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"It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] 1 point 11 months ago (5 children)

Valve kills studios by saying 'no thank you.'

Back to your earlier point: why wasn't Alan Wake 2 on Steam? Did Steam say 'no thank you'?

The mere possibility shapes the entire industry.

If it's such a wide reaching and well known issue, why would any studio choose not to release on Steam? Do you know something they don't?

Games want to feature nudity and intimacy

They they do. Steam has full on porn games on it.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (4 children)

    why would any studio choose not to release on Steam?

    Epic gave Remedy a shitload of money, up-front. All exclusivity these days works like that. Nobody wants to reach fewer customers. Some of them are convinced to - some of them are forced to. Alan Wake exemplifies the former, and there's a good chance Remedy regrets the decision.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Some of them are convinced to

    So not being on Steam isn't widely known as dooming the game? If everyone knows not being on Steam will force your studio to shut down how could you possibly convince anyone to choose to do so?

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    'But if not being on Steam means they can't get enough money, how would more money help?'

    You cannot be serious.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    You've been saying everyone in the industry knows not being on Steam means your game won't be successful and it warps the industry around it.

    You've also been saying that Alan Wake 2 was guaranteed to make a lot of money if they released on Steam.

    So given these two arguments you've been making, why would a company choose to make less money by not releasing on Steam?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago*

    Epic... funded... the game.

    Remedy took money up-front, expecting it to be more money than they would make later.

    Being on Steam means access to customers, and more sales. You said so. So Epic, to promote the Epic Game Store, estimated how much revenue Alan Wake 2 would lose by not being on Steam, doubled it, and wrote that on a check.

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