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dMw Chit Chat => The Beer Bar => Technology Section => Topic started by: ArithonUK on June 16, 2011, 04:17:22 PM

Title: Digital Format Wars - so it begins..
Post by: ArithonUK on June 16, 2011, 04:17:22 PM
Voodoo Extreme are reporting (http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/60874/Steam-UK-Stops-Selling-Brink-Alice-BF3-and-More) that (according to a Facebook post by Direct2Drive) Steam are pulling a number of UK titles from sale/pre-order, including Brink, Alice, BF3, Crysis 2 and others.

This could be a storm-in-a-network-packet, but it looks like new Terms and Conditions for game sales on Steam in the UK are to blame and the reason for these titles no longer appearing on the Steam delivery system. Obviously Direct2Drive are gloating.

So much for a competetive marketplace. Instead it's "abide by our pricing and be exclusive to us, or no deal". Nice.
Title: Digital Format Wars - so it begins..
Post by: Tutonic on June 16, 2011, 05:28:20 PM
God damn it, I don't want 15 different digital distribution clients on my PC >:(
 
We (consumers) are going to get shafted if this turns into an exclusivity war.
Title: Digital Format Wars - so it begins..
Post by: T-Bag on June 16, 2011, 05:47:32 PM
I pre-ordered Brink on Steam and noticed it disappear on launch. Was very strange considering the game was a steamworks title. I also picked up Crysis 2, but didn't notice that one disappear till just now. I've said before how I haven't played a non-steam game launched since 2006. I'm not going to drop my 300 game collection and switch to D2D just because some titles have vanished from the store (but are still available to play).

I'm not sure what I'll do if Battlefield 3 isn't on steam...I'd begrudgingly get it from Amazon I imagine. But I'd loathe to go back to the days of patching games myself and reinstalling everything when I format.

I just hope this issue doesn't spread so I don't have to make that choice.
Title: Digital Format Wars - so it begins..
Post by: Snokio on June 16, 2011, 06:38:11 PM
Quote from: T-Bag;327229I'm not sure what I'll do if Battlefield 3 isn't on steam...I'd begrudgingly get it from Amazon I imagine. But I'd loathe to go back to the days of patching games myself and reinstalling everything when I format.

I just hope this issue doesn't spread so I don't have to make that choice.

If it's anything like BC2, its not that bad, I just added the updater file to steam instead of the game exe which checks and downloads the updates before launching the game, doesn't take long to check either ;)
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