So you may have seen by now that Modern Warfare 2 is available for pre-purchase on Steam. We here at Pixel Well have discussed to a large extent the way we will partake of the gift that is to be Modern Warfare 2, and I personally think I’ll opt for the Steam version. I was pretty excited to see that its finally up on Steam, having check a few days ago, but similar to others of you on teh webz I felt like the $60.00 price tag was a little stunning. But why? Steam gives us this really interesting paradigm shift. I remember being well-prepared to pay $60.00 for a game in the days of yore, heading off to Best Buy as soon as someone could give me a ride. And now I feel its obviously a rip-off; the game is worth it, but wont the price go down sometime soon, like before Christmas? Can I wait? Now the adept shopper may say that they just waited for retail, but the thing is, back then, that was work. Steam makes everyone a bargain hunter, nay, assassin. In fact, oddly enough, I just bought Assassin’s Creed off of Steam a couple of days ago because it was just $5. I had been waiting for it, and I knew I would know as soon as it happened.

So theres the folks preordering the night-vision goggles limited edition, reserving it at Gamestop… Me, well, maybe I’ll just wait a week or two and see if it goes on sale. How do you feel about it? I mean, that Left 4 Dead 2 trailer almost made me impulse preorder the game, especially at a discount. And that’s where this is really going. With so many games coming out, can companies afford to throw out a $60.00 price tag? The end result is that we as gamers win; Steam is the bargain tool of the future. Lets just hope Modern Warfare 2 drops in price in the near future. Not that we have anything to complain about, when everyone in Australia will have to shell out $90.00 to get there hands on a copy.