Sins is one of the best RTS games i've ever played. and i've been more than willing to pay £25 for it. however i don't want to use impulse.
Since release i've been waiting patiently for it to come out on steam and yet there is no sign of it what so ever. even the shops are selling it dirt cheap because its been around for so long, but i've got waaaaay too many boxes and i'm only interested in buying digital versions of games since i no longer have space in the real world.
I think that everyone should have the choice to be able to buy the games that they want to buy through their provider of choice, theres plenty of them out there. I know that some prefer "Direct 2 Drive" and "Gameplay" etc and i'm sure that impulse has its fans too but me I LOVE STEAM.
Steam is my games provider of choice because i like the service, the interface etc etc etc. but thats my choice and i'm still willing to pay £25 for sins as long as its available on STEAM
so even though its available for £11.99 i'm gonna have to ignore it and continue playing other games until stardock realizes that there are tons of games who do not want a boxed copy and would their games through their digital provider of choice.
Ten years is a long time... long enough for markets to get turned upside down. Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if a new competitor wipes both Steam and Impulse off the map over that time period. It's just a long time.
In any case, I'd compare this to the Sega/Nintendo console bickering I saw in my elementary school days. Sure, Sega could have gotten a few extra sales by releasing a Sonic game on Nintendo's system, but that would be strategic suicide. Sonic was the reason kids were buying into Sega's platform. It took the complete annihilation of Sega as a platform to see Sonic on a Nintendo console. Unless Impulse goes under, we won't see them releasing their exclusives on a competitor's platform.
I like McDonalds more than Burger King. McDonalds should sell Whoppers. I would pay twice as much for a Whopper from McDonalds than from Burger King because I like McDonalds more than Burger King.
My bet is on Armageddon. And hell is a real place, but won't freeze over (it's just too hot!).
Thereby making it the most likely of all the possiblities.
If someone who works for Stardock telling you it will never happen doesn't convince you, you're hopeless. This isn't even a pipe-dream, it's a suck-an-elephant-through-a-coffee-straw-dream. It will never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever happen.
Stranger things have happened. Seriously though, if you want Sins, just get it retail or through Impulse. I have no love of Steam but I enjoyed Left 4 Dead to pick it up on the cheap. You've already let them know of your opinion, so no sense in keep asking. It's not as if Valve games are the only games missing from Impulse anyway.
I buy SoaSE and Elemental on Impulse and EU3, EU:R, HOI3, Vicky2, M&B on gamersgate. Each game at the distributor which is next to the publisher/developer (leads to the fewest problems with expansions, patches, support etc.). If I would buy the orange box I would use steam.
You obviously know nothing about exclusive content.
Also, Stardock isn't a normal company. Brad 'Frogboy' Wardell (thier CEO) doesn't make decisions based on the bottemline right now, he makes them based on what will be better in the future. And building you own digital store using exclusive titles so that one day it will compete with Steam is far better in the future, even if costs them some sales now.
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