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STEAM announcements & updates 2013 II - ITT we buy $1 games and complain about them
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It's been discusseed before, when a games down it's practically dead in the water with little to no hope of returning to steam in an official capacity sadly, and there's next to nothing we can do about it.
You can use Prey retail keys, from a physical box to redeem on steam btw.
Seriously?! Neat. Alright one of these days I am getting around to that!
So much I still don't know!
Leon Belmont
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Is this the opening of the floodgates? Will this signal to the east whether or not the PC and steam is a viable platform for them to consider in the future?
I almost wet myself
Considering who the series appeals to, and how those people tend to be heavily into hardcore Japanese games, I'm thinking it'd make a terrible litmus test. Most Metal Gear fans already have a PS3 (the best Japanese third party system) and have probably already purchased if they like the series. Appealing outside of that base seems like a tuff sell. I'd hate to see support hinge on those numbers.
toddhunter
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Asked in the other thread, but does it actually say steam? Because I still remember Metal Gear Online.
lords of shadow is in the registry
steam stays ballin out of control
i'd say chances are high
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Well the only other game Konami has is Castlevania: LoS and we know that's coming to Steam.
MMBosstones86
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You seriously bitched in two threads about new profiles? Valve gives 0 fucks about 'rolling back' your profile.
Was a long wait
Welcome back man
holy shit. my pants moved.
Stallion Free
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It also had achievements so it's a pretty safe assumption MGR will be proper Steamworks as well.
Sounds like same type of bitching when Facebook changes the layout every time
Konami added Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 to steam like a month ago.
I'll still go on with my tickets to support wether they give a fuck or not. Plain and simple.
Mavromatis
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The level gap will never be closed. When there are new quests everybody who cares about them will do them and get all the same XP. Now add this to your frustration list.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Personally I don't like most of the visual elements of the new design although I do like the functional elements.
In terms of being a one-man complaining campaign, you can feel free to do so, but just as a general thing--sites and services change and update their features. Most changes, even ones that are generally received positively, have people who would rather the old system. Even changes that are received negatively are generally kept because the objective the company is trying to achieve is not necessarily the same objective as the user is trying to achieve. So if it feels like a good use of your time, then by all means do it. But it's not likely to accomplish something. This isn't me talking about Steam here, it's me talking about product development in general. Not just websites, not just video games, but everything. Complaints that focus on execution are more likely to be responded to than complaints that just focus on the concept. If you're drawing a line in the sand saying "I don't want social features, I don't want game-tracking stuff, I don't care about Steam as a platform", then basically Valve doesn't agree with you and that's pretty much the end of the dispute, isn't it?
What you might want to try, and this just applies to the web client not the Steam program itself, is using AdBlock or Custom User Scripts to disable the portions of the profile that you don't like.
Ultimately there's no actual reason to go into your profile page to begin with (all it ever was was your basic user info and comments people left on your wall, and now that chat has offline support the comments are superfluous at best), so a third better option might be to just not go to your profile page anymore.
wuuuut
Thank God I waited on getting this. PC it is. Thank you based Platinum Games or whoever allowed this.
Considering you'll often get a form response to a valid question, I'm sure they've already got one prepared for this. Disgruntled? *Click* Form response reply.
I mean, sure, if he feels better writing it up, go ahead. But the therapeutic response from the writing is the only thing that'll be accomplished.
Mavromatis
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I think steam support will suggest deleting clientregistry.blob and restarting steam.
Not even joking.
MMBosstones86
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Maybe he can write a strongly worded letter like a boss.
Cosmic Schwung
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Nope, or at least it isn't for most games. I got Max Payne to launch but it wouldn't get past the title screen.
He wants to retroactively opt out of the CTG beta, so even if Support did humour his request, it'd be a temporary solution. This is why it was joked that he should create a "new account" via Origin.
Mavromatis
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They won't answer before the new profile is permanent. If they do and you get an actual person speaking to you that would be an anomaly. At least with Origin there is someone replying to you, even if they are still far from being helpful.
Have you been saving old posts you wanted to reply to while you were banned?
Yep, I bookmarked a ton. I threw out about half of them because they weren't really relevant anymore.
Thanks!
The registry isn't really all that useful anymore. After the massive amount of leaks earlier in the year Valve has really tightened up the ship.
I guess that is a viable strategy.
The Sleeping Dogs DLC isn't really that good though. I haven't actually played it so take my statements with a grain of salt, but it doesn't seem very compelling.
Usually when Amazon sells a game it makes it really obvious where it activates.
I bet you just download that game and it doesn't activate anywhere.
To be honest, I'm not all that interested in MGR or LoS, but its more about what it means for the PC platform.
Its making it look like that both Konami and Platinum are coming to the platform. Meaning we might see things like MGS5, MGS HD collection, and Platinum's future projects. This is what piques my interest.
MMBosstones86
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yes. Enhanced Steam ftw
The current system going live is weeks away and it'd be very easy for Valve to rescind his participant status, so I wouldn't dismiss the possibility. That said, I'm sure we agree that, regardless of the response, it's a pointless endeavour. "Delaying the inevitable" and so on.
SteveWinwood
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I think you missed the fact that I get it practically for free.
Do you mean Steam instead of PC? I ask because FFVII has already technically been "rereleased" on PC.
I know the registry stuff is still wiggling around, if there's a Famitsu announcement then the date may be soon is all.
Because of the DOTA item?
Dust looks to be coming soon.
Source: https://twitter.com/NoogyTweet/status/335311615777980417
Famitsu confirmed only a PC re-release of FFVIII; Steam wasn't specifically mentioned. I wouldn't be surprised if FFVIII is, much like its predecessor, exclusive to the Squeenix Store for a while.
Glass Rebel
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Metal Gear Rising and Lords of Shadow on PC.
Surely Konami must be sick.
Surely Konami must be sick.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Having a game with the word Bad in it is a competition?
Battlefield wins then. Explicitly with Bad Company and implicitly with BF3.
Konami has caught a disease.
Likely from renowned American philosopher Rob Thomas.
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Take that, society!
And I hope they never recover. Damn, come on Vanquish and RDR.
Mavromatis
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Looking back at my past support tickets I might be a bit too harsh towards them. They answered my queries at least in five days. So they might actually opt him out before the deadline.
Also:
Cheers. I hope its not the case but I agree I can see it happening. Still, if the end result sees them make it to steam it doesn't really matter.
compare the header image.
but then, this is probably me misjudging the quality of a game based on it's art again.
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