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STEAM | January 2015 - Steam GOTY results: Delayed
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Who doesn't!?O_O
I'm starting to look forward to my next PC build with all the new sweet tech.
Mavromatis
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I just bought this machine, stop improving stuff.
Community-side convinced me that I should look forward to the reversible USB C connector.
Some individuals of CatGAF.
Oh and Sarah Palin.
I used to tear through RPGs back in the day but now I get intimidated by the time sink.
Which is really hypocritical of me to say since I spend most of my time in MP shooters which are the definition of a time sink.
You should really play Xillia though, it's super good.
Come on. You don't string together two hits and not finish it off.
Read the two posts before it.
Jawmuncher
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If Consoles had suspend features I'd be all over it. Kinda wish PC did as well. All we can do is leave the game Alt+Tabbed. Cutting out all the start up stuff helps out a lot in jrpgs.
I wish I could have done my video card upgrade instead of having to replace my CPU/motherboard so that I could have taken advantage of more of these down the road, but alas, it wasn't to be. Maybe the next generation of video cards will truly be a big step forward (I doubt it, but one can hope).
New IndieGala (for 1.89$):
- 1Quest (Steam)
- Mission Control: Nanomech (Steam)
- Five Night at Freddy's 2 (Steam)
- Rift's Cave (Steam)
- Quest for Infamy (Steam)
https://www.indiegala.com/monday
- 1Quest (Steam)
- Mission Control: Nanomech (Steam)
- Five Night at Freddy's 2 (Steam)
- Rift's Cave (Steam)
- Quest for Infamy (Steam)
https://www.indiegala.com/monday
Jawmuncher
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Dimitri2401
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jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
That may be true, to an extent, but how many of us would cry tears of joy if Valve updated their Android app, even if only giving it the functionality that iOS users have had for almost 2 years now? Even more so if they added new features that everyone expects are the logical progression of the app, such as watching other user's live streams.
Someone else mentioned trading cards, and that's absolutely spot on. So much wasted potential. But at the end of the day, Valve is a company and one that likes to make money. While it could be argued that improving trading cards (or the Android app, or anything really) might engage the customers more and encourage them to make additional purchases, it's difficult to quantify this in any way that the higher-ups at Valve have found meaningful. Why improve the desirability of trading cards by adding a mini-game, when you can simply add the ability to craft items into gems which improves the company's bottom line without having to worry about things like game mechanics or cheaters?
Maybe I'm alone in my thinking, but there's definitely glory to be had in improving and iterating. And hopefully one day Valve will realize that too. And when they do, they'll know where to find me.
Tizoc
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Interesting concept. I just hope it works!
I must have missed that CSI episode when they gunned down Justin Bieber...
Cognition is sort of like AssCreed: Unity:
Maybe AssCreed: Unity got it's name from actually using Unity engine, just like Cognition?
No matter. It was as good a reason as any to look up youtube puppies.
Thanks! I hope they find a good home.
Has Valve already killed off OAuth? I couldn't redeem one of the games and now get an "Invalid client_id" error when attempting to relink my account.
ashecitism
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Didn't Valve have a revenue increase of 75% in '13 alone? Yeah, when Gabe and other higher-ups are looking at the numbers, they're probably like "looking good!", so why improve these things? And this also goes for their structure and games. Some former employees might had a not so good time there and they're vocal about it, but when business is going so well, why should Valve care?
Backlogger
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I'm still rocking an overclocked Ivy Bridge i5. I think the upgrade I would most like to make during 2015 is to upgrade my 560ti to a new, beefier GPU
A part of me wants Microsoft to announce GFWL 2.0 with Windows 10, in some hope that maybe Valve will see it as serious enough competition to devote real resources to Steam development and customer service. I do think the pullback of Steam integration from pubs like Telltale and Rockstar and the fact that EA and Ubisoft still cling to their own platforms means something.
It means those publishers are greedy and can eat some lost sales not to pay Valve 30% cut.
Telltale and R* are polar opposites: the former stopped handing out Steam keys to all third-party retailers bar Humble and the latter stopped handing out GameShield keys to all third-party retailers bar GamersGate. Even jshacks will tell you that Steam's business team is actually one of Valve's better departments.
Kiru
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Yeah. They still have to pay the platform holder on consoles their cut, but it seems on PC they can live with a few less sales and still be better off with their own client. Less cost intensive than developing and selling your own console.
But it also means that they don't see Steam integration as vital enough to sales to include. But with Telltale and Rockstar, it also means they have actually stepped away from Steam integration, which means they didn't see direct benefit from using it when they did. And to me that is arguably very damning of Steam as a platform.
I'm including Rockstar because of GTAV.
Edit - granted, GTAV may be an exception because of how big it is, but it still seems odd to me that the last few Rockstar releases were Steam and now this one isn't.
You're not alone and thinking that you might be alone in this thinking is rather cynical. Most devs take pride in their work and want to see it done right and done well. Unfortunately, adding new features vs. fixing bugs is a battle you'll find many software development houses in. Unless they've been really fortunate, just about any developer you talk to will have a story about debating with management about letting them rewrite and improve a lacking part of the product.
I H8 Memes
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I guarantee you that the math on that is something people working inside of EA are not allowed to do. No way they are making enough on Origin to make up for the losses of not being on Steam.
when can i wishlist it?
Because of the rumour that retail copies won't register on Steam? Even if that is proven accurate, the Steam version has Steam achievements, anyway, which makes it equal to Max Payne 3 as far as Steam features are concerned.
I was under the impression Max Payne 3 was fully Steamworks including retail. If that's no different then I'm definitely wrong about it being a change.
Max Payne 3 wasn't Steamworks. The Steam version used Steamworks features, but retail copies did not activate on Steam.
The reason Amazon had Steam keys is due to Tony's tenaciousness more than anything.
Retail copies use GameShield, same as LA Noire before it, but R* did later give digital retailers Steam keys, which is what kicked off what you see today with every third-party DD retailer that isn't GamersGate offering Steam keys for literally all of R*'s games (Manhunt 2 aside, of course). R*'s 180 is why I'll be surprised if it still sticks with GameShield for physical retail copies of GTAV.
Backlogger
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Tony knows what we want to buy
Is that supposed to be cute? Because it looks like a freaky zombie-santa-dog shambling around.
freshVeggie
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All those are actually the reason why I am holding off with getting a new PC.
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