Portal 2 Pre-Orders on Steam

[Anon. E. Moose]

Portal 2 Pre-Orders have started on Steam, $44.99, 10% off from $49.99 and contains a free copy of Portal.

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced that outlets worldwide (retailers and Steam) are now accepting pre-order reservations for Portal 2, the epic sequel named the "Most Anticipated Game of 2011" at the Spike TV Video Game Awards.

Special pre-order offers vary at participating outlets around the world and include a variety of dollars off and/or exclusive in-game content for those who reserve the game for purchase before it is released the week of April 18. These include $5 off the full price, exclusive in-game skins for the coop bots (Atlas and P-body), and more. Check your favorite outlet for details.

"Portal 2 is shaping up to be the most innovative title in Valve's history, and to be a much larger experience than we originally planned," said Doug Lombardi, vice president of marketing at Valve. "As such, we are aggressively promoting the title with more retail promotions than we have put behind any prior release."

The highly anticipated sequel to 2007's Game of the Year, Portal 2 is a hilariously mind-bending adventure that challenges you to use wits over weaponry in a funhouse of diabolical science.

Using a highly experimental portal device, you'll once again face off against a lethally inventive, power-mad A.I. named GLaDOS. And this time you won't be alone. Meet an expanded cast of characters as you think your way through dangerous, never-before-seen areas of Aperture Laboratories.

Break the laws of spatial physics in ways you never thought possible, with a wider variety of portal puzzles and an expansive story that spans a single player and co-operative game mode.

Available for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC and Macintosh computers, Portal 2 is scheduled to ship worldwide the week of April 18, 2011. For more information, please visit http://www.thinkwithportals.com.

I'm contemplaying pre-ordering it on Steam, but might be able to find it cheaper elsewhere.
Anyway, discuss.

[Rega]

I'm with you Anon. I'm going to try and find it cheaper elsewhere..

[Wolfie_]

Ahhh... I remember the day when 'digital distribution' was meant to "cut out the middle man", "save you money because don't have to pay for producing/shipping a physical box/disc" etc. It all seems to have gone horribly wrong. Anyway, yay for Portal 2 being nearly here. Current rig is not up to the task, so will just have to read the forums and play vicariously.

[woodfox]

there is a 2 pack for $79.95 I think buying a game like portal 2 for under $40 is a great deal.

[Artful-dodgeR]

Same price in AU store as the US...

To be honest, I enjoyed Portal 1 immensely, don't mind paying $50 odd for it.

[tranquil]

get it cheaper than $45 you say? seriously how low do you want it (be reasonable), $45 is cheap as it gets for a new AAA title, even importing from the UK is not always that low.

i'd go halvies in the 2 pack deal, but i'll probably buy the PS3 version, get a free PC copy with it anyway.

[Matty]

45 bucks, you can go wrong.

[tranquil]

45 bucks, you can go wrong.

can or can't?

[Anon. E. Moose]

get it cheaper than $45 you say?

You could probably get it considerably cheaper on a 3rd party site.

[Matty]

45 bucks, you can go wrong.

can or can't?

eerr can't My bad.

Also i love the pre-order trailer. Valve do make some awesome videos.

[Sandgroper-WA]

Also i love the pre-order trailer. Valve do make some awesome videos.

I wonder if they will every get into the dairy industry - Valve seems to milk just about every release for all its worth...

[PalZer0]

Waiting to hear of the preorder bonuses from EB, GAME, etc before committing. I don't know anyone who doesn't have the original Portal.

[Matty]

Also i love the pre-order trailer. Valve do make some awesome videos.

I wonder if they will every get into the dairy industry - Valve seems to milk just about every release for all its worth...

Yeah, but they are good at it.
See it pays to have marketing psyches on your team

[Rega]

Everyone who has had a Steam account for over a year should have Portal. They gave it away for free last May for when Steam went to OSX.