Steam download or DVD

**Sir Beane** · 02-10-2009, 00:17

Originally Posted by scipiosgoblin

My son, Ian, owns two cannons ... and a pirate ship.

He's 4 months old. Possibly mom and dad went a little overboard. NAAAAHHHHHHH.

It's taller than he is at the moment. Maybe I'll let him play with it when he's 4 "years" old.

SG

You sir, are the best parent ever.

That's a fantastic looking ship.

**peacemaker** · 02-10-2009, 02:09

i prefer the DVD copy of the game. First, you still download steam and with steam you still get the installs even if you started out with a CD. Second, I have fairly slow internet and it would be faster to get it off a CD then download it from the internet. Third, I like having the boxes....I don't know why

**Marten** · 02-10-2009, 02:12

Originally Posted by Sir Beane

You sir, are the best parent ever.

That's a fantastic looking ship.

I second that.

On Topic: I prefer the DVD thing, because i like to install my games on a extra "game" drive i created. Steam won't let me do this - you can only install software in the steam folder - that really annoys me. Amazon will hopefully send my copy on the 5th - at least that's what they promised me. Perhaps of my advanced age i too prefer a copy in my hands, a nice and proper carton with something to bypass the installation time. But i'm also used to download games, especially older ones (legal sort!) - my last one was "Civil War General 2".

**Colovion** · 02-10-2009, 02:49

I'll probably get the DVD. I love Steam for how handy it is; when HL2 came out it was so slick and simple I was astounded. It'll depend on a couple of things. I do have quite a few game packages/manuals/maps sitting around cluttering up my closet but even though it is clutter, I enjoy having mementos.

**Polemists** · 02-10-2009, 05:30

For me it comes down to download speed, the amount of time it'd take me download it will be longer then the amount of time it will take to ship it. Purely because the file will be around 15 gigabytes.

If you've got a fast connection great, if not you'll be waiting a week or two while it downloads.

**Monk** · 02-10-2009, 06:33

Originally Posted by Polemists

For me it comes down to download speed, the amount of time it'd take me download it will be longer then the amount of time it will take to ship it. Purely because the file will be around 15 gigabytes.

If you've got a fast connection great, if not you'll be waiting a week or two while it downloads.

Oh crap.

I'd forgotten about the sheer size of this monster. Yeah, DvD for sure for me. It will take ages to download 10-15g, even if I'm rocking at 800kb/s!

**scipiosgoblin** · 02-10-2009, 07:34

(To actually post on topic this time) I'm definitely buying the DVD. I like the map and unit/tech/building layout that comes with it. Plus, the DVD's that came with MTW2 were pretty cool, so maybe there will be something similar in the SF edition.

(Off topic) I decorated his whole room with nautical signal flags, pirate ships and eventually I plan to paint a compass rose on the ceiling. He'll probably hate the ocean by the time he grows up, but for now it's fun.

SG

**Husar** · 02-10-2009, 07:41

I'm going to buy the DVD, just to get the USS Constitution from Play.com.
Well, it doesn't cost anything extra.
Since the game is fully tied into Steam, it's possible that you can just enter the CD code from the box and download it anyway if you want, so it'll most likely be tied to your account anyway, there are already a few games where something like that seems to be possible, it should certainly work with Valve games you buy in a box.
Buying it from Play.com just gives me a lot of exclusive units for the same price the Steam download without any exclusive units would cost, easy choice I say.