Portal 2 will be released early if...

[Hegr]

If enough people buy the potato sack bundle on Steam, Portal 2 will be released early (for Steam only. Not consoles).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV0zkrkTSCU

quote from ign.com as well:

Valve (http://games.ign.com/objects/026/026417.html) says it will launch Portal 2 (http://pc.ign.com/objects/142/14237322.html) early through Steam if enough players purchase and/or play The Potato Sack, a 13 game pack of indie titles on sale for $38. You don't need to purchase the games again if you already own them.

A countdown clock on Aperturescience.com (http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/) ended this morning, revealing the announcement. The webpage provides the projected time for the release of Portal 2, which appears to speed up as more Potato Sack bundles are purchased and games are played. The bundle includes such titles as: Bit Trip Beat, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Super Meat Boy.

The website appears to be providing real-time stats of the number of users playing the games through Steam.

[all else failed]

I dont believe it.

[Hegr]

I dont believe it.
why not?

just got this off of ign.com:

Valve (http://games.ign.com/objects/026/026417.html) says it will launch Portal 2 (http://pc.ign.com/objects/142/14237322.html) early through Steam if enough players purchase and/or play The Potato Sack, a 13 game pack of indie titles on sale for $38. You don't need to purchase the games again if you already own them.

A countdown clock on Aperturescience.com (http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/) ended this morning, revealing the announcement. The webpage provides the projected time for the release of Portal 2, which appears to speed up as more Potato Sack bundles are purchased and games are played. The bundle includes such titles as: Bit Trip Beat, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Super Meat Boy.

The website appears to be providing real-time stats of the number of users playing the games through Steam.

[Nightrise]

Sweet. Yes Valve!

[The Matt-mobile]

http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/

the counter moves extremely slow. It won't be full before tuesday (actaul release date). I think Valve knows this. They get lots of money from the promise of early game release, and the fans get nothing (but some games the probably didn't really want).

[SneakyCheese]

the thing is it doesnt have to be full :P I slept 9 hours and the counter had gone 30 hours so it is a really good thing! it is to get it release earlier :D or not? wait how long did I sleep?

[BladesofBlood]

omg the audiosurf and the defense grid ones are so infuriating especially the audiosurf cause im very good at it cept i play mono ninja not point man ive got like 1 or 2 potatos its better then nothing though.

[SneakyCheese]

well this was kinda pointless, at this rate we get portal2 6 hours earlier....

[Nightrise]

well this was kinda pointless, at this rate we get portal2 6 hours earlier....

That's still 6 more hours of Portal.

[SneakyCheese]

That's still 6 more hours of Portal.
and that 6 hours I spend in school :(

---------- Post added at 06:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:28 AM ----------

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING!!!! THE POTATO COUNT IS GOING DOWN!!!!!!
11:00 - Pre-release lethality assessment initiated... < IS WHAT IT SAYS!

[Hegr]

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING!!!! THE POTATO COUNT IS GOING DOWN!!!!!!

I wonder what this means.

Just did a little calculation and the potatoes will be gone in about 8 hours and 45 minutes

[IeatdUrcookie]

wow its gonna be released a few hours early, amazing.


this was just a marketing ploy by valve to milk the portal 2 sale + the potato sack for every last cent. it worked extremely well.

[Hegr]

wow its gonna be released a few hours early, amazing.


this was just a marketing ploy by valve to milk the portal 2 sale + the potato sack for every last cent. it worked extremely well.

Yeah it paid off well for them. I was smart enough not to participate mainly because It has no effect for console release date/time.

[IeatdUrcookie]

after playing through the first hour of portal 2, i have concluded that the men and women who worked on this game are absolute geniuses.

the mapping, the technology, the voice acting, the story...


every single thing about this game is amazing and im only an hour into it

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[Hegr]

after playing through the first hour of portal 2, i have concluded that the men and women who worked on this game are absolute geniuses.

the mapping, the technology, the voice acting, the story...


every single thing about this game is amazing and im only an hour into it

a;sdfjksdnfjaskdnfj

wait until you experience co-op. the thought put into the game to utilize both players in equally hard tasks is just insane.

[Greenskull]

can't wait to pick this up today!

[SneakyCheese]

YES the game is decrypting on steam now :) can't wait! it is just stuck in 32% :/

EDIT: I found love! All the details and secrets scattered around!!!!

[xXHorrorHippoXx]

I had my last exam yesterday, so I AM FREE TO PLAY THIS FOREVER!

[Hegr]

Edgeless safety cube :D

[Nightrise]

Beat it. <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

[Hegr]

Beat it. <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3
damn it. i literally just walked in the door with it and you already beat it :(

So the receipt i got had the code on it to get the custom skins for the bots. It gave me 2 codes. I entered in the first one and went to enter in the second one, thinking that it was a code for each bot. Turns out, I think i have 2 codes for bot skins.

[Reclaimer M3GTR]

This game was so amazing, nothing but laughs through out the game

[SneakyCheese]

OMG I got tyrant hats for the bots from TF2! xD