I'm going to buy the Augmented Edition on PC. Should I buy it off Steam and get it for $53 or get it at Retail and get the pre-order bonus and a DVD so I don't have to download.

I know the game is Steamworks so it's Steam-Enabled either-way.

get it at greenman gaming for thirty something and activate on steam?

I'll go for retail since ordering it from the UK (another country for me) is way cheaper then getting it on steam. For some reason they don't seem to have the augmented edition though. I'll wait till that is there.

Steam

Steam costs less than retail, only asking for $53.99, but you don't get any exclusive pre-order content for the game. Instead, Steam gives you a free copy of the original Deus Ex. Also, since Steam is obviously a purely digital service, the premium content you're paying for in the Augmented Edition is wasted. What good is a digital artbook? I assume it's a folder full of jpegs?

Edit 8/19: Steam is now offering a ton of Deus Ex inspired hats and weapons for use in Team Fortress 2 if you preorder. You can read about all the items here. If you want the items w/o buying Deus Ex from Steam, you can buy the items by themselves in the TF2 item shop. A bundle for all the items sells for $20.

GameStop

GameStop wants their full $59.99 for the PC Augmented Edition, but GameStop has a lot of exclusive pre-order content just for them: An extra mission, a grenade launcher, and remote mines.

Amazon, Best Buy, Wal-Mart

Some other retailers, like Amazon, have seperate pre-order content: a double-barrel shotgun and a sniper rifle. Amazon is selling the game for $57.54.

Also, Amazon is giving away free digital copies of Deus Ex to customers who buy a new AMD Radeon 6000 series video card. Details on this promotion here.So if you were planning on upgrading your computer to play Deus Ex, you can kill two birds with one stone with this promo.

GreenManGaming

The cheapest method of buying the game right now is to buy the game from www.greenmangaming.com and use coupon code SUNNY-SAVER-20PEC. This lowers the price of the standard game to $34 and the Augmented Edition to $40. The tradeoff here is that this method of buying the game does NOT come with the pre-order content packs, a free copy of the original Deus Ex, or the Team Fortress 2 items. Since Deus Ex uses Steamworks, GreenManGaming will simply give you a code to redeem and the game will show up in your list of Steam games. The coupon is also good for other upcoming releases like Dead Island.

@2HeadedNinja said:

I'll go for retail since ordering it from the UK (another country for me) is way cheaper then getting it on steam. For some reason they don't seem to have the augmented edition though. I'll wait till that is there.

Amazon messed up earlier and put the augmented edition up for £25, I quickly un-preordered from GAME and got it from amazon. Hoping that they honour it :D

I'm think I'll go gamestop, the pre-order bonus is a nice bonus.

I'm going with Gamestop.  I like having a physical copy of the game, and the bonus mission  basically means more game for the same price.

retail PC versions are region locked apparently. I just found out and my preorder got cancelled because of it. Annoyed to say the least and a big FU to Square-Enix. I'll wait til its $10 on Steam now so they get no profit from me.

I'll go for retail since ordering it from the UK (another country for me) is way cheaper then getting it on steam. For some reason they don't seem to have the augmented edition though. I'll wait till that is there.

The only really significant pre-order bonus is the extra mission you get from some retailers.

All the weapons and item stuff is kind of useless. You can get a lot of them in game anyway like the sniper rifle. Or they severely lack in utility like the double barreled shotgun.

I'd be willing to bet that the pre-order DLC will be available for purchase shortly after release, maybe for ~$5? If it isn't, if GameStop stubbornly sits on their exclusive mission, I'd also bet that PC players can find it on torrent sites.

Always retail. Always. 
 
Unless it's a better deal on Steam or a big sale

but the steam presale now includes free tf2 gear!

I was gonna go for the retail augmented edition, but considering the Steam augmented edition has everything the retail version does+TF2 items+Deus Ex 1, I couldn't resist.

Retail augmented edition here aswell. Love me some artbooks & manuals (dont really care for figurines though)

Was going to go with Direct 2 Drive since I just need the Steam key and its only €36 thanks to the conversion rate. A bit torn on what to do now since I could pre-load it on Steam and get all that good TF2 gear. Probably stick with D2D.

I'm getting a retail special edition copy. I almost never buy special editions, and physical game boxes matter less and less to me as time goes on, but to me, the whole point of a special edition is to get physical bonuses. An art book doesn't seem very special if I have to look at it on my computer screen.

Steam, because TF2.

Steam cause it's closer than the game store.

Edit: So I pre-purchased it on Steam, got a lot of TF2 items and saved 5 bucks on the full price. Not bad I guess.

I got it from Green Man Games for 34 bucks and the key works on my US Steam account

Curse the addition of TF2 items. I was perfectly content waiting for a killer sale a couple months down the line. But being the item addict that I am, I had to purchase it from Steam now. 

The TF2 items are throwing me for a loop...   I was perfectly content with my Augmented PS3 copy up till now.

I think that it is sound funny. but what if extra missions, some weapons are unlockable  after finishing the game? this happened to many major games.

I will never get pre-order bonuses that make a game easier.

I like starting at rock bottom with bad weapons, who actually wants to start off with a fucking long range sniper rifle that could potentially ruin the experience.

Sliced Apples versus Whole apples. Same difference, in that there really is none.

@Winger said:

I will never get pre-order bonuses that make a game easier.

I like starting at rock bottom with bad weapons, who actually wants to start off with a fucking long range sniper rifle that could potentially ruin the experience.

I'm exactly the same.

Even though you can just drop the items or ignore using them it still just feels wrong them even being there.

Steam this time. Not always, though.

Well, an actual artbook is certainly better than a digital artbook, but since I really don't care either way I got it on Steam. Because it was $45 instead of $60. Also: TF2.

I just bought it on greenmangaming.com for $34 bucks. I dont care about TF2 stuff.  Any discount i can get is a plus. Plus it activates on steam, pre-loading as i type. Cant wait.

I usually go with physical copies with games like this, but I decided to get it off steam. The TF2 items and the ability to preload is what got me.

Steam, 48$ after tax and i got 35$ worth of TF2 stuff free as it is also pre-loaded so i dont have to wait to go buy a physical and install.

Updated my earlier post to mention how Amazon is giving away free copies of Deus Ex to anyone who purchases an AMD Radeon 6000 card.

@Floppypants: Wow, I just bought an HD 6850 too!