Why 1C like Steam

[Novotny]

FearlessFrog posted this on SimHQ, having seen it posted on the UBI forums. I'm sure he won't mind if I link to it here, to benefit the denizens of this banana republic.

http://www.mcvuk.com/features/808/OP...etail-vs-Steam

[Kikuchiyo]

Originally Posted by Novotny

FearlessFrog posted this on SimHQ, having seen it posted on the UBI forums. I'm sure he won't mind if I link to it here, to benefit the denizens of this banana republic.

http://www.mcvuk.com/features/808/OP...etail-vs-Steam

So as I have suggested is confirmed. I buy the Steam version more of my money goes to 1C and none goes to UBI whoop whoop. I will be buying the Steam version. Thanks for the post Novotny.

[The Kraken]

Nobody knows if this applies to CoD; the publishing contracts may be older than their digital distribution strategy. In fact so far we don't even know if it will be sold over Steam at all, or if there may be region restrictions for that. The publishing situation is certainly complicated, maybe that's why the information strategy is such a mess...

Anyway, if Steam is a way to get around Ubi I'm all for it.

[Feathered_IV]

Wow. That was interesting. In that case, I will buy a Steam version of Cliffs of Dover, and Ubisoft can do to themselves what they've been doing to Oleg for years.

(Sorry KG26_Alpha, had to re-edit to something more expressive)

[White Owl]

Thanks for that link.

I've used Steam a few times in the past without anything bad happening, but that was for casual time-wasting games I knew would be played for a few weeks at most. If buying on Steam helps 1C, then I'll change my attitude about the hard copy and I'll use Steam. Just cut out the embarrassingly incompetent Ubi altogether.

[lbuchele]

After read that I'm convinced to buy in Steam

[drewpee]

Interesting read. It's just a shame PC gamers are not getting the shelf space that console gamers are getting. I would still like to get a hard copy and some sort of users guide. If IC sold hard copies at a respectable price I'd buy from them in a heartbeat. Cutting out the middle man and dealing directly with producers is the reason the Internet is gaining popularity. The only way retailers are going to be able to compete is by supplying a service not just selling someone else's products.

[McHilt]

Interesting read...and wise choice, thx for sharing some behind the scenes information

[Revvin]

Good find Novotny! The problem with the high street stores like GAME and Gamestation here in the UK (both fall under the same parent group) is that not only to PC publishers get the shaft from them but also console publishers. First the high street stores gave over most of their shelf space to console gaming but now have given over a lot of that space to used games sales. Console developers are not so happy with them and came up with incentive's for people to buy new like EA's online pass system. The shops don't like this but they still promote used games over new which is why console gaming is also going digital distribution - the PC with Steam is well ahead of the curve.

Microsoft could have done so much more with Games For Windows Live. It seems now they might realise that if you read this article where they pledge to make the service better but has Steam already got a stranglehold on PC digital distribution?

[Panp]

Your Not going around UBI by buying through steam
UBI is the publisher
Steam is one distributer

UBI gets its money and so does steam
Yee gods people smarten up