We have the internet, which is choc full of FAQs and forums where I can scream "I can't get past this puzzle, HELP!!" so no professional guides died when dial-up dissapeared.

yeah alright. not a terrible idea. but if that means that the new products is gonna have half the content because of the game AND its strategy guide. I might be a little annoyed but i think they are just doing that cause its new. The prices seam extremely high considering you can get free one on the Internet that aren't that much worse. Even the sales price of 9.99 seams kinda high. But again not a terrible idea. 

Hmmm. I saw these guides on the steam store earlier when I switched on my PC and God damn, you would be stupid to buy them in my opinion. When I get stuck at certain parts in games I usually find an online guide and a youtube video to help me and I have to say this method has never failed.  
 
The whole strategy guide market seems a bit stupid to me since almost all people have the internet and there are plenty of excellent guides scattered around (I usually like the IGN ones), but hey they must make enough money considering they churn one out for most big game titles.  
 
I also think they are mostly pointless things considering the fact that most games these day are not very challenging most of the time. For instance my friend bought  the strategy guide for GTA IV when the game came out. He spent about £10 on it and If i remember rightly I only ever had to retry any of GTA IV's missions again a couple of times and that was not because I found it challenging, it was just due to me pullin' a Brad!!!    

I just saw that on Steam.  It's stupid.  Games today are made so everyone can see the ending, so strategy guides aren't needed anymore, or even game manuals for that matter. 

I'm the dumb one who still gets stuck in games, then.  Still wouldn't buy the strategy guide.  I guess someone still does, though.  It is nice to have the option not to have to get out of the game to look the stuff up and run the risk of forgetting what you just looked up when you go back into the game (or even forgetting what it was you were looking up,) or not even being able to find exactly what it is that you're looking for.  Lots of times I can use maps that are beyond what's offered in the ingame map (like the old-school Nintendo Power maps that are pretty much the artwork of the level itself) or just can't grasp what it is I'm supposed to be doing for a certain task.  I concur as well that the prices are too high, but kudos for them for trying something new.  I was wondering just the other day in a conversation how strategy guide publishers were going to survive in the age of the internet.  The answer: Offer something better than what you can get for free.  I applaud them on at least this first step.

I noticed that and it's sort of weird. Considering the fact most ppl use an online walkthrough with videos or at least gamesfaq.com. I'm not liking the idea of paying for a guide like that and it's taking over steam's front page.

I can already read guides via the Steam overlay. Why should I want to buy a digital guide to read via the Steam overlay when I can read any of the many free ones available online or buy an actual physical guide that I read without having to toggle the overlay constantly?

The Prima guides often have exclusive hints from developers and publishers, but it's still silly. I can't even recall the last time I've been stuck in a game :s

They're definitely reaching.

I was kinda weirded out by it. Twenty bucks seems a little high for a digital strategy guide. Maybe 5 bucks would be a little more realistic, but whatever, won't be buying one anytime soon. :)

Yes, this idea is terrible.  I don't understand.
 
However, professional guides in general are not.  I seriously consider the Poke'mon series (DS) to not be enjoyable without a guide (primarily for Poke'mon locations).