Source 1Up.com
If you own a PC, want to own the Orange Box and are gaming on a budget, there’s good news. The evil people at EA have decided that you’ll probably want to make several trips to the store to complete your own Orange Box.
Gas prices be damned!
While EA was announcing the addition of Rock Band for the Wii, the delay of Mercenaries 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company, they slipped in that the Orange Box would be split up into bite sized bits for the PC.
“We are unbundling Orange Box and releasing separate PC SKUs, Half Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress,” said Warren Jenson, chief financial officer and executive VP at Electronic Arts. Why, oh why would they do such a thing? They’re not telling.
Could splitting up such a super combo be a smart move? I mean, it’s arguably the greatest combo ever put on a game disc. Skipping the TF2 lag issues that is, which I hear is non-existent on the PC. Lucky bastards.
Is EA trying to nickel and dime the PC gamer? Maybe they just want to get the maximum sales by letting you build your own Orange Box. I wonder if it’ll be cheaper to buy the Orange Box than to buy each part separately. We’ll find out, when those price points come out.
Finally, all of you whiners can just buy Portal. Now shut it.
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Saccia // Feb 6, 2008 at 9:06 am
About farking time. I want to play Portal. I already have HL2 on my PC. I’m not interested in TF2 nor the HL2 Episodes. Just gimme Portal and I’ll shut it.
2 Some guy in a van // Feb 6, 2008 at 9:14 am
Uh… old news?
http://pc.ign.com/articles/849/849153p1.html
Anyway I wish they had done this sooner, I already got the Orange Box after previously playing Half-life 2 and Episode 1…
3 Maul // Feb 6, 2008 at 10:25 am
You can allready download them seperately through steam.
4 T.K.Peanut // Feb 6, 2008 at 11:36 am
Gas prices be damned?
Gas is god damn cheap in the US! My country has the highest gas prices on earth.
*god bless the g00d ‘ole German Reich*
You shout be pukkin’ happy!
5 Youlikeyams // Feb 6, 2008 at 11:57 am
@Maul: Yes, but this is targeted at the console owners - the 360 and PS3 owners who may only want Portal, or TF2, for example.
6 Saccia // Feb 6, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Yeah, if I get Portal, it will be on the 360 this time. I gotta have my achievements.
7 haydenkayne // Feb 6, 2008 at 12:36 pm
in the article it says pc gamers, it dosent say anything about console gamers. which maul is correct you can buy portal through steam, i think its $20
8 Youlikeyams // Feb 6, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Not everybody has steam, and not everybody wants to use it. (;
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