Worry PC trend or isolated situation? [Steam/South Park]

[Dead_Rebel]

Hey guys

So I'm actually thinking of buying a game without it being on sale. Craziness.

The game? South Park: The Stick of Truth.

The problem? It's $60 on Steam - so I decided to look at a few local stockists as rarely do we find R600 games for PC release in SA. Then I noticed something; no one stocks it locally - Kalahari has it but imports it from the US (14 days), BT Games doesn't list it online and neither does Takealot.

Is Steam blocking local stockists so that we HAVE to pay $60 for a PC game? Or is it Ubisoft (more likely)? Is this going to be a new trend to squeeze precious cents out of South Africans?

[MalicE]

Don't know what the reason for this is but if I were you I'd grab it from kalahari and just wait the 2 weeks. It's cheaper and it won't be censored

[AlphaJohn]

Agree with MalicE

Would rather buy local and wait the 2 weeks. Steam prices are only good if items are on sale, else it pays to shop local.

Oh and current exchange rate that $60 would be more like R650 than R600

[Crableg]

I dont think Steam can do that, it must be in retailers, im sure eventually it will be in the usual game shops, it only releases here today so shops might take a week or so to stock it.

[Dead_Rebel]

Well I can't pre-purchase it like PS3/XBox people, so those retailers are actually quite silly.

Also, the buying local option isn't really true; it's a local stockist that has to import a US version - taking 14 days to do so without a guarantee that it's a Steam version of the game.

[DieGrootHammer]

I wonder if the apparent controversies of the game had anything to do with the decision of retailers. I don't think Steam has the power to tell local retailers to not stock a game.

The Kalahari option is the best. Bought my copy from them. So hopefully it will arrive next week.

[MalicE]

my flatmate pirated it....

[DuckKnuckle]

my flatmate pirated it....

Naughty naughty...

Game looks like a lot of fun though but I don't think it's worth R650. And as DieGrootHammer said, Steam doesn't have the power to control the retail stores here that stock the game.

[Dead_Rebel]

Naughty naughty...

Game looks like a lot of fun though but I don't think it's worth R650. And as DieGrootHammer said, Steam doesn't have the power to control the retail stores here that stock the game.

Probably Ubisoft - it sounds like the kind of thing they would do.

[James]

I just spoke to Megarom (Ubisoft distributor) and they confirmed they brought in plenty of copies of The Stick of Truth on all platforms (PS3, Xbox 360, and PC).

If retailers are importing their own stock form the US, that's their choice.

I'm trying to get hold of Kalahari to see what they say.

At this point I'm considering cancelling my Kalahari pre-order and paying the R80 more to get the digital (discounted) version from Greenman Gaming.