Steam doesn't want to install : Fallout: New Vegas

» Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:19 pm

Release date for the game in north america was in the 19th. For europe its 22nd.

So if your from north america you should be able to playnow. But anyways i think your installer download is corrupted, might need to download it again.
Or maybe the installer from gamestop is corrupted, they might neede to look into that.

I have deleted the old files and the folder for the installer and re downloaded everything and I keep on getting that error message.I'm still awaiting a reply from GameStop
but I think i'll have to ask for a refund and try to buy the game at a local store.

» Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:01 am

You to could have bought a console version, but decided to go the PC route.....which had limitations. (I'd like to say good on you for supporting the company and not stealing it. Even if it kinda "blew up in your face", from your point of view.)

Chalk it up as a learning experience. Read the box, and if you don't like the limitations/requirements, don't buy it for PC. (But don't steal it either!) Though, in my opinion the PC is always the best way to go. Note the PC community can, and has fixed issues for ourselves. Good luck doing that on a console.

Just be patient. I bet once you can play, you'll forget this, what I see as a minor annoyance (In this world of murder, forced six, genocide.) .and you will enjoy the game. I do understand the frustration, but nothing was kept secret and simply sprung on you out of the blue to annoy you.

Call me a fan boy, but I also have ordered a PS3 CE but that isn't available until tomorrow as well. (I did that because there is no PC CE available in the netherlands, and I wanted that Bad.)
If it wasn't for that damn CE I would have been playing on my PS3 instead of ranting on here.

I just buy any Beth game on both. PS3 for being able to play in the living room, the PC for Mods and hourse of Lone Wandering XD.

Call me crazy but I just love these game to much not to have'm all. And Backups.

And yes, all will be forgotten tomorrow morning when I get out of bed early to wander the Mojave. But still, I take this few hours that are left to vent my Nerdrage

Why it surprised me is the fact that I have used steam for years but haven't had a steam game before release except Empire Total War, and that played instantly (because of the very late release date in Holland, a few days after the European) which is why I expected to be able to play it straight away.

I know my "If I can't play it on PC, they shouldn't be able to play it on consoles either" is very childish. But even grown men/young advlts are allowed their childish moments

» Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:52 pm

As I said it in my post above. If it was the case that console users were also unable to play I wouldn't moan so much about it.

To use your example: There are two halls in the cinema, both featuring the same movie. Me and my friend both got our tickets early but the show in his hall does start early because he has the tickets in his hand. Is it so strange that I excpect the show to start early for me as well? We both got the tickets, it's the same movie, only difference is that we're not in the same hall.

:whisper: But the console players don't get mods and for me, that more than makes up for it. They went to the same show a bit earlier but they didn't get the "all desserts free" after the show.

» Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:01 am

Am i the only one getting the " game is unreleased" sign still? its 01:16 am 22th...and still not released and not playable for me, yea im one of those unlucky euro players.

» Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:57 am

I don't quite understand whats going on here.Like I said in my previous posts I bought this game as a digital download from Gamestop.I had been having problems getting it to even install.I contacted them and tried the suggestions they told me to try.It didn't work.So I tried a restore to a point before I purchased the game online.Well i did get past the point where I got the Error about installer being corrupted.It then asked me to go onto the Steam to download the actually files for the game.
If I bought in Gamestop why would I have to go to Steam to get the actual game.Wouldn't it be straight download from Gamespot?Or does Gamespot use Steam to distribute its online games.