At one time I remember Valve said we could rent a steam version of HL2 for a month for something like $10 – anyone remember that? I’m just wondering if that’s actually an option at this point. I might even marry steam if it let me get HL2 for $10 instead of $50 or $60!
This would be ideal for me since I’m only interested in the single player game.
Yeah, I was WAY hoping for that option, too. Saner heads over at Valve must’ve realized just how many of us there were that’d quit paying after a month or two (at $10/per), but would still happily pay the full $50 or $60 if that was the only option.
IE, they squeezed an extra $30 or so out of me by not offering the subscription. And probably out of a LOT of other people, too.
It’s possible that, since HL2 is tied to a Steam account, you could simply sell your Steam account instead. Near-useless for EB and company, but you could at least E-bay it.