Achievement unlocked: Back to flying a Sidewinder because of no money for rebuy!
A poll regarding Steam keys for Elite : Dangerous owners
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Achievement unlocked: Back to flying a Sidewinder because of no money for rebuy!
Steam updates all my games at once...that would include Elite: Dangerous
Steam is my chat interface so it already is always open
Steam lets you find friend's parties and what not much easier
Steam lets me add my already existing friends who get the game rather than try to hunt down which ones bought it on a separate platform
Steam community lets you find other players who own the game much easier and add them as friends or from a Steam Group to match-make much more efficiently
...and those are just the benefits I can think of. I imagine people using SteamLink might find a use from it as well, and a whole host of other benefits from the overlay for streamers.
You get another process to run in the background
This is one of the reasons I decided not to use it in the first place.
I really hope that's not the case, considering they get them for free from Valve.
I only want it so I can post a review.
Bandwidth costs would be reduced since Steam doesn't charge for them. If most people download the game from Steam then I assume FD will cover the updates with the launcher? Unless a Steam version is produced. Win, win for everyone
Voted "don't care" because I honestly couldn't give 2 thingies about this.
I can appreciate people's reasons why they want steam keys, but the absolute furore this has caused is utterly beyond me.
I can appreciate people's reasons why they want steam keys, but the absolute furore this has caused is utterly beyond me.
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If your PC is of such low resources and/or low processing power that the steam process actually has any effect at all on the game itself then you really shouldn't be using that PC for gaming.You get another process to run in the background
The game is OK the way it is, I'm not bothered about putting it on Steam
What overhead? It is free on steam.
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You get another process to run in the background
This game isn't that multi threaded!
I don't care.
I have the game, and that's what matters to me. If I really want to run it through Steam, then I'll add it to my other games I play through Steam. It still has to load the launcher, and the launcher still needs you to log in, and then the game starts.... So, whatever.
I have the game, and that's what matters to me. If I really want to run it through Steam, then I'll add it to my other games I play through Steam. It still has to load the launcher, and the launcher still needs you to log in, and then the game starts.... So, whatever.
I'm sure the hold up is that FD are looking to find a way to make a key that is tied to your ED account. That way you can't sell it or gift it to someone else.
It'd be PR suicide to ignore it, and they even said that they're "looking into options." Doesn't effect me at all if they do or don't. I'd like a steam key. Don't need it though, since it will just be the launcher and overlay and I can do that without.
It'd be PR suicide to ignore it, and they even said that they're "looking into options." Doesn't effect me at all if they do or don't. I'd like a steam key. Don't need it though, since it will just be the launcher and overlay and I can do that without.
+1 for a key on steam too, i have tons of games in my library, their update system is fast and reliable.
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