I want to know why i am not allowed to install the game i just paid good money for =/
Why release the game in australia, if you aren't going to let anyone install it, it's really stupid... I'm literally really angry right now, i hate all this steam crap. Can't even install a game i just paid for, what is the world coming to.
Its a load of BS. I thankfully have the US version, unfortunately I am disappointed in it.
But yeah street dates are stupid
Why can't you install it?
Steam allows you to preload certain products prior to their release date. I'm guessing the release date for Australia is the 24th like the EU? If so it isn't out yet all you have done is preorder it.
Steam is giving me some crap about it not being officially released yet... Except, it is.Originally Posted by wayninja
No, i purchased a physical copy of the game off of a shelf at a store. One of many stores that had many copies of the game on the shelf. The game was released today in australia.
But it's a steamworks game which isn't released yet - wait until the release date and you will be able to play.
Then they shouldn't be releasing it in stores, should they. Which is my point. There was nothing on the shelf that said "oh btw if you buy this game, you can't play it". I've never purchased a game before and then had the game tell me "o btw this game you just paid alot of money for? Yeah, sorry not gonna allow you to install that yet".
Steam is utter crap.
Also, today IS the release date in australia.
Ah, no you're wrong. The game is released tomorrow at 10am AEST. The official release date and the date that the stores should be selling it at is tomorrow. Not today. Don't believe me? I pre-ordered from EB Games and they call you when the game is released. Guess what? No phone call!
How is it the fault of Steam? You should be angry at the store (although I would check the back of the box I would have thought it would have said it was steamworks game) for not telling you about the release date or just not angry at all as it isn't out until the 24th and then you will be able to play it.
I've preordered many games at ebgames and they don't call you every time. Depends on how lazy they are. Go to the store and have a look, because ebgames has lots of copies in store. As did JB hi-fi, GAME, even K-mart for crying out loud. Trust me, the game is out today. I read somewhere else that the release date got pushed forward one day, and stores only found out this morning or something.
Doesn't say anything on the back of the box about not being able to install it either.
Does it mention steam on the back of the box? why not login to steam and check the release date for yourself it should have a count down on the store page in your territory.
The release date is set for 24th in Australia. It's EB games fault for selling it to you early.
It doesn't matter if many stores are selling it early. All the games have to be activated on Steam and Steam isn't going to change the release date time.
Take it back to the store and get a refund if you're so upset.
Last edited by twosocks; 09-22-2010 at 12:49 PM.
Due to EB selling the game early, the new official Aus release date is now the 23rd. Steam should unlock the game at midnight tonight. But of course, this is midnight Valve time, so it could be anytime really.
They should do that for UK too then considering i got my preordered copy in the post early because the place i got it from got told the release for the US instead of Europe since all we have to do is whine and ☺☺☺☺☺ like little kids
On a Side note i have no idea why game companies STILL releasing games on different days in different parts of the world, that is one of the 2 MAIN reasons why people are pirating games so they don't have to wait (the other is they are too cheap to shell out money to buy games), i know it's possible to release it globally on the same day (give or take a few hours) because Blizzard did it several times with the WoW expac's
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