Steam: another way to sell yourself

[gravityztr]

Why Steam ?

This game is already able to publish itself on its own. People are able to buy the game on Frontier website, without any ''middleman''.

Why Steam ? i see that as a kind of way of sellin themselves short , trying to get more props..

but steam s*cks.

 

[Darth Ender]

12,000 sales on steam in 1 day.

I dont think anyone needs to spell out another reason.

 

[Steve50]

Why steam? £££££££

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

20k copies in two days. People requested it heavily (Steam thread was one of longest I have ever seen on these forums). It's just how things are done these days.

 

[smsKONG]

More sales is never bad ( well except for the community depending on who those new sales are )

 

[Demonicus]

Since this is supposed to be a multiplayer game in a persistent universe, it would stand to reason that the more players we have, the better. Roughly 20K players in two days is a really big population boost in the Elite galaxy.

What is up with the Steam hating? It's a one-stop shop for 90% of the games out there, and a FANTASTIC way for independent developers to get a slice of the market. Honestly, all the Steam hate is totally misplaced. Grow up kids and accept that Steam is here to stay. Resistance is futile.

 

[Troa Barton]

Is the same reason people will buy a computer from best buy but not the local computer shop.
albiet that the computer from the denizen o nerd is likely a better computer and funds said inhabitants Doritos and mountain dew fix but hey people like to be comfortable.

 

[Krow]

I'm not even sure why it's an issue..?

If you don't like Steam, don't use it.. personally I welcome the extra players into the fold.

 

[Hitsuke]

They've made over half a million GBP in 3 days... I'd say it was worth it.

The more players the better as far as I'm concerned, it's good for the numbers and good for the future of the game.

 

[SiriusSeven]

20k copies sold in 2 days for a game that's been out for months.... Good for FD!!!

(and in before merge)

 

[daan2002]

why does it matter you dont have to buy it on steam

 

[killminster]

Could be worse.... they could have signed and exclusive publishing deal with EA. That would be something worth crying about.

 

[Jukelo]

Because no matter how big or capable of self publishing you think you are, steam is bigger and more capable.
The initial sales of Elite relied heavily on the Elite brand name, so FD could afford to sell it on their own at first without sacrificing profit via Steam, as they knew there were many people aware of the game already and ready to buy it asap no matter what, even at the cost of losing the convenience of the Steam environment.
It's been 3 months since release now, and most of those who knew about the game probably made their decision already, so it was time for Frontier to tap into this huge reservoir that is the Steam playerbase, of which a sizeable portion possibly never heard of the game. Whereas only those people interested in the space genre and from a certain age knew about the game back in December, the steam release exposed the game to the quasi entire PC playerbase. Regardless of how much of a share of the profits Steam will take per title, FD will certainly make it back several times due to the increased volume in sales. FD and the Elite franchise aren't so big that they can indefinitely ignore Steam if they want to keep selling copies.

 

[MoldyCrow]

Grow up kids and accept that Steam is here to stay. Resistance is futile.

Right? I mean it's only been 10 years now.

 

[CMDR Saunders]

This situation was A white dwarf headed for a black hole. That's physics. It's inevitable.

 

[TheMarshall]

Why Steam ?

Just for a laugh really, give people something to complain about on the forum.

 

[Backelaer]

Oh dear lord, just when I think people can't come up with another reason to complain, here it is.
What the hell is wrong with steam all of a sudden? What is it? Some misguided feeling of exclusivity that has been taken from you? Seriously, what the hell?
God forbid FD actually try to cover costs.
And how does this possibly impact your overall wellbeing? "My god, Elite got available on Steam! What is happening to this world?!?!"
I'm sorry but topics like this really p*ss me off.

 

[TheMarshall]

Oh dear lord, just when I think people can't come up with another reason to complain, here it is.
What the hell is wrong with steam all of a sudden? What is it? Some misguided feeling of exclusivity that has been taken from you? Seriously, what the hell?
God forbid FD actually try to cover costs.
And how does this possibly impact your overall wellbeing? "My god, Elite got available on Steam! What is happening to this world?!?!"
I'm sorry but topics like this really p*ss me off.

You have to laugh really because, all those improvements, enhancements, changes, additions etc that people wish for, ask for, demand...well they have to be paid for. People don't work for free and servers and space in data centres cost money too. So when FD go out to bring in more money which will ultimately fund these things - people complain.

Some people just want the entire galaxy at their fingertips! Oh hang on, FD gave them that and they are still complaining.

 

[OnePercent]

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[Tyberius Lambert]

Who the hell cares? They're the developer so they make the decisions.

The game has not been changed, all the players still play with each other and you still keep the same ol' game.

I for one am glad that the game is on steam as it will bring more commanders in.

And unfortunately yes it may seem like the 'man' and his corporation are only driven by money and profits but without new customers there won't be any money to run the servers and no money to pay the people who make the game.