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Originally Posted by Flying Pencil
Their are better ways to attract people then forcing them to subscribe to a service they might not otherwise use.
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Okay name one other way that...
1) Nets you more money for your product... its a fact that offering a game on steam nets the developers more money than using a retailer, who end up getting a large percentage (60-70) of the retail sales.
2) Already has an established user base (3million playing atm).
3) Virtually free advertising?
These are just a few from 1C's point of view
Benefits for a consumer...
1) No disc to scratch
2) Friends list
3) Cheap Deals (recently got King Arthur RTS for £4 with all dlc, refreshing game like a fantasy total war game
now its listed for £30)
4) Can easily mod games, (I have yet to run into a problem).
5) Automatic updates (if you dont like this due to bad connection you can turn it off)
I know im a fan and i don't care what you say there are clear benefits... steam is the second program installed on my pc after chrome