Will Elite Dangerous Launch on Steam?

Would you mind seeing this game on steam?

  • Yes Braben should email Gaben

    Votes: 29 46.8%

  • No

    Votes: 33 53.2%
  • Total voters
    62
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Swidhelm

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You can always add it to your steam library once you've bought it and downloaded it. You can add just about anything to your steam library, that isn't part of steam.
 

eisberg77

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CorruptedSoul said:
Whats the big deal if it's released on Steam? Just because a game gets put on steam doesn't force you to use it. Every game I've seen go from its own launcher to steam still allows you to launch it without Steam. Firefall, Path of Exile, Warframe just to name a few, all started on their own and then added Steam as a option and is not mandatory.

Believe it or not there are masses of people who would buy Elite if they knew it existed. Not everyone is a Space sim junky or "84" elite fan but they would still buy the game if they knew about it. Steam is great for giving games free publicity as everyone on your friends list will typically ask you about a game they see you playing if they have not heard of it or are thinking about buying it. I've bought a few games I'd never heard of before seeing my friends play and my friends have done the same with games I play.
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This is true for me as well. Recently I bought Trials Fusion game. I saw a friend of mine start up the game on Steam. I have never heard of the game, and decided to see what it was all about and saw the steam page. Saw the videos, read some stuff about it, asked my friend, and I ended up buying the game and loved every minute of it. The thing is, I would have never seen the game otherwise because it is in a genre that I do not play, but this was an exception. I only knew about this game because of a friend on my friends list was playing it. The very same thing can happen with ED as well.
 

eisberg77

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MacKerris said:
Steam has a set of rules which takes power away from the Developers of the game. It also can have a hefty price tag. I for one have delt with steam as a professional not a player and would not welcome it in any game I play. first I do not welcome their software nor do I like the effect it has on a game.
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You need to be more clear about this. What rules are you talking about? The hefty price tag may be negligible if Steam exposes more people to the game and gains more revenue then without Steam. Take my experience with Trials Fusion I stated above, I paid $20 for the game, Steam took $6 of that sale, but that is still $14 more then what the developer/publisher would have received if they didn't put the game on steam.
Also, Steam wouldn't be required to be running in order to play ED, so Steam software would have zero effect on the game.
 

Angorak

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Alien said:
If they really must go with Steam then at the very least have a non-Steam option.
This may surprise some of you fans of Steam, but some people really hate Steam to the point they simply won't buy a game on there, no matter which game it is.
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You know that will never happen. I personally despise Steam because of it's " you have to go thru us to get to the game". I hate the fact that is steam goes down so does my game...really irritating.
I have stopped playing some of the games altogether because of that.....why the heck should I go thru a 3rd party to get to an offline game....not that ED is but there are plenty that are and it still requires
Steam conectivity....rubbish.
 
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CorruptedSoul

CorruptedSoul
Angorak said:
You know that will never happen. I personally despise Steam because of it's " you have to go thru us to get to the game". I hate the fact that is steam goes down so does my game...really irritating.
I have stopped playing some of the games altogether because of that.....why the heck should I go thru a 3rd party to get to an offline game....not that ED is but there are plenty that are and it still requires
Steam conectivity....rubbish.
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That's actually exactly what always happens when a non steam game goes to steam. It keeps the stand alone client but can be downloaded and launched on steam as a option.
 

Tapewormz

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To all the nay-sayers. I told you so. :) Trust me, this is not a bad thing. This will grow the community which is already pretty awesome. It's going to be great!
 
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