They'll be giving users the option to purchase all of what the black box was to essentially contain independantly though no?
Would rather pay $19.99 for Ep2/TF2/Portal than have to spend an extra $60 for half a pack I already own.
Would rather pay $19.99 for Ep2/TF2/Portal than have to spend an extra $60 for half a pack I already own.
The bad news is that, at the moment, it's "Orange Box" only ($44.99 pre-release, $49.99 normally) and it includes HL2/EP1/EP2/Portal/TF2. If (like me) you already own HL2/EP1 then the prices for the other games are as follows:
Episode Two - $29.99
Portal - $19.99
Team Fortress 2 - $29.99
A total of just short of $70. The bottom line is, if you want two of the three releases, it makes sense to go for the Orange Box and save money (or at least pay the same price and get the third game thrown in).
If, like me, you only want Episode Two, then hang fire and pay $29.99 when it's out, which I believe is October 10th (on Steam - there is no planned boxed release at the moment).
Oh, and Valve say that if you already own HL2/EP1 and buy the Orange Box, you can give them to someone as a "gift" - either to an existing Steam account holder, or to someone who can then set a Steam account up.
[EDIT] Heh, Swift beat me to some of this information. Ah well!