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Reply to Mafia® II Shipping with Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="VonVentrue" reply="19" id="2690428"]Convincing the publishers - so happily jumping on the Steam bandwagon - to embrace Impulse Reactor will undoubtedly take all Brad's considerable persuasive skills. Will they be willing to take that step? That is the question. The unfortunate reality is, both sides (publishers plus extremely vocal Steam supporters) seem to have an interest in maintaining the status quo.[/quote] Impulse Reactor doesn't have a single kil

Reply to Mafia® II Shipping with Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="coreimpulse" reply="5" id="2690253"] Does it make a difference? Retail Mafia II will install and play with steam, won't it?[/quote] You are right. Every PC version will benefit from Steamworks features like auto updates, achievements and more.

Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/64822 Didn't Brad Wardell claim Impulse is number 2? And Mafia 2 is going to use Steamworks too: http://store.steampowered.com/news/4101/

Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="98" id="2687095"]How long before Steam is pre-installed on new machines, much like Windows is?[/quote] On some PCs it already is: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/61378 [quote who="ZehDon" reply="96" id="2686928"]Every customer of D2D who purchases a Steamworks title is a customer that has more of a chance of spending money on Steam than on D2D.[/quote] But D2D cu

Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Rebell44" reply="92" id="2685618"]GamersGate - their catalogue didnt have any Steamworks game before this boycot so they dont really count Impulse - looks like they are only ones who (at least for now) real participate in this boycot.[/quote] Which Steamworks games were sold on Impulse before the boycott started?

Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="76" id="2679712"]D2D will lose some of its customers to Steam entirely as a result of this decision as D2D doesn't require you first navigate through its Store to access your games, while Steam does. The sheer nature of human psychology dictate this much.[/quote] Direct2Drive already lost many customers because they refused to sell them the games they want.

Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="coreimpulse" reply="73" id="2679608"]"This game requires Steam." They are advertising the competition's service in their own storefront. When have you seen that in the offline world?[/quote] Would you prefer them to not telling their customers about the requirement of a third party program? Games for Windows Live is a competetor of Steam, yet Valve "advertises" the service on Steam's Bioshock 2 Page: "Other Requirements: Initial installation requires one-time internet con

Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Interesting turn of events: Direct2Drive is now selling Modern Warfare 2: http://www.direct2drive.com/ Remember, that's where the whole Steamworks boycott started: http://kotaku.com/5398259/online-retailers-refusing-to-sell-modern-warfare-2 http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=25944

Reply to Amazing Steam Sales Going on in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Zoomba" reply="36" id="2666547"]Selling a Steamworks game, that bundles the Steam client (and store by extension) might get us sales in the short-term, but it would be harmful in the longrun.[/quote] And how will NOT selling Steamworks games help you in the long run? [quote]Why buy a Steamworks game anywhere but Steam if every other store just sends you there in the end anyway?[/quote] But that's exactly the situation right now. You are sendi

Reply to Amazing Steam Sales Going on in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="33" id="2666361"] Quoting Guest83, reply 32...And i have yet to understand why Brad Wardell and the others are doing this. You don't understand the situation and thus you don't understand the decision.[/quote] I do fully understand their situation, i just think they are making a big mistake. [quote]In short, selling a Steamworks title sends your customers to Valve.[/quote] No, Impulse is forcing customers to use Steam

Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Interesting article from an anti-trust lawyer about Steam actually not beeing a monopoly: http://www.gamesbrief.com/2010/06/steam-is-not-a-monopoly/

Reply to Amazing Steam Sales Going on in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="lbgsloan" reply="27" id="2666036"] I know there's nothing Impulse can do about that one since DoW2 is a steam exclusive,[/quote] It's a Steam exclusive because Stardock is unwillig to sell it on Impulse. Steamworks doesn't mean it can't be sold anywhere else, in fact Direct2Drive carried Steamworks games like Dawn of War 2 and Empire: Total War for a long time until they (and GamersGate and Impulse) started to boycott Steamworks in the uprising of the Modern Warfare 2 rele

Reply to Amazing Steam Sales Going on in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="DeCypher00" reply="24" id="2665738"]Which is... a 30% cut for Impulse. Heh. 15% if you set up your own store and use Impulse strictly for downloading , I guess.[/quote] That would be free on Steam. Runic (Torchlight) and the makers of Natural Selection 2 are doing this. They sell Steam keys through their own website and keep 100% of the money.

Reply to Fallout: New Vegas will use Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

From: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/acting-on-impulse-interview [quote who="Brad Wardell"]That's becoming an increasing issue with publishers, who have been going to their developers and telling them they can't use SteamWorks[/quote] Looks like nobody told Bethesda about that...

Reply to Fallout: New Vegas will use Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="kryo" reply="23" id="2644903"] they would make tons of money. No. Steam has the market power to dictate pricing, while everyone else has to clear prices through the publishers.[/quote] The creators of Worms claim they are actually setting the price, not Valve: http://forum.team17.com/showpost.php?p=720095&postcount=39 Who's telling the truth?

Reply to Fallout: New Vegas will use Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="joasoze" reply="21" id="2644609"]I am sure that steam works fine, but I am not happy about it getting into a position where other platforms are shut out.[/quote] No one is preventing other platforms from offering Steamworks titles except themselves. Impulse, Direct2Drive & Co tried to force publishers to stop using Steam and failed. Now they can keep loosing money or start to win back some of their costumers by offering a better service like lowering prices. Customers

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="scratchthepitch" reply="452" id="2632580"] OK, that explains a lot about how steam is operating in a business sense. They do want monopoly control and I would not be surprised if they are connected to microsoft in some sort of shady, back alley way. Even if there is nothing in the official paper trail of either that connects the two.[/quote] And that's why they have released Steam on Mac three weeks ago...

Reply to Question to Brad regarding DD marketshare in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="BlindMindStudios" reply="55" id="2630141"]I say prove him wrong with facts.[/quote] I did exactly what he asked me to do. I have proved my claims by using web.archive.org. [quote]Stardock isn't new to selling games or selling bundles / offering discounts to loyal customers. Flat-rate discounts are a semi-new trend though (from what I can pull from archive.org and ignoring pre-orders/bundles), you're right, but Stardock has been in the business of sel

Reply to Question to Brad regarding DD marketshare in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="8" id="2622495"]Steam has these great sales because of competition from Impulse.[/quote] Oh come on, not again. You know it's not true. [quote]Where were those great Steam holiday sales in the years before Impulse was doing them? (use archive.org and look at Steampowered.com during the month of December).[/quote] December 2007 : http://web.archive.org/web/20071225164318/www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=new

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="arstal" reply="329" id="2618267"]Many of the anti-Steamers have said they're willing to pay extra money or lose features to have it not on Steam. That should tell you something. [/quote] That's what they always say. But it hasn't stopped Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead, Empire: Total War, Modern Warfare 2, etc. to be huge commercial successes.

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="bonscott" reply="283" id="2616699"] EXACTLY! Like the Civ Fanatics HOF mod. After a patch it's usually 2-4 weeks at least before the HOF mod is updated for the new patch as they test thing to either work with new features of the patch and to make sure things aren't broken. [/quote] I really don't get the mod argument. What are the two most modded games in history? Half-Life 1 and Half-Life 2, both use Steam. But now all of a sud

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Nick-Danger" reply="277" id="2616380"]Apparently steam will need to be running in the background, even when offline for an offline single-player game.[/quote] That's how Steam works since it first started in 2003. What's the news?

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="tscolin" reply="222" id="2615085"]Even if stardock sold civ 5, id still buy it from steam. I really enjoy their platform.[/quote] If they sell it for five bucks less and provide you with a key to register your game on Steam (so it has exactly the same features as a native Steam version), why would you buy it from Steam then? [quote who="RAWRRRR" reply="221" id="2615084"]A price war would be a lose- lose for Steam and Impulse.[/quote]

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="arstal" reply="216" id="2615049"] Start undercutting Steam on price, even if it means eating profit. If Steam sells something for 50 you sell it for 45- tell the publisher they'll get the royalties if it was 50, and force Steam into a price war.[/quote] That's exactly what competition should look like! Stardock would get the money and (in case of a Steamworks game) Valve would have to provide download servers and support. But what is Stardock actually doing? Th

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="207" id="2614926"]Activision used Steam because Steam needs big name, exclusive titles to push the service and Steam offered them the best deal so that it could use Modern Warfare 2 as a Trojan horse for Steam.[/quote] Steamworks is free for all games: "Take advantage of the platform that supports over 1100 game titles on Steam. Steamworks gives you access to a connected community of 25 million gamers and a robust world-wide network. Steamworks is