Putting it on Steam wouldn't make a shred of difference to whether or not you have to be online.
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all hope's not lost then.Red Cypher
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Actually, latest figures suggest more people are turning to direct sales by the developers and less are buying on Steam. While Steam still act as a great advertising platform, there are a lot of people who will find something they like on Steam, and before buying it there, see if the developer sells it directly themselves first.
That's not really how it works. Sure it uses some RAM (around 50MB...this firefox window is using 300MB as a comparison) while sitting there but the that's all it basically does - sits there waiting on you checking the store or launching a game. RAM-wise it's nothing at all as just about everyone already has far too much RAM. CPU-wise it is a very tiny amount and you probably have a couple of cores sitting around doing nothing much anyway.
The performance overhead from something like Steam is negligible to the point of it hardly being worth consideration at all.
I like GoG as well but Steam is pretty ok too. Actually to be frank the Steam program is a piece of garbage - one of the worst programmed bits of software I've ever had the displeasure to use - but I still use it because its nice to have that one place where your games are kept. Also the prices are unbeatable, hard to argue with that.
Steam doesn't really have a monopoly - there are plenty of big guns out there who can put out a lot of big game on their own platforms. The biggest issue so far is that they've mostly been awful (EA's Origin and that horrific Uplay crap). GoG is out there now and more keep appearing. Yes Valve is in a good position but they are being attacked from all angles by some very large corporations.
Elite is a game capable of sales in the multiple millions, but it won't happen without Steam. Steam doesn't need the game at all.
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ollobrains
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mre sales = more hopefully development work
Red Cypher
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That sounds like a reason not to use it to me.
Facebook is cancer of the internet. Just saying, it brings nothing good on the table.
Unless you live abroad and it gives you a wonderfully easy way of sharing media with your family. It's a great platform when using the 'secret group' function that I do for sharing news of my kid with his grandparents and aunts and uncles back home.
I like the idea of keeping it off steam for a while, but I think bringing it to steam after a few months isn't a bad idea. A lot of people (myself included) 'casual buy' on steam.
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Red Cypher
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You know what's better, doesn't pose privacy risk issues and doesn't try to sell you things you don't want every twenty seconds?
E-mail.
And with e-mail you don't need to comply with ToS this, rule that, uncertain condition of this and that...
Hmm, last time I logged on my Facebook account was ... hmm. Year ago?
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You can launch ED through steam. Everything works, the overlay, steaming, chats.
Red Cypher
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I had Facebook when it was in beta. I deleted the account in 2006.
Should Elite be added to the Steam Store
I am really enjoying Elite, I added the launcher to Steam so I can still open the overlay up to reply to friends without hiding the game away.
I'm quite happy with it as it is and using it this way is great but then I have noticed that it in Steam it displays that I am playing 'Elite Dangerous non steam game'
Other friends have seen this and asked about Elite Dangerous and how they buy it so I send them a link to the Elite website and some are immediately put off because its not a steam store native game.
I know many will agree that its a silly reason not to buy a game but some on my friends list just won't join me for this reason does Frontier have plans to add Elite to Steam for purchase?
Tracking hours played in steam is something I would like but I can live without it, is there any reason why Elite is a Website download only with its own personal launcher.
I am really enjoying Elite, I added the launcher to Steam so I can still open the overlay up to reply to friends without hiding the game away.
I'm quite happy with it as it is and using it this way is great but then I have noticed that it in Steam it displays that I am playing 'Elite Dangerous non steam game'
Other friends have seen this and asked about Elite Dangerous and how they buy it so I send them a link to the Elite website and some are immediately put off because its not a steam store native game.
I know many will agree that its a silly reason not to buy a game but some on my friends list just won't join me for this reason does Frontier have plans to add Elite to Steam for purchase?
Tracking hours played in steam is something I would like but I can live without it, is there any reason why Elite is a Website download only with its own personal launcher.
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BlackReign
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Absolutely not! There's nothing to be gained by putting ED on steam.
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