC Demo is out at last, apparently it appeared on Fileplanet for premium members only (WTF is that all about, it's a glorified advert for a game FFS) and will be available free sometime later. I found a torrent of it but it is so slow that I will probably be playing the full version on Friday before it finishes downloading.

[Jigoku]

It's locked until Monday 7pm US EST anyway. Midnight Tuesday for you. Which I guess is good since you can't play until the 24th ...

[Rog69]

I really hate BS like this, it's a demo for crying out loud, why do they have to lock it until a certain time? It just makes no sense at all .
If I was the cynical, conspiracy theorist type, I would swear that they don't want too many people finding out it runs like a turd on older systems while they still have time to cancel their pre-orders.