Friday, December 26th 2008
Steam Holiday Sale On Now
The Steam Holiday sale is on now. Through January 2, 2009, every game on Steam is available at 10% to 75% off the regular price. Select publisher catalogs such as Ubisoft, THQ, and 2K Games are 25% off. Award-winning titles such as Bioshock and Portal are available for 75% off the regular price. For more information, please visit this page.
60 Comments on Steam Holiday Sale On Now
Only $9.99 here still (not gone the euro way)
Does tax normally come up at the final checkout page, or is it just charged extra to your card? As the final bill was only 9.99 didn't look like there was any tax at all.
DM> there's a utility out that will let you use steam on 2 computers (well a hack) it will also let you download every game if you can ever connect. PM me if you want to try it. I'm not sure how it works as i only had a quick play.
mdm - I know a lot of ways to do it. ;) Right now disconecting the cable is the easiest way, because I have it right next to me. Thought I meant disabling the connection as a whole concept. The firewall method doesn't really work for me anyway, Steam is very clever apparently and somehow knows the PC is connected, so it constantly tries to connect for over 2-5 minutes (it also happens when the ISP service has failed). Only after what I suppose is a limited number of tries, it suggests offline.
And in any case we don't want to disconnect from the net, messenger, p2p programs, flashget, uploading to youtube, are only examples of tasks we like having open while we game.
silkstone - Thanks, I really apreciate your help, but if I wanted to deal with hacks I would simply pirate their games.
Unless you're using the Windows firewall, which, last I checked, has no way to stop outbound connections. Could be your problem, there.
I shouldn't have to say that I've done this many times and it's worked perfectly (and still works today). Nope -- don't know how the laws work specifically in Spain, but read your EULA when you buy a game through Steam. You're probably just buying a "license" to use the game on one computer. :D
EDIT: I have just readed the EULA and says nothing in one way or another about using the account in more than one PC, so legally you can do it. There's nothing preventing you from playing in more than one PC at a time, and legally you should be able to play even the same game!! I'm not saying that we have the right to do so, I'm not complaining about that. But two different games yes and legally you can. PLUS it's very interesting that in many of the most important parts you can find something similar to: "The terms of this section may not apply to European Union consumers". Which IMHO is just a way of saying: "probably nothing of this is applicable there in the EU, but we just write it down anyway, so you think you are subjected to all this."
I have readed many EULAs in my life, the last one was the one in HL2 retail and a little bit before Doom3 and Farcry. The 3 games limited you to install the game on 2 computers at a time as long as both belonged to the same family with one degree of kinship (your parents, your sons and brothers). You could lend it to anyone you pleased, give it as a gift, or even resell it, just like any other retail poduct.