Comments on: Digital Distribution is Growing

By: Juuso - Game Producer

Juuso - Game Producer — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:09:51 +0000

Zeha: Check out the games section, there are indie games there…

baz and funvideos: these are the exact concerns that should be handled properly. Don’t know if Valve will see these issues, but anyone willing to win the distribution competition must take care of them. It’s the customers who will decide where they buy games, and if their “risks” aren’t noticed, they will go somewhere else.

By: ZeHa

ZeHa — Sun, 27 May 2007 13:24:22 +0000

But is it possible for the lone and unknown indie-developer to get his game up to Steam? Or are they very picky with their choice?

I haven’t used Steam so far, so I don’t really know anything about it…

By: baz

baz — Sat, 26 May 2007 22:25:30 +0000

As pointed out elsewhere, the stats for Steam users are kinda skewed cos that was the only way to get HL2 to work. And, HL2 was so damn hot that I and many others wouldve gone through any crazy DRM/mechanism to get it.

As previous poster said, I am also uncomfortable with the idea that my games can go AWOL because of some server screw up, or my account being invalid somehow. Perhaps after a PC upgrade I will need to beg to get my games back.
Pretty much kills the 2nd hand market too.

And, what if every company made their own Steam system, it would be a mess. Who knows, maybe that XBLA thing will reach PCs. So, on the one hand I hate it, but on the other hand I can see that it surely reduced piracy and gives the devs the $$$ the deserve. But I still hate it.

By: Fun Game Videos

Fun Game Videos — Sat, 26 May 2007 21:39:33 +0000

I used to hate Steam when it was very buggy (they still have some problems), but it’s getting better and I’m kinda enjoying it.

Only one concern that is growing up – if your account stolen or banned, you lose ALL the games you own, and it’s really upsetting…