Thrasher
Wheeee!
Just subtitles is enough for me. Most of the voiceovers are too slow and cringe worthy, anyways.
You have to go where the potential user base is. If this means leaving the most conservative customers behind,
But who would buy an adventure game with German voices and EFIGS subtitles?
In order to kill the second hand market, is probably the correct answer. Everyone knows that it won't kill piracy, but you can't sell a game that requires a steam key.
so… does anybody have the 411 on some good deals? ='.'=
But why can't they offer both a non-steam and a steam version then? I can understand why Valve wants all their games on steam, they do after all want people to get steam, but for other companies it should not really matter if Steam, Gamer's Gate, Greenman Gaming, Origin or retail is the dominant force, or if you have to lock your game to a certain service or not. They get their games sold, and the gaming market is a finite market. For a smaller company, getting added to steam can be a huge help, as they get some extra promotion, but for a company that is able to market its own games properly, that should not be a huge deal. And how is steam affecting piracy? From what I've heard steam-only games are still getting pirated to the same extent as non-steam games.That isnt true … Steam HAS had a huge impact on oiracy, has allowed massive user communities, made things more convenient for users, and much more. The price is the loss of trade/sale. This is different than folks like EA and UBI and Epic who basically equate used ga,e sales and piracy.
I still believe that one of the main reasons why companies are linking their retail copies to steam is because it prevents re-sale of that game
(with digital distribution that is not a problem, you can sell your entire account, but not individual games)
That is absolutely one of the main reasons. Anyone who believes otherwise is being naive.
Steam only delays a game from getting cracked and pirated by a few days at the most.
Gamersgate is having a sale on sci-fi/space games. Sword of the Stars 1&2, all Evochron titles, Space Rangers 1&2, Darkstar One, Master of Orion titles, Genesis Rising, Dark Horizon, etc., are all 30-70% off their regular prices.
Also Deus Ex: Human Revolution for $7.49! That's the best price I've seen.
That is absolutely one of the main reasons. Anyone who believes otherwise is being naive.
Steam only delays a game from getting cracked and pirated by a few days at the most.