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    50% discount at EASTORE

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by chituan, Dec 25, 2010.

  1. chituan

    chituan Notebook Guru

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    chituan, Dec 25, 2010
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  2. Xsonic

    Xsonic Notebook Consultant

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    Hmm... All I see are regular prices except for a couple games.
     
    Xsonic, Dec 25, 2010
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  3. Panther214

    Panther214 Notebook Evangelist

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    i would download from there... ppl have a lot of difficulty with EA Store due to the DRM etc so really your better off buying the box copies or from Steam which IMO is not much better.

    Panther214
     
    Panther214, Dec 25, 2010
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  4. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    vietnam is half price on here.
    if i buy this will it link upto my steam version of battlefield bad company 2
     
    MrDJ, Dec 25, 2010
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  5. Xsonic

    Xsonic Notebook Consultant

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    Nope, it won't.
    Hmmm half price for UK? If it's true I'll go ak me UK friend to buy it for my EAStore account :D
     
    Xsonic, Dec 25, 2010
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  6. WaR

    WaR Notebook Virtuoso

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    First, I'm not sure what he means by link up, but you can definitely buy Vietnam on the EA store, and use the Vietnam key within BC2. That's what they sell you: the key to unlock the content already on your HDD.
     
    WaR, Dec 25, 2010
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  7. AlyH

    AlyH Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm pretty sure the 50% Xmas sale was exclusive to UK only, hence why MrDJ has access to the sales, and not us in North America. I was reading online that there was a way to get it, but it involved using a 'Proxy Site' and you had to use a Credit Card, etc etc... too many unknowns in that equation for me so I skipped it. I'm just assuming a sale is coming our way soon for the Vietnam expansion.

    As for the keys being compatible between EA Store and Steam, yes, as far as I have read, they are compatible and it's just a question of inputting the key once you purchase it from either seller.
     
    AlyH, Dec 25, 2010
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  8. meemer

    meemer Notebook Consultant

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    Don't games from EA Store require their own EA client?

    EDIT: Sorry, I missed the fact that they provide a CD-key
     
    meemer, Dec 25, 2010
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  9. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    There is no such thing as Vietnam expansion not being compatible with any version of BF:BC2. Don't listen to anyone who tells you otherwise. Everyone who currently owns BF:BC2 on the PC already has Vietnam installed on their machines. When you purchase Vietnam from ANY SOURCE all they give you is an unlock code you punch in on the Vietnam Tab of your BC2 menu (yeah, even Steam purchases give you a code you have to punch in).
     
    rschauby, Dec 25, 2010
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  10. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Deal over? I see Vietnam for full $15.00 price.

    I just bought the steam version of BFBC2 not long ago though due to me preferring steam to EA Downloader, but I do have the BFBC2 game on EA.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Dec 26, 2010
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  11. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    oh. if i had realized vietnam was $7.xx and steam compatible, I would have bought it. oops.
     
    masterchef341, Dec 26, 2010
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  12. blaster

    blaster 1 tequila, 2,3,4,5, floor

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    Me to :( I missed it, perhaps steam may lower the price on the next days of sales. :)
     
    blaster, Dec 26, 2010
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