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In a suspicious act of generosity, EA quietly slashes the Steam price on 4 Command and Conquer games to nearly nothing (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] chemical_cutthroat 74 points 9 months ago (2 children)

"Please install our launcher. We make more money off of your Information than we ever will with video games."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

It’s normal to reduce prices as games get older

[–] DaMonsterKnees -1 points 9 months ago

[–] thehatfox 31 points 9 months ago (2 children)

A shame they never continued the remasters to Red Alert 2 and Tiberium Sun.

Would be nice to see the Generals games get some attention too, they weren’t “traditional” C&C titles but were still fun to play.

[–] aeronmelon 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Am I alone in wanting a Generals remaster in the 2D isometric format?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

maybe openra will get to it in a few decades

[–] Windex007 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They had a c&c team shooter at one point that was a blast.

Imho they really missed out on defining the split-role FPS/RTS genre, they had all the peices but just never put them together.

[–] greyfox 4 points 9 months ago

There is a free fan made remake of the shooter. https://totemarts.games/games/renegade-x/

Unfortunately while EA seems fine with them distributing this as long as it is free, they won't allow them to put it on Steam.

I haven't played it in a couple of years so I don't know if there are still active servers but it is a very good remake.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

this is genorosity now?

[–] SkyezOpen 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Taking history into consideration, yes. This is unprecedented benevolence as far as EA goes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Remember, sense of accomplishment goes a long way

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This looks like a reduction in base price, as the steam store pages do not mention any discount percentage.
price should be permanent.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

This happens as games stop pulling in sales. I grabbed an old Rally game when they dropped the price to 99¢

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Does Red Alert 3 need Origin?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Dead Island 2 was free for a few days

[–] SpaceNoodle 1 points 9 months ago

Looks like I'm spending eight dollars today

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Still too expensive.