What a way to treat your pre order supporters Creative!!!! MAD

**Vuk** · 06-04-2013, 14:54

You are complaining that others can get a good deal because you didn't? Seems a little selfish to me. Personally, I am always happy to see games go on sale.

**Andres** · 06-04-2013, 15:52

Don't see a price change for Rome II on Steam neither (Belgium).

On the matter of price reductions, well yes, it happens a lot that Steam gives a temporary discount on games. And you have very frequent sales periods too. Try to remember for the future that, unless you want a certain game really really hard and can't wait to have it, it's usually better to wait a bit until the price on your favourite game drops. If you can be patient, it's possible to acquire all your games dirt cheap.

If you're a cheapskate like me, then you wait for a year or so and buy during a sales period. I'm also the type of guy who dislikes changing the tires of his car, because new tires are worth more than the car itself.

**johnhughthom** · 06-04-2013, 16:55

£29.99 for me, if I were the op'er I'd be pissed too. Luckily, I don't trust CA enough to pre-order anything they make.

Fair enough that if a price changes post release it's just bad luck, but dropping a price during a pre-order period is pretty poor going, I can only imagine the pre-orders weren't what Sega expected.

**Lemur** · 06-04-2013, 17:12

Originally Posted by johnhughthom

[D]ropping a price during a pre-order period is pretty poor going, I can only imagine the pre-orders weren't what Sega expected.

Again, before we get all heated up, I'd like confirmation that this has actually happened. Nobody but the OP has reported this sale.

@ctr2020, it would be very useful if you could post a link or screenshot. For the childrens.

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Why I find the "pre-orders must be sucktastic" argument lacking:

Total War: Rome II fastest preordered game in franchise history

According to the company's data, more than six times the number of gamers have preordered a copy during its "first official week" than did for predecessor Total War: Shogun 2.

**johnhughthom** · 06-04-2013, 17:26

Perhaps you should read the line above the one you quoted...

http://forums.totalwar.com/showthrea....99-on-steam!?

**Lemur** · 06-04-2013, 17:34

The sub-hed for the article (which is what I think you're referencing) is "Sega reveals preorder figures for upcoming strategy game are over six the number for Shogun 2 during its 'first official week.' " So they hada great first week. And that's all of the published data we have.

Note that R2 is consistently in the top 5 Steam ranks under the "top sellers" tab.

I dunno, most companies keep sales data secret, and Valve doesn't release figures. But the circumstantial evidence seems to be that R2 is selling fine. And nobody seems to be able to locate the sale the OP referenced.

Is R2 selling as well as CA would like? Who the hell knows? Unless you have the actual sale figures and access to the CA boardroom, how on earth could anyone answer that?

**johnhughthom** · 06-04-2013, 17:37

Silly Lemur, I meant the line above the part of my post you quoted, where I confirmed the price drop was the same for me.

**Hooahguy** · 06-04-2013, 17:38

I think I found that sale, but its not directly through Steam:

http://www.getgamesgo.com/product/total-war-rome-2-po

**The Stranger** · 06-08-2013, 13:56

Originally Posted by Vuk

You are complaining that others can get a good deal because you didn't? Seems a little selfish to me. Personally, I am always happy to see games go on sale.

LOL?

anyway, should buy on amazon, its cheaper for starters and you have garantue that if the price drops later on then you will pay less too.

oh and steam just sucks.