GameStop Playing Hardball Over Retail Steam Installs?

Good riddance to GameStop, I buy all of my PC games on Steam anyways.

Wow.... didn't realize Steam was such a nuisance to GameStop. I hope it will be. I hope their company dies.

I think that The Orange Box and Left 4 Dead were exceptions for Gamestop because they're Valve games. They can play hardball with lower-profile games like Dawn of War 2, but if they tried to not stock something with the kind of hype that Valve games inevitably have, they'd probably just end up shooting themselves in the foot. I'm guessing that they think that Dawn of War 2 is a big enough game that people will want it and not being able to find it at retail will hurt THQ and Relic, but not so big that they'll be losing out on a lot of money by refusing to stock it.

More like a glitch in the system, nothing says they're hiding the game because of Steam. 

Hilarious if true. Steam is a great product and that's all there is to it. If gamestop wants to compete with Steam then it needs to make going to a gamestop and buying the game retail a more valuable choice then an easy purchase on steam. A tough thing to do to be sure but that's Capitalism for you. 

Is it possible this is due to pre-orders? I believe if you pre-order the game on Steam now or did so before Jan21 you got into the MP beta early. Was this the same for GameStop retail versions? Is it possible they've stopped selling the game due to this deal?

I mean if I had to choose between where to pre-order I'd probably go for Steam since I get instant access to the MP beta than have to wait for the retail version to email me a code or something, assuming they had that same bonus for pre-orders.

Either way I think its pretty dirty of GameStop if this is some game of hardball. Maybe if their service wasn't so shit people would think of buying games there?

If that is seriously the reason that the game is not there....damn Gamestop, and I am speaking kind. Still, i hope not. That would make my "respect" for them seem almost nonexistent.

There's no way that's true. Right? Maybe? Possibly.

So they allow other games that require a steam install but not this one?  I think something just screwed up in their system and people are taking this way out of proportion. 

Retail sucks I buy all my games off of Steam now days or not at all. I like to keep my games in one place so if it isn't on Steam then I simpy don't pay for it. this is part of my Down with GFWL campaign where I want all developers to eventually force their games to use Steam as DRM and then use it's features instead of GFWL.

Just called a couple of the stores in the area.  Apparently, they're not accepting pre-orders, but they are still going to stock the game...when I asked about the no acceptance of pre-orders, they all just responded with saying 'we're sold out of the pre-orders.'

If this is true it just gives me ANOTHER reason to hate GameStop. I hope that company dies in a fire.

I've had the unfortunate pleasure of dealing with 2 gamestop employees over the last few days. These guys have no clue about real gaming or real gamers, seriously.. I hope they fail, fail hard.

Gamestop is shit. that's a given.

Steam's rad, I bought DOW40K from there I can't wait to play it.

If this does turn out to be true, then it's dumb move by GameStop. Figures...it is GameStop after all.

what serious pc gamer doesn't use steam anymore?  And just go to best buy if you want to buy a boxed copy.

Gamestop and their underhanded business practices and their sleazy, borderline criminal employees and their overpricing of things and their insistence on asking me if I want to pre-order games and their general complete fucking dogshit company needs to quickly be driven into bankruptcy by a combination of Valve aquiring 100% of all PC game purchases and average console gamers finally becoming aware of how horrible that coroporation is. *spits*

Hmmm interesting.  I think the conclusion is, Fuck Gamestop.

I really don't like Gamestop...I don't why I have a strong animosity towards the company but I do have. Maybe it is how their used game selling model works......

If this news is true; go valve.

Also, they're incentivising Seam users by offering Beta access to users when I'm sure the publisher turned GameSpot down for the Beta access. I just purchased Dawn of War: Soulstorm today for $7.50 to get early access to the Beta. I was going to get it eventually and the price plus a week of DoW II: Beta early was too good to pass up. If Valve keeps this up, I may just forego PC Retail entirely.

If this is true, and Gamestop thinks that PC gamers will turn to Gamestop over Steam, they are stupid. Gamestop seems to almost have turned their backs on the PC market, while any PC gamer today, has and loves Steam. If it going to be a war between the two, I would think developers would turn to Steam instead of Valve because Gamestop won't turn around, and try to sell used copies of the game.

Neither would surprise me, but I will say I'm happy to hear that Steam is considered enough of a threat that this story is credible. I know well that Valve are a company same as Gamestop, Micro$oft (fuck GFW, by the whys) & every other looking for mo money, but at the risk of sounding fanboitastic (you should have heard me when I realised I prolly couldn't get a refund for GTA IV :p) I think they actually take pride in caring for their product & what real gamers really think about it too. Oh, & Steam forced GFW to be free, that is good.

I can see why GameStop would do this; Steam is a far superior retailer.

Fuck GameStop.

bye bye Gamestop.  Been nice knowin' yah!  Steam will replace you.

If Gamestop is making me choose between them and Steam... well, lets just say that Gamestop would cease to exist if more people thought like me.

I'd rather buy shit from gamestop than have to install Steam.

Petty school yard politics.

" Gamestop seems to almost have turned their backs on the PC market, while any PC gamer today, has and loves Steam. If it going to be a war between the two, I would think developers would turn to Steam instead of Valve because Gamestop won't turn around, and try to sell used copies of the game."

I call it job security.

Like I would ever buy another PC game ever retail, especially from Gamestop. Steam>all.

I don't see why gamestop would get so pissy, have you seen their PC sections?  They only have half a dozen pc games, plus the only reason to use those stores is for used games, and that's a no go with PC.

Maybe Valve just got a timed exclusive. Would that actually surprise anyone?

Wouldn't surprise me if Gamestop is doing this for a percieved sleight from Relic. The thing is Gamestop has been shafting PC games for years. Christ, the shelf space dedicated to PC games in my local store would fit into my lunchbox with room to spare. Down with limited installation PC games and down with Gamestop's shameful business practices.

Steam does seem pretty eager to sell copies of DoWII. They'er blowing out copies of the last DoW expansion at 75% off and signing up anyone who buys it for the DoWII multi-player beta. Sounds like SOMETHING is going on whetever it is.

Weird

Glitch. Unless they go after the really big games, it won't matter.

It is amazing how many people "hate" Gamestop. You guys kill me. If you know everything and don't want to talk to anyone, hide in your house and never go out in public. The employees are criminal because they want you to pre-order a game that you are going to walk in and buy on launch day. You are so dedicated to the gaming industry yet you don't understand that Gamestop is the largest purchaser of games. The more pre-orders mean more games are bought from the developers. More money in the right places. As far as shitty employees go, find me a retail chain that has terrific employees across the board. RealIy? anyone? I could rant for days on this subject. Bottom line is if you don't like them, don't shop there. They obviously dont need you money. Anyhow. PC games are moving to digital distribution...shocking. If you have a rig set up to play all of the new games, chances are you are going to have a connection speed able to download the games as well. There will come a time when Gamestop ceases to carry PC games (or strictly goes to special order) and I am sure it wont hurt their business in the least. 

I think i'm gonna have to re-install Steam.  EB Games isn't keeping up with all my pre-ordering here in Aus .  I'm still getting the games a day or 2 late.

I noticed on the Gamestop website that the original Dawn of War and it's expansions are available for download. Mabye all this stems from THQ not allowing Gamestop to digitally distribute as well.

As for Gamestop being a poorly run company. People need to realise that they are a business and will continue to do what they do as long as people accept it and continue to give them their money. If you don't like their business, stop shopping there and they will be forced to change the way they do things. Digital distribution will shutter them in a decade or so anyway. Patience.

shows how gay gamestop is

Digital distribution is the win, Gamestop is the suck.

Gamestop need to get a fucking grip jeez  , Fuck  Gamestop to the point of them not exsisting

I won't buy my games at ShitStop anyways.

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gamespot=video game website
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