It may be the same price in stores, but I honestly don't know. I know CC sometimes has stuff for cheaper online and YMMV on them price adjusting it or not with a printout. As most are aware, CC can be a major pain in the ass and it might be better to snag it online and use the in-store-pickup. Not a bad deal though, since it's half off regular price ($19.99) and can be bought online and picked up in store using their 24 min guarantee with no shipping costs. If you have yet to play it believe me it is worth the 10 bucks!
[quote name='Wolfpup']They've got Crysis for just $20 too. Portal sounds cool but it's got Steam's "Activation" DRM. Crysis doesn't use "activation" AFAIK.[/quote]Yeah, it just uses SecuROM which a LOT of users have found doesn't like their DVD drives and apparently won't work in SATA drive because SecuROM doesn't work with SCSI and because SATA drives appear as SCSI to the computer, SecuROM denies you the ability to play your game. From an Anandtech thread:
SecuRom is DRM software developed by Sony that is used on many games, the latest version 7 seems to be giving people numerous problems ranging from the inability to run legit software (due to SecuROM's blacklisting of certain applications like Microsoft's Process Explorer) to their games not working. Some versions of SecuROM install a windows service and registry keys that cannot be deleted without special tools from Sysinternals. SecuROM also sometimes remains on your system even after you uninstall all of the games that use it. Sony's DRM software not only installs with the full game, but it even installs with many freeware demos, such as FEAR's demo and Bioshock's demo. Read more here..
Or...you install Portal, activate once, put your beverage on the disc to keep water rings from getting on your desk and never have to worry if your drive will meet the demands of your game's Draconian copy-protection or cripple other applications.
I am so bored of people flipping out over the least-onerous protection methods. Seriously. Call the waaaaaaahbulance or something because no one is interested in how you're going to deny yourself an excellent game over bogus DRM concerns. This isn't Mass Effect.
Portal is absolutely the right price at $10; $20 also struck me as a bit much. Crysis is a total snore. I bought it the day it came out - six months ago? - and I still haven't finished it. Maybe in a few years when computers exist that can actually run it like the propaganda videos showed it off. If you've played Far Cry, you've pretty much played Crysis.
[quote name='DirkBelig']I am so bored of people flipping out over the least-onerous protection methods. Seriously. Call the waaaaaaahbulance or something because no one is interested in how you're going to deny yourself an excellent game over bogus DRM concerns. [/quote]
It all depends on what you consider onerous. For me, buying and playing used games is a part of life. There is no (legal) way to buy or sell a used Steam-based game and actually play it. There are ways to wipe out other types of DRM from your HDD. If I couldn't buy and play used games, my library would be considerably smaller.
