I've not used GamesDeal before, but they have about as good a price as any for The Witness on Steam. Obviously it's not released until tomorrow, so this is just a pre-order. The site says you will receive your key tomorrow if you buy before then.
Barring a physical release, multi-region deals look to be one of the cheapest ways of getting this on Steam.
Price says £21.77 but they have a 4% payment charge of £0.87 so price and title updated to reflect that.
** Update **
Price for me looks like it has gone back up to £27.95. Instant-Gaming have it available for £23.36 here:
I bet this will be a few quid in a few months time. Madness to buy at this kind of price.
Djplonker to chapchap
25 Jan 161#7
That would be a 90% drop in price... Maybe next year sometime.
adam0812 to chapchap
26 Jan 16#19
7 years in development and many sites reporting 80 hours to 100%. Is £22 honestly that mad?
Snakeyes646
25 Jan 161#5
Getting amazing reviews will get on ps4
Snakeyes646
25 Jan 16#6
I end up agreeing with most of ign review scores, I used to slate ign reviews haha, destructoid also gave a 10 and a few other sites too.
chapchap
25 Jan 16#8
You bet? ( a few is between 3 and 7 )
gunnerkes
25 Jan 161#9
Heat, this game has absolutely smashed reviews
Rox598
25 Jan 16#10
Has anyone used this website before and can confirm it's all okay? never heard of it before.
CatBusStop
25 Jan 16#11
I have seen other deals from there on here so figured I'd give it a shot. Ordered with PayPal so have that to fall back on if something goes wrong but it all seems fine so far
tkh to CatBusStop
25 Jan 16#12
I did the same. Paid with paypal.
Can't wait to play this game!
jaysc
25 Jan 16#13
Same here with PayPal.
I looked around on reddit and the site has been around for a while. Checked out users to said they bought something from them and most of them seem reliable if you look their activity.
crunchman
25 Jan 161#14
Not gonna happen till "maybe" Xmas, this is considered a 50-100 hour game
Being only on steam for the PC, from what i can tell, it's impossible to know if this price is a deal or not.
In terms of the game itself, I've heard lots of folk raving about the graphics, but i just cannot see it myself. Whilst the style is unusual, it seems very simplistic and hardly makes for an immersive experience. Although i cannot comment on how good the puzzles are, I do wonder how good would they have to be to justify a 20-25 hour puzzle game with 10 yo graphics when compared to a AAA rated 150+ hour game that was pre-ordered for £1 more - I'm talking about Fallout 4, but it could equally apply to DA:I and any number of other major titles i've played in recent years.
I sense i'm almost alone here, but i am not convinced that this is the amazing deal most others seem to believe it to be.
adam0812 to Pasanda
26 Jan 16#20
Not sure how you can say this has 10 year old graphics in the same sentence as fallout but there you go. I haven't played this yet but suspect i will, I hate that so many peoples notion of value is a games length. When Ori and the Blind forest came out last year i actually felt guilty they were only charging £12-15 (forget the exact price), even though the game was fairly short, about 8-10 hours first playthrough, i felt the graphics, music and gameplay were such that it probably commanded a higher price tag.
Joshimitsu91
26 Jan 16#18
Well it's £29.99 on Steam so I'd say it's pretty easy to know whether it's a deal or not.
Thomas.
26 Jan 16#21
Next best price? The instant-gaming site has sold out :disappointed:
CatBusStop to Thomas.
26 Jan 16#22
Have they actually run out or is it that they aren't selling it until it's released this evening? I've not used them before so not sure how they work. I'll have a look about for other deals in a bit just in case.
chapchap
26 Jan 16#23
Lets wait and see- 7 quid something by end of August is well within reason.
tkh
26 Jan 16#24
Anyone had their key yet?
CatBusStop to tkh
26 Jan 16#25
Says it will be available in around 5 hours on the steam page so can't imagine keys will appear before then.
stsonic
26 Jan 16#26
Why did it not unlock last night?
CatBusStop
26 Jan 16#27
I was wondering that too, turns out, the game owner/publisher dictates the specific release time on Steam. Looks like it will be 6pm GMT.
stsonic
26 Jan 16#28
Well it nearly made my mind up to buy on PS4 so could have something to do with it lol
jaysc
26 Jan 16#29
New games on steam usually release when the steam store updates which is 6pm UK time.
crunchman
26 Jan 16#30
Anyone had their code yet?
tkh
26 Jan 16#31
Not yet!
I should have just bought it off steam!
jaysc
26 Jan 16#32
I don't have it as well. Sent an email.
Mark_______
26 Jan 16#33
Me neither. They've offered me a refund or I can wait. Not a company to use if you want something when it's actually released it seems.
Foster2k
27 Jan 16#34
I would suggest you guys dont use mmoga.co.uk either.
tkh
27 Jan 16#35
If I don't have the code by tomorrow I'm just gonna buy it on steam!
jaysc
27 Jan 16#36
I also got a reply saying they are out of stock and will be resupplied in a few days (no eta). They also offered a refund.
I'm going to wait a few days as well before refunding since it's such a low price.
tkh
28 Jan 16#37
Getting a bit worried now, they don't even have the game on their website anymore....
tkh
28 Jan 16#38
Had a refund and an email saying they aren't getting any codes in and to buy it off steam.
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Opening post
Barring a physical release, multi-region deals look to be one of the cheapest ways of getting this on Steam.
Price says £21.77 but they have a 4% payment charge of £0.87 so price and title updated to reflect that.
** Update **
Price for me looks like it has gone back up to £27.95. Instant-Gaming have it available for £23.36 here:
https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/1057-buy-key-steam-the-witness/
I'll update the deal to reflect this if others are also seeing the higher price on GamesDeal
All comments (39)
Can't wait to play this game!
I looked around on reddit and the site has been around for a while. Checked out users to said they bought something from them and most of them seem reliable if you look their activity.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/witness-ps4-19-70-psn-canada-2382338?p=27204058
In terms of the game itself, I've heard lots of folk raving about the graphics, but i just cannot see it myself. Whilst the style is unusual, it seems very simplistic and hardly makes for an immersive experience. Although i cannot comment on how good the puzzles are, I do wonder how good would they have to be to justify a 20-25 hour puzzle game with 10 yo graphics when compared to a AAA rated 150+ hour game that was pre-ordered for £1 more - I'm talking about Fallout 4, but it could equally apply to DA:I and any number of other major titles i've played in recent years.
I sense i'm almost alone here, but i am not convinced that this is the amazing deal most others seem to believe it to be.
I should have just bought it off steam!
I'm going to wait a few days as well before refunding since it's such a low price.
And then never play it.