Comments on: PopCap deal brings Bejewelled and more http://steamreview.org/posts/popcapdeal/ Comment and discussion on Valve Software's digital communications platform. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:51:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: e. nonee moose http://steamreview.org/posts/popcapdeal/#comment-1393 e. nonee moose Mon, 04 Sep 2006 03:08:36 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=101#comment-1393 The Pop Cap games look way overpriced to me. Pay $20 for Bejeweled on Steam or buy it in the $9.99 and under bin at your local big box retailer. Hrm... not a difficult choice for me. I think what Valve really wants is for the Steam client to be included with all future Pop Cap releases. If Valve didn't get that as part of the deal then this is a total waste of time for them. They aren't going to sell too many copies of at $20 a pop to their established user base so the only hope is to get the Steam client installed on desktops where it would otherwise never find itself. Prediction: Steam will eventually work out a deal with a major PC distributor to include a free game and the Steam client with every desktop they sell. The Pop Cap games look way overpriced to me. Pay $20 for Bejeweled on Steam or buy it in the $9.99 and under bin at your local big box retailer. Hrm… not a difficult choice for me.

I think what Valve really wants is for the Steam client to be included with all future Pop Cap releases. If Valve didn’t get that as part of the deal then this is a total waste of time for them. They aren’t going to sell too many copies of at $20 a pop to their established user base so the only hope is to get the Steam client installed on desktops where it would otherwise never find itself.

Prediction: Steam will eventually work out a deal with a major PC distributor to include a free game and the Steam client with every desktop they sell.

]]> By: Tom Edwards http://steamreview.org/posts/popcapdeal/#comment-1376 Tom Edwards Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:35:37 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=101#comment-1376 And now it does. And now it does.

]]> By: Jason http://steamreview.org/posts/popcapdeal/#comment-1375 Jason Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:03:52 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=101#comment-1375 Bleh. I obviously screwed up my tags. That was meant to read" Unknown World Entertainment's Zen of Sudoku will be..." Bleh. I obviously screwed up my tags. That was meant to read” Unknown World Entertainment’s Zen of Sudoku will be…”

]]> By: Jason http://steamreview.org/posts/popcapdeal/#comment-1374 Jason Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:26:44 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=101#comment-1374 It seems Popcap won't be the only casual game distro'ed on Steam. <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/" rel="nofollow">Unknown Worlds'</a> (the creators of Natural Selection) <a href="http://www.zenofsudoku.com" rel="nofollow">Zen of Sudoku</a> will be making its way to Steam come September. It seems Popcap won’t be the only casual game distro’ed on Steam. Unknown Worlds’ (the creators of Natural Selection) Zen of Sudoku will be making its way to Steam come September.

]]> By: ATimson http://steamreview.org/posts/popcapdeal/#comment-1365 ATimson Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:35:28 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=101#comment-1365 I had a realization: these games aren't aimed at normal Steam users. They're aimed at their wives. I had a realization: these games aren’t aimed at normal Steam users.

They’re aimed at their wives.

]]> By: wizpig64 http://steamreview.org/posts/popcapdeal/#comment-1351 wizpig64 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:41:10 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=101#comment-1351 Hip Hip Huzzah! Hip Hip Huzzah!

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