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My opinion, based on what is apparent by the quality of the offer, is that this not a serious attempt of providing service to the international audience. It ap
by luso_brazilian 10y ago
My opinion, based on what is apparent by the quality of the offer, is that this not a serious attempt of providing service to the international audience.
It appears that these few titles were made available to the international markets only as a way to give strength to the PR claim.
The press release title is "Lionsgate launches films on Steam's global digital distribution platform" [1] and, although the blockbusters are prominently mentioned by name (like Hunger Games, Twilight, Divergent & Saw Franchises), nowhere in its text it is mentioned that, apart from those 11 token titles, these are available only to U.S. customers.
The press release forwards any inquire about availability or pricing to another site [2] but that doesn't mention this limitation either, simply displaying the available titles and prices.
As said, in my opinion they are not trying, the apparent reason they made these 11 titles available was to be able to announce "Available to Steam Customers" instead of "Available to U.S. Steam Customers"
[1] http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lionsgate-launches-films-on-steams-global-digital-distribution-platform-300256508.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lionsgate-launches-f...
[2] http://store.steampowered.com/sale/lionsgate http://store.steampowered.com/sale/lionsgate
- lallysingh 10y agoThis is a toe in the water, to test the temperature. I'm sure that it must be crazy annoying to read those titles, and then see Leprechaun 4 (4! in space! it was awful) as one of the only options. But movie licensing is about as organized and simple as anything else in hollywood.