What is the Black Box (PS3/XBOX360)?

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my friend loves the orange box on the ps3

i play w/ him all the time, but now he says that the blackbox is comming out and its gonna be REALLY cool

can anyone tell me if the black box exists, or what games are gonna be in it

Peace

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January 16, 2007 - Since being revealed last year, fans have been eager to get a hold of Valve's Half-Life 2: Episode Two, which includes the games Portal and Team Fortress 2. When gamers race to the store in late summer for Episode Two, they'll be faced with two choices. Both Black Box and Orange Box editions will be made available, each with slightly different content.



The Black Box is only available on PC and includes Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. It retails for $39.99.



The Orange Box is available for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 and includes Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episodes One and Two, Portal and Team Fortress. It retails for a modest $59.99.



In other words, The Black Box edition is for PC gamers who already have Half-Life 2 and it's first Episode. The Orange Box is meant for everyone else, so that they can experience the full breadth of the Half-Life 2 saga.













Those hoping to get themselves Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal via the previously announced Half Life 2: The Black Box are out of luck. According to Valve's director of marketing Doug Lombardi, The Black Box has been canceled. All that remains of the Half-Life SKUs is The Orange Box, which features all the aforementioned content as well as Half-Life 2 and Episode 1. Lombardi explains:



We're going to have one package, The Orange Box, available on the PC (US$49.99) as well as the 360 and PS3 (US$ 59.99). In addition to the three new products—Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Half-Life: Episode Two—The Orange Box will also contain the full version of Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One. Those who purchase the PC version of The Orange Box will get three separate Steam product codes: One for the three new games, one for HL2, and one for Episode One. This way a PC Orange Box owner can give away their Half-Life 2 or Episode One unused Steam product codes if they don't need a copy of those games. We are excited to deliver the highest value of new gaming content ever offered in one box.

Yes, that's exactly what I want to do: pay more for everything and give the parts I don't want away. How noble of you, Valve.



Obviously, the problem that arises here is the fact that the majority of gamers previously interested in the cheaper Black Box already have the core game and its first episode. Forcing them to buy Half-Life 2 and Episode 1 again hardly seems fair. The argument could be made that those wanting the piecemeal package could simply buy them online through Steam, but many still prefer a boxed version, and it seems that Valve is taking advantage of that fact. For shame.

Black box is the Orange box for pc except it has more games

no such thing