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Title: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: idolminds on Friday, May 18, 2007, 09:21:45 PM
Bah! (http://pc.ign.com/articles/790/790013p1.html)

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May 18, 2007 - Half-Life 2: The Black Box is no more. The package, which was to offer Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2, has been officially cancelled by Valve. The Orange Box will be the only collection offered when Episode 2 releases this fall. Priced $10 higher than the Black Box, the Orange Box adds the original Half-Life 2 and HL2: Episode 1.

"The Black Box has been cancelled," said Doug Lombardi, Valve's director of marketing. "We're going to have one package, The Orange Box, available on the PC (US$49.99) as well as the 360 and PS3 (US$ 59.99). In addition to the three new products -- Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Half-Life: Episode Two -- The Orange Box will also contain the full version of Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One. Those who purchase the PC version of The Orange Box will get three separate Steam product codes: One for the three new games, one for HL2, and one for Episode One. This way a PC Orange Box owner can give away their Half-Life 2 or Episode One unused Steam product codes if they don't need a copy of those games. We are excited to deliver the highest value of new gaming content ever offered in one box."

Hooray! Now everyone can buy another copy of HL2 and EP1 even if they don't need it! Wait...no, thats bullshit.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: MysterD on Friday, May 18, 2007, 09:26:03 PM
Another reason for me to dislike Valve.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: PyroMenace on Friday, May 18, 2007, 09:30:09 PM
How typical. I planned on getting the Orange box anyway, but for 50$? I guess it could be worth it. I guess this is Valves way of saying they fucked up on episodic gameplay. They finally make a nice juicy package and kind of try to erase the fact that episode one was ever released.

*cue the fuck Valve comments*

Fuck Valve. +1
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: idolminds on Friday, May 18, 2007, 09:34:01 PM
I wonder how much it will cost to buy just EP2/Portal/TF2 via steam?

Personally I'm going to wait. Nice part about retail is in a month or 2 I'll pick up the box for $30.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: MysterD on Friday, May 18, 2007, 09:41:55 PM
I wonder how much it will cost to buy just EP2/Portal/TF2 via steam?
That's why they eliminated the Black Box.

Now, they're really trying to FORCE STEAM purchases on us users who already own HL2 and HL2 Ep One, so that we buy what we're missin' for cheaper directly over STEAM.

I'll probably get The Orange Box when it's at a reasonable price for me -- since I already own HL2 and HL2 Ep One.

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Personally I'm going to wait. Nice part about retail is in a month or 2 I'll pick up the box for $30.
This is "Half-Life", so it might take longer than that for that to drop in price....
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, May 18, 2007, 09:59:09 PM
I had no intention of buying anymore of their stuff anyway, but that seems like a total dick move.  Why didn't they just do what they'd planned?

Fuck Valve. +2
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: MysterD on Friday, May 18, 2007, 10:18:45 PM
I had no intention of buying anymore of their stuff anyway, but that seems like a total dick move.  Why didn't they just do what they'd planned?
B/c they're Valve.

Oh, and to try and double-dip on us that already own HL2 and Ep One.
Bastards.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: Pugnate on Friday, May 18, 2007, 11:01:18 PM
Bah.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: iPPi on Saturday, May 19, 2007, 11:42:49 AM
That's fucking retarded.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: Pugnate on Saturday, May 19, 2007, 02:23:40 PM
I mean a lot of people are saying its only $10 more, but I've already bought HL2 and Ep1.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: idolminds on Saturday, May 19, 2007, 02:41:04 PM
Exactly. We already bought it, we'd rather keep the $10.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, May 19, 2007, 03:57:51 PM
Exactly. We already bought it, we'd rather keep the $10.

Yeah -- we could go get some other older "Bargain Bin" game that we miss'd out on for that same $10.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: Jedi on Saturday, May 19, 2007, 09:51:55 PM
Yeah -- we could go get some other older "Bargain Bin" game that we miss'd out on for that same $10, then after installing it I can go about never playing it!

There I fixed it for you.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, May 19, 2007, 09:55:49 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, May 19, 2007, 10:05:24 PM
There I fixed it for you.

Or, I play some of game A, buy game B, get side-track from game A, play game B, then buy game C, and you can just continue to follow the "buy, get another game, play that game, buy something else" pattern....
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: idolminds on Saturday, May 19, 2007, 10:09:17 PM
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to beat 3 games by the end of the month.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, May 19, 2007, 10:16:00 PM
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to beat 3 games by the end of the month.

Will this message self-destruct after I read it?

Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: idolminds on Saturday, May 19, 2007, 10:19:25 PM
*sigh*....yes.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, May 19, 2007, 10:53:04 PM
*sigh*....yes.

How nice!!!

Well, my most recent finished game should soon be....yup, NWN2, since I'm at Black Garius.

Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: Jedi on Saturday, May 19, 2007, 11:04:22 PM
How nice!!!

Well, my most recent finished game should soon be....yup, NWN2, since I'm at Black Garius.



No really I'd like to see you finish 3 games by the end of the month. I don't think you could do it.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, May 20, 2007, 12:40:13 AM
I think I'd put money down that he can't do it.  If I had money.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, May 20, 2007, 04:35:29 AM
No really I'd like to see you finish 3 games by the end of the month. I don't think you could do it.
Hmmmmm.....So, y'all gonna give me basically 30 days to finish 3 games?

This could be....interesting. I do like a challenge. :P


I think I'd put money down that he can't do it.  If I had money.

Que, w/ NWN2, that's like the final battle in the game.

Though, it's quite hard...he throws ridiculous amounts of enemies at you -- and most of them, they're tough high-level enemies.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: idolminds on Sunday, May 20, 2007, 09:00:47 AM
We're giving you 12 days to finish 3 games. You dont have to start from the begining of the game, just finish 3 of your half-finished games that are sitting on your hard drive.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, May 20, 2007, 09:10:31 AM
If you lose, you will be banned one day for every game of the three you didn't finish.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, May 20, 2007, 09:46:29 AM
If you win then we up the timer on the clock of that bomb that was placed in your scrotum the day you were born.

You were right to trust your instinct. That isn't a third testicle.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: Jedi on Sunday, May 20, 2007, 12:46:57 PM
If you win then we up the timer on the clock of that bomb that was placed in your scrotum the day you were born.

You were right to trust your instinct. That isn't a third testicle.

HAHAHA  ;D

No but really everyone having a third testicle isn’t a laughing matter. Many young men are to afraid to ask their parents, doctor or their buddies if its really normal or not and as a result many young men die every year when their third (explosive) testicle goes off for failing a mission.
Now D has been struck down with this condition… and I just don’t think we’ll ever see him again.

*cough*
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, May 20, 2007, 03:31:00 PM
We're giving you 12 days to finish 3 games. You dont have to start from the begining of the game, just finish 3 of your half-finished games that are sitting on your hard drive.

Oh, I doubt that would happen.
No deal.

Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, May 20, 2007, 10:33:12 PM
Well this sucks.
Title: Re: Valve kills Black Box
Post by: MysterD on Friday, June 15, 2007, 04:34:34 AM
Valve dates HL2: Ep Two for October 9th (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6013&Itemid=2)