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> It's a pity they aren't releasing on Steam though. Most players aren't going to buy the game from the Win10 store. I agree but I'd go even further: it's a pi
by Arkanosis 9y ago
> It's a pity they aren't releasing on Steam though. Most players aren't going to buy the game from the Win10 store.
I agree but I'd go even further: it's a pity they aren't releasing as standalone. Where are the good old days when using a locked platform wasn't required to install a game?
- xrisk 9y agoIt's not the matter of a locked platform per se. Releasing a game on a platform like Steam just increases the likelihood of someone buying it manifold. The age of physical discs are over, but the developer is still free to release a DRM-free version of the game independently. Witcher 3's Projeckt Red does this. You can simply enter the product key received from Steam to download this DRM free copy.
- izacus 9y agoThose days were gone when DRM became an acceptable thing defended by people even on this site.
- Pica_soO 9y agoIts always that one CEO, wanting to emulate the success that is steam by becoming basically becoming the market and the platform. Self-delusion and believe-shapes-reality needs some realistic observation or else one wastes ridiculous amounts of money reinventing the wheel only for the crowd to flock to the first wheel shop anyway. Those are resources that could go into inventing the first plane. And some superior sooner or later realizes that you are on a unimaginative crusade and cuts the lifeline, resulting in a dead market-plattform, with contract-bound studios being dragged down with the sinking ship.