EA: The Orange Box games to be unbundled and sold separately |
Ó
Valve Corporation had a good thing going for them when it released The Orange Box bundle for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 last year. The highly successful video game compilation included Half-Life: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 and had several accolades tied in with each title included in the bundle.In a recent announcement from Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello, he mentioned that fans who enjoyed the series will now be able to buy each title separately when they unbundle each game and packaging them as separate titles.
While each game was already available separately on Valve's Steam digital download service, this will be the first time that gamers will be able to get them at retail stores separately.
So far, no price or date has been set for each of the three titles, however we will be keeping an eye out for more updates as we get them.
Contact Us:
The QJ.net Network |
 |
| Site | Feed |
| QJ.NET | RSS |
| Nintendo DS | RSS |
| PlayStation 3 | RSS |
| PSP Updates | RSS |
| Wii | RSS |
| Xbox 360 | RSS |
| MMORPG | RSS |
| Personal Computer Games | RSS |
| iPhone - iPod Touch | RSS |
| QJ.NET Forums | RSS |
Add QJ.NET
User Favorites - December
User Favorites - December
Categories
Archives
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
Comments [refresh]
If they cost more than $20 each, that would fail horribly.
I know my 10 year old nephew spent his hard earned money buying The Orange Box for his PS3 just for Portal. He doesn't like HL2 and doesn't play online so TF2 is useless.
Money grabbing pricks, this isn't to please fans, it's so they can milk it just that little bit extra more.
I would've just bought portal, gotta love that companion cube ^_^.
first of all this is a Valve game. secondly if they didn't maximize the profits from the extremely expensive cost of development - then there would be less money put into new games. if these companies don't maximize profits then guess what, they close down to keep whatever financial assets they can and we get no more games. more options are better, so stop being so immature.
this bodes well for a console release of HL2: episode 3 though - if they are already thinking of individual releases. so, i'm happy since the only thing i have to play it on is my ps3.
be totally stoked cuz he has played the Half Lifes, isn't interested in MP TF, but really really wants Portal.
PLEASE release portal for PSN... PLEASE!
forever sh1tting on the consumers!!
I finally broke down and bought The Orange Box a few days ago. If I had known this, I wouldn't have two copies of HL2 and Episode 1.
Urgh... they should have never canceled The Black Box. The Orange Box was a wonderful way to screw returning customers.
I wonder how Ep3 is going to be released. May hav to be the 1st biggest downloadable game for consoles. Then again, if they make it a decent sized game itself, it could qualify as a full game - full price.
I felt robbed after paying £20 for ep1 on PC - 4-5hrs?. compared to HL1, it wasnt nowhere near as fat as that Valve gov bloke
EA didn't develop the game, Valve did. Why does EA have to recoup the cost of R+D - WHEN VALVE DEVELOPED THE GAME IN THE FIRST PLACE!
People above were asking about the solo prices of the games in the Orange Box. TF2 standalone = $30. Portal standalone = $20. So you can pay $50 for the Orange Box to get both games plus all the HL2 crap, or you can just buy TF2 and Portal for the same amount.
Valve will still get paid for their work..
dude, think before you type b/c you are agreeing with me w/o knowing it. EA publishes the game, but do you think they will throw a lot of money at Valve's next project without maximizing the profits from this one? the funding you get for your next project is certainly calculated by the profitability of your last project. Besides, not everyone wanted all the games and it is always a good idea to give customers the OPTION! This is what makes Valve a good company and makes their fans loyal.
how? they would have been very similarly priced anyway. if they had released the blackbox, that would have been stupid. give the people more bang for their buck. just cause there is less content doesn't guarantee lower prices. Look at Ninja Gaiden Sigma (Black) That is like a 4 year old xbox game sold for FULL retail price!
Even if it was only $10 less, I would have much rather had that $10 then have two copies of the games. They could have very easily put The Black Box on Steam for $40 and all the people who have purchased the previous games would have been perfectly happy. Instead, they force us to rebuy games we already own.
Also, it isn't fair to compare it to remakes, because these are the exact same games. If they had overhauled the graphics or added extra levels I would understand your point, but they didn't. They instead found ways to squeeze every last penny they could out of us. Not that The Orange Box is a bad deal, it's fantastic for people new to HL, it's just pointless for them to make games that are only available at a reasonable price by purchasing old games with them.
I think portal is the only portion that runs decent on the PS3 version.