there are also currently some 200+ members of the ed group run by cozzy online
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197995844021/groups/
Elite Dangerous now on Steam
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there are also currently some 200+ members of the ed group run by cozzy online
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197995844021/groups/
Oh dear. 1984 "millennial" here. You're embarrassing me.
Steam is today's de facto go-to platform for distribution and consumption of videogames. I get what you say, but please cut that patronizing attitude.
EDIT: I thought I was Generation X or somesuch. I'm happy to find out I'm not *that* old
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135 pages in, if anybody cares, I add my vote to being able to transfer my key to STEAM. I didn't back the pre-release version in part because of the anti-STEAM stance. I do enjoy the game, but I don't like the politics and some of the things that happened in development. If worst comes to worst, I'll buy the game again when it goes on sale in STEAM. I did that with Rise Of Flight, no regrets there, either, and I like those devs a lot more than Frontier. Not saying I hate Frontier, just that they could have done better in my view, and I know they know they made mistakes.
Last we heard, our pleas had been heard, and is it's being looked into.
Probably won't see an answer this side of Tuesday given the long weekend.
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There is no potential cost, as many others have already stated, Frontier doesn't have to pay anything in order to generate Steam keys. They only "lose" money when someone buys the game from Steam instead of buying it direct from the FD store (Steam takes a 30% cut from Steam storefront sales)
Anyone who says that Steam takes a cut from keys is lying, multiple devs already stated that they don't have to pay a dime in order to generate keys.
+1 steam
Rise Of Flight
Anyone here play Rise Of Flight (WWI flying combat sim)? It was created by Russian developer neoqb. They went under and were bought out by 777 Studios. In turn, 777 sold their rights to... STEAM.
Many RoF players, myself included, bought the game outside of STEAM before STEAM took RoF. Unfortunately, their server system made it impossible to transfer non 777 accounts to STEAM and vice versa, although 777 players and STEAM players could interact online. I eventually just bought the game twice, once on 777, once on STEAM.
One thing that made this possible was that 777 was gracious and gave big discounts in their sales. STEAM is also famous for their sales. Frontier... not so much, not to this date, anyways. That's all right, I vote with my wallet. If I like a game, I'll pay for it: I do have a few Slitherine games in my library, and those guys are even more expensive than Frontier.
Anyways, my point is that if 777 can make the transition, so can Frontier. I don't mind paying for the game twice as long as I can move my account from game to game, and I can get a sale once in a while.
Anyone here play Rise Of Flight (WWI flying combat sim)? It was created by Russian developer neoqb. They went under and were bought out by 777 Studios. In turn, 777 sold their rights to... STEAM.
Many RoF players, myself included, bought the game outside of STEAM before STEAM took RoF. Unfortunately, their server system made it impossible to transfer non 777 accounts to STEAM and vice versa, although 777 players and STEAM players could interact online. I eventually just bought the game twice, once on 777, once on STEAM.
One thing that made this possible was that 777 was gracious and gave big discounts in their sales. STEAM is also famous for their sales. Frontier... not so much, not to this date, anyways. That's all right, I vote with my wallet. If I like a game, I'll pay for it: I do have a few Slitherine games in my library, and those guys are even more expensive than Frontier.
Anyways, my point is that if 777 can make the transition, so can Frontier. I don't mind paying for the game twice as long as I can move my account from game to game, and I can get a sale once in a while.
Interesting that you claim this. So why do we get an answer to the contrary about the same issue?
So if you claim that "multiple devs" have said it costs nothing, then why don't you link to those posts for us?
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Some of the negative steam reviews are rather entertaining, like the guy who rammed the station when he boosted by mistake and lost his exploration data, somehow it's the game's fault. At least we don't have to worry about idiots roaming our universe.
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Well he did edit his post, similarly he also (Don't know if they edited that as well) claimed that it was done in order to gather feedback first, at a time where they had already stated it was decided we would not get them, the fact they can't get a story straight makes it kind of hard to take their word at face value.
In this thread there are a few devs who have confirmed it, likewise Valve writes it on their own site, and several other games have been doing it without any fuss as well as has been named several times in this thread.
Strangely enough he did edit his post 20 minutes later to be ambiguous about that part, not sure if that was some kind of plausible deniability thing or what he was trying to do by making an otherwise specific statement less specific.
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The question of most import is this: Will there be trading cards?
Oh yeah, and will you finally release the "Single Player Combat Training" product as a free demo, already, FD, pretty please? Still got people on the fence here. If they could try out flying around a bit, it might just be enough for a couple more sales.
Oh yeah, and will you finally release the "Single Player Combat Training" product as a free demo, already, FD, pretty please? Still got people on the fence here. If they could try out flying around a bit, it might just be enough for a couple more sales.
hell yea, i would wait for it to go on steam
The question of most import is this: Will there be trading cards?
Oh yeah, and will you finally release the "Single Player Combat Training" product as a free demo, already, FD, pretty please? Still got people on the fence here. If they could try out flying around a bit, it might just be enough for a couple more sales.
There is an unofficial single player combat demo which you can get your friends to play to try it out.
I won't link it here due to rules and such, but a quick search on the old google, will get you to the right place
Edward did not state that his statement applied to only part. If it did, then wouldn't have singled out only that part?
If Edward quoted both points that were made, then his response is to both points.
In all threads, there's a little orange Elite symbol that marks Dev posts. If you click on it, then you're taken to the next one. I just went through all Dev posts in this thread and saw absolutely no mention of any of them confirming that the Steam keys cost them or Valve nothing.
But be my guest, find the post(s), and link them here.
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Not sure what you're getting at, but if it's what I think it is (regarding steam keys) then there is this existing thread here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=133500
Just to clarify, FD have not sold their "rights" to Steam. They are just using the platform to publish the game.
As for sales, the game has been out for less than 4 months. Games generally don't go on sale during that time...
Just to clarify, FD have not sold their "rights" to Steam. They are just using the platform to publish the game.
As for sales, the game has been out for less than 4 months. Games generally don't go on sale during that time...
He did, but he changed it 20 minutes later.
I didn't say Frontier devs.
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Then what we are looking at in his post is his final word on the subject at that moment. From the information that he and Michael Brookes have at the time.
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