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  • chinoto
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    Too bad the only game I'm vaguely interested in is "Interstellar Marines", I already have a lot of Valve games because I got them on Windows before Steam4Linux was even a thing, and I have a ton of indie games from Humble Indie Bundles too.

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  • Staffan
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    Originally posted by RealNC View Post
    Ah, "sales," yes. The events where games are sold at the price that they should have been sold at in the first place. "Digital distribution will result in games selling for $10 on release, because of the $60 you pay for physical copies, only $10 end up coming to us due to all the middle-men" was the promise many years ago.
    I think you should google the term "market economy".

    Prices are not set based on what something cost to make but on what people are willing to pay. The only time the manufacturing cost is taken into consideration is when you decide whether to make the thing at all.

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  • Kivada
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    Originally posted by DebianLinuxero View Post
    If STEAM, EA, UBI and such didn't exist, the gaming companies probably have to publish its games without DRM. Or didn't publish. But in that case, they wouldn't earn money.
    DRM existed for games long before Steam/Origin/UPlay etc came about, most of it was far more of a PITA then they are with Steam. Steam also carries quite a few completely DRM free games http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games

    Keep your credentials saved locally and use Family View to lock the account down against outsiders.

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  • Kivada
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    Originally posted by atari314
    Steam the DRM sausage fest...
    Come on CDPR, hurry up with GOG(+Galaxy) for linux...
    This is a list of games and software available on Steam that do not require the use of the Steam client itself (after the game or software is downloaded using the client), do not contain any third-party DRM (Digital rights management, e.g. Games for Windows - LIVE, Uplay, Denuvo Anti-Tamper, etc.), and do not utilize the optional Valve CEG (Custom Executable Generation) component, making them effectively launcher-free applications once downloaded. This allows usage of the game directly both offl

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  • stiiixy
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    Originally posted by sirdilznik View Post
    I scooped up the XCOM Complete package (conveniently became available for Linux the very day the sale started). Now I'm just waiting for Deadfall Adventures to hit 75% off.
    Yeah I did the same, and got The Bureau with it (was actualyl cheaper to buy with it, than with out).

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  • justmy2cents
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    Originally posted by DebianLinuxero View Post
    In a Windows gaming web maybe those comentaries didn't have a place.
    But this web is about Linux, and its philosophy matters. And this is not new.

    This.

    If STEAM, EA, UBI and such didn't exist, the gaming companies probably have to publish its games without DRM. Or didn't publish. But in that case, they wouldn't earn money.

    And probably, without platform / shop exclusivity contracts (like happen with those distributors), companies would be allmost free to explore the full platform spectrum.

    I know we have been waiting a lot of years (way too many) to a change / impulse / revulsive that brings to us AAA games.

    But I think that even if STEAM didn't landed on Linux, we now would have AAA games (and also the diver / technology improvements that goes with its income).

    Think a bit about this.

    In this last 2 - 3 years we had a lot of indie games income.
    While many of them could be considerated like "real indies" / casual games, there were others (like Legend of Grimrock) that were half the way AAA.

    My point is that if Steam didn't arrive to Linux, that income tendence would still continue and finally we would have AAA on.
    it's actually ubisoft, ea, sony and microsoft. steam just has to have drm as option in order to cater everyone.

    you say in last 2-3 years... you mean the time while steam is pushing it. otherwise we'd at best see some Loki2 going under. gaming would still be under the rock. you need a lot less push if someone is backing it.

    but, what i do agree on is that in ideal world steam wouldn't be the only choice. just try thinking like this. steam popularized gaming on linux and when it is popular enough you'll probably have lots of drm free choices. and in marketing it's all about market. if they see steam/linux running well, that is just one big proof less they need in order to start creating games for it. marketing is all about illusion

    so, i really fail to see the reason to bash steam. it's not like someone is showing it down your throat. even if you ignore them and never buy anything, they are still doing good for you since they present linux as gaming viable platform.
    Last edited by justmy2cents; 20 June 2014, 01:00 PM.

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  • DebianLinuxero
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    Originally posted by bakgwailo View Post
    Except that Steam != DRM. Don't know why that fact has to be pointed out on every single Steam thread though...
    Originally posted by passso
    What the hell is this new Valve/Steam bashing ???
    In a Windows gaming web maybe those comentaries didn't have a place.
    But this web is about Linux, and its philosophy matters. And this is not new.

    Originally posted by computerequip
    Those games wouldn't be on the platform regardless then. Why not just avoid the game?
    This.

    If STEAM, EA, UBI and such didn't exist, the gaming companies probably have to publish its games without DRM. Or didn't publish. But in that case, they wouldn't earn money.

    And probably, without platform / shop exclusivity contracts (like happen with those distributors), companies would be allmost free to explore the full platform spectrum.

    I know we have been waiting a lot of years (way too many) to a change / impulse / revulsive that brings to us AAA games.

    But I think that even if STEAM didn't landed on Linux, we now would have AAA games (and also the diver / technology improvements that goes with its income).

    Think a bit about this.

    In this last 2 - 3 years we had a lot of indie games income.
    While many of them could be considerated like "real indies" / casual games, there were others (like Legend of Grimrock) that were half the way AAA.

    My point is that if Steam didn't arrive to Linux, that income tendence would still continue and finally we would have AAA on.

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  • sirdilznik
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    I scooped up the XCOM Complete package (conveniently became available for Linux the very day the sale started). Now I'm just waiting for Deadfall Adventures to hit 75% off.

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  • Passso
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    WTH

    What the hell is this new Valve/Steam bashing ???

    They bring us a REAL game platform to Linux, and really support and push game developers to Linux, for the first time in history.

    Ok most of those games are ported, ok most of them are not AAA but they damn did it!!
    You have the choice not to buy on the store, but bashing them... this is just incredible.

    Personally I say thanks to Valve for the games I play regularly (Dota2, Team Fortress, Metro, Civ 5 etc.)

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  • curaga
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    Originally posted by PiotrDrag View Post

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