Steam keys for all of us...
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I personally don't want the key. I'll stick to the FD store for any purchases in the future and keep all the money going to this company, rather than having Valve syphon some of it off for themselves.
But I'm happy that you're happy.
But I'm happy that you're happy.
This is good for FD too, now elite will be way up along with the top 10 most played games on steam. A Good thing for sales.
Well said.
+1 rep for creative use of links
I personally don't want the key. I'll stick to the FD store for any purchases in the future and keep all the money going to this company, rather than having Valve syphon some of it off for themselves.
But I'm happy that you're happy.
I like having the Steam key, because in general I like Steam, but I also will buy all ED related stuff directly from the FD store as they are the ones who need the money to further develop this awesome spacesim.
ENTITLEMENT!
Seriously, it always would have been good for Frontier, for the game, and for it's community, but there's a very vocal minority of posters who associate with the gaming industry to such an unhealthy degree that they would rather the whole industry's standards decay than accept their fellow consumers might have a point... They took a side where there didn't have to be sides, and decided anything which benefited a business they loved must be good overall and anyone resisting it was evil.
The whole Free To Play part of the industry is driven by those who think being able to pay literally tens of thousands of dollars for less content than they would have got from a Buy To Own product is acceptable because of that same mindset. You should see it as an honor to spend so much, no one has to give you what was once given... The Steam Key debacle here was driven by the same mindset, one that was outraged people were asking for better value for money, even on something as small as unlocking their product on Steam. Even that tiny amount of customer support led to cries of "entitlement", and a number of posters (mostly on ignore for me now) going far, far too deep into the self dug moral hole. And then being shocked and disgusted when Frontier did what was clearly the decent thing after all.
Looking forward to linking my Steam account to here... Thanks Frontier!
I find your entire statement rather ridiculous. It was everyone who was clammering that Frontier Development would be committing tantamount to Fraud, if it did not offer Steam Keys to people who purchased the game prior to it's release on Steam. This was not simply a request for "something as small as unlocking their product on Steam".
What a crock. The day that the game was released on Steam there was a flood of people DEMANDING Steam Keys. And not just people who bought the game the day before, but people who were original kickstarter contributors. And, it was mentioned, make sure that along with the Steam Key that I retain my special access to beta content, etc...etc..etc..
Asking for better value for money is one thing, but a purchase is a contract between the buyer and the seller, and what the vocal steam key crowd was doing was suggesting that Frontier unilaterally amend the contract after it was fullfilled. If Frontier were to notice that you played Elite for an average of 45 hours a week, would you not feel slighted if Frontier asked you to give them $10.00 dollars due to your excessive usage of the servers so that they can get "better value for money".
Those of us who "associate with the gaming industry" have worked in the gaming industry and realize that these companies are not money trees that sprout pound notes and sovereigns. This idea that a software company has unlimited funds runs rampant in today's society. Read the credits on your next computer game. Each one of those people get paid. They don't work for free.
I am really tired of seeing people villify the one industry that has traditionally given the best value for money of any traditional form of entertainment. No one complains when they see a movie in the theatre that they aren't later sent a DVD or blu-ray of the film later. No one expects a band to offer their album for free when they see a concert. And yet there is this underlying, almost confrontational, relationship gamers have with gaming companies.
In 1982, the typical Atari Video game sold for $20.00. That is over $50.00 in today's money. Considering the complexity and production values in a modern computer game over an Atari 2600 cartridge, $60.00 provides tremendous value for dollar.
Frontier did a nice thing and for that I thank them. In my book, they are a class act.
However, I have little regard for the countless whiners that debased and accused Frontier Development employees of outright fraud, and worse over the simple distribution of a Steam Key which was not even available when they purchased the game.
IMHO you folks don't deserve to continue playing the game, let alone using the Steam Keys you bullied the company into providing.
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I could not agree more. This is why I don't go to movie theaters or subscribe to any paid television service. Video games offer more hours of enjoyment per dollar spent (by a huge margin) than any other entertainment medium I can think of. To attain a higher value, we're talking about a ball on a string or some such.
I in total agreement with you on this, Fuzzy.I personally don't want the key. I'll stick to the FD store for any purchases in the future and keep all theG money going to this company, rather than having Valve syphon some of it off for themselves.
But I'm happy that you're happy.
I've worked in the video game industry too, as content provider for a well known MMO. And for someone who claims to have done so, you seem curiously ill informed about both the past and present of the industry; Sure Atari cartridges cost that much; what happened in 1983 in large part because of that, hmm? Meanwhile, do you remember who published Elite itself in the UK? What was the Firebird label famous for in the UK market at that time? How about Mastertronic? Remember those labels? What was happening in the wider market then...?
Apparently in your universe budget titles, and Steam sales today, never ever happened.
But I leave you all looking at the kind of mindset that opposed Steam keys; the kind that claims to work in the industry, but absolutely hates it's own claimed customers. And that would rather people not even be allowed to play their products at all than sell more of them because customers believe they're listened too.
Remember kids, just say no to Objectivism. And enjoy your free Steam keys!
I have no idea what's going on guyz. Why are people off now?
I get that it's good that the game is for sale on Steam now too, and those people who cannot see past Valve for all things Gaming would of course need keys, but since I never start steam unless I'm in the mood for HalfLife or Skyrim, I don't actually intend to ever claim my key for Elite. Seems like a lot of hassle to me.
Nuisance enough having to log into a launcher before I can play, never mind log into a steam client to start the launcher to log into then start the game...
I get that it's good that the game is for sale on Steam now too, and those people who cannot see past Valve for all things Gaming would of course need keys, but since I never start steam unless I'm in the mood for HalfLife or Skyrim, I don't actually intend to ever claim my key for Elite. Seems like a lot of hassle to me.
Nuisance enough having to log into a launcher before I can play, never mind log into a steam client to start the launcher to log into then start the game...