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isamu kurosawa · Jul 20, 2008, 04:30 PM // 16:30

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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

Those are DEVELOPERS, like ANet, not DISTRIBUTERS, like NCSoft.

As I said, you don't seem to understand.

Nice to see someone making sense.

Sleeper Service · Jul 20, 2008, 04:38 PM // 16:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

Those are DEVELOPERS, like ANet, not DISTRIBUTERS, like NCSoft.

As I said, you don't seem to understand.

i wish people would like...at least try to look things up?

http://www.strategyfirst.com/en/

http://www.popcap.com/

http://www.take2store.com/

etc etc etc.

yes often they are in direct competition (distribution wise) with each other, this partially explains why its nearly always more expensive to buy games on steam.

its a great system for visibility,you get a little synopsis, a crappy "metascore" a subforum where you can see what the general consensus on the game is...

whats the point? user side frankly i dont get it...BUT ive bought a fair share of games off Steam and the reasons are simple: Cant be bothered to go out to get it, impulse buy, simply cant find it....ive been using Steam since beta and yes it had a horrible rough start.

now it works fine.

Dr.Jones · Jul 20, 2008, 09:16 PM // 21:16

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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

You don't seem to understand.

Steam isn't just a 'shop'. There must be contracts and agreements to make a game available in that system. Guild Wars is exclusive to NCSoft.
For NCSoft, Valve is just competition.

You don't sell competition stuff in your shop.

thank you for making the point i was trying to make earlyer.

spyke136 · Jul 21, 2008, 01:08 AM // 01:08

i dont understand how NCSoft making a deal with Valve to sell GW on steam hurts ncsoft...

Sleeper Service · Jul 21, 2008, 07:48 AM // 07:48

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Originally Posted by spyke136

i dont understand how NCSoft making a deal with Valve to sell GW on steam hurts ncsoft...

it doesn't, and a few people here are posting without thinking either (what a surprise).