yes, that old trick doesnt work already as i remember

too many hassle to mask IP just to buy a game...
most of us already got games macam gunung (include you)
less play 1 game wont die XD

most probably cos it will disrupt the games's physical distribution of said region.
especially in countries like ours where its hard to find original game shops.

in US, they dont have this kind of problem, cos many shops carry legal games,
so can sell simultaneously without hogging the market.

For DA:Ulti Ed.. go gamersgate. I know i will if i do eventually get it. Prolly wait for DA2 to come out.. and then snipe another sales for DA:ultimate i can afford to wait.

This post has been edited by ashx: Oct 27 2010, 04:58 PM

Deimos already have Dragon Age Origins and Awakening as well as the DLCs.

Any difference compared to Steam's? Both also are region locked, though like I mentioned in the DA thread, I find it easier to fool the region-lock mechanism in GG. Steam locked my account the last time I attempted with a VPN.

Actually you can just buy the retail Dragon Age Origins and activate it on EA Downloader.

Why bother EA on digital download?
our local TSB already provide the cheapest price
90% of my EA games are retail, only mirror edge i buy last year are digital which i brought for USD2.

Because if you lose your physical copy, you could always download from the EA downloader.

yeah, like u gonna main main buang there and here after spending RM100 for that disc~
I know that is disadvantage of retail copy, but how many do they main taruk their ori copy games anyway?

"Shits happen" really.

Always good to have a backup available online where it can't get damaged/lost etc.
Does not cost you anything more either.

Also like you move to a new place and decide to leave ori cds back home because it takes too much space etc.

Agreed it's not a huge thing but still a convenience.

Exactly, lose the disc, lose the cd-key, then u gotta buy again.

Agreed.

I used to buy retails but after years of gaming those dvd's had collected pounds of dust and i eventually got lazy of the fortnightly clean up. Glad that digital purchasing is heading mainstream now.

This post has been edited by dan82: Oct 27 2010, 06:51 PM

only $2?! when was that?

wow $2? i also curious to know when it is. the highest discount also 75% at $5

Consider this though, you can't be bothered to download gigabytes in size. You want "semi" instant access to the game. Same as losing DVDs... you lose your HDD. Cycle continues... download. again. Also.. Games nowadays you can register your retail online and get to download if ever you lose your DVD. So its a safety net of a sort.

So selective buying of retail is still an option. For me anyway

I'll take that back.

Aus Steam did offer DA Ultimate Edition, and all the GFWL games. If there is a need, i might be able to help some people to buy the steam games if i could sort out some stuff. Some GFWL games are still on US price, not inflated stupid australian price.

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Added on October 27, 2010, 8:43 pm I think retail is awesome because it's feels better to have a physical copy of the games you have.

I actually feel good when im holding a retail copy of a game that i really enjoy playing like RA3 or DoW:DC.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Oct 27 2010, 08:43 PM

Tangible > intangible.

When x-mas sales..ALL games on steam got discount?
i mean the new one like black ops.

This post has been edited by CyberSundayz: Oct 27 2010, 08:58 PM

Not all. A lot, but not all.

new games normally wont be on sale. maybe a few months after the release