Comments on: Splash Damage: “Steam is a third platform” http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/ Comment and discussion on Valve Software's digital communications platform. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:20:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Not from North America? Let publishers hear your voice in a decent way - Page 16 - Steam Users Forums http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/#comment-4594 Not from North America? Let publishers hear your voice in a decent way - Page 16 - Steam Users Forums Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:59:45 +0000 http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/#comment-4594 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Originally Posted by jmace86 Good letter. Should Steam not be the fourth platform though, after the PS3, X360 and Wii. The Wii is a platform as well. The industry sees the Wii as a whole different platform then the PC, Xbox and PS3. It's more mainstream if you will. It's also a direct quote from a developer: http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/ [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Originally Posted by jmace86 Good letter. Should Steam not be the fourth platform though, after the PS3, X360 and Wii. The Wii is a platform as well. The industry sees the Wii as a whole different platform then the PC, Xbox and PS3. It’s more mainstream if you will. It’s also a direct quote from a developer: http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/ [...]

]]> By: Tom Edwards http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/#comment-4468 Tom Edwards Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:21:39 +0000 http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/#comment-4468 Because they don't have to give a share of their royalties to either of those groups. ;) Because they don’t have to give a share of their royalties to either of those groups. ;)

]]> By: Andrew Timson http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/#comment-4467 Andrew Timson Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:06:25 +0000 http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/#comment-4467 [quote comment="4466"]On the other hand, WoW is so huge, it would warrant the development of an own distribution system. Why Blizzard didn't do this already is strange. They have their BitTorrent downloader, but that is nothing compared to Steam.[/quote] The only reason I see Blizzard starting their own is because their games are cross-platform, PC and Mac. Otherwise, they've been more than happy to adapt existing technology for their uses so far (DivX, BitTorrent); why would they stop now?

On the other hand, WoW is so huge, it would warrant the development of an own distribution system. Why Blizzard didn’t do this already is strange. They have their BitTorrent downloader, but that is nothing compared to Steam.

The only reason I see Blizzard starting their own is because their games are cross-platform, PC and Mac. Otherwise, they’ve been more than happy to adapt existing technology for their uses so far (DivX, BitTorrent); why would they stop now?

]]> By: demm http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/#comment-4466 demm Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:14:42 +0000 http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/#comment-4466 Wow, Epic is on Steam. Now Steam is the platform for the FPS/action genre, but the catalogue still lacks in RTS and MMORPG games. That's funny, because those are the genres in which the PC is typically stronger than consoles. Regarding 'Activision Blizzard': Activision merged with Vivendi Games. Vivendi games is the owner of Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment, Sierra Online, and Vivendi Games Mobile. Blizzard is the only profitable, and by far the biggest division of Vivendi Games, so they decided to name the merged Company after it. The combined Activsion Blizzard is quite a big Publisher and I guess since they already have some of their games on Steam, it would be possible that they decide to put even more on it. On the other hand, WoW is so huge, it would warrant the development of an own distribution system. Why Blizzard didn't do this already is strange. They have their BitTorrent downloader, but that is nothing compared to Steam. My bet is, that Activision Blizzard is too greedy to use a 3rd party distribution system and that they will not use Steam for any of the Blizzard titles. On the other hand, I really hope they would... Wow, Epic is on Steam. Now Steam is the platform for the FPS/action genre, but the catalogue still lacks in RTS and MMORPG games. That’s funny, because those are the genres in which the PC is typically stronger than consoles.

Regarding ‘Activision Blizzard’: Activision merged with Vivendi Games. Vivendi games is the owner of Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment, Sierra
Online, and Vivendi Games Mobile. Blizzard is the only profitable, and by far the biggest division of Vivendi Games, so they decided to name the merged Company after it.

The combined Activsion Blizzard is quite a big Publisher and I guess since they already have some of their games on Steam, it would be possible that they decide to put even more on it.
On the other hand, WoW is so huge, it would warrant the development of an own distribution system. Why Blizzard didn’t do this already is strange. They have their BitTorrent downloader, but that is nothing compared to Steam.

My bet is, that Activision Blizzard is too greedy to use a 3rd party distribution system and that they will not use Steam for any of the Blizzard titles.
On the other hand, I really hope they would…

]]> By: Tom Edwards http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/#comment-4465 Tom Edwards Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:52:40 +0000 http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/#comment-4465 They merged with Blizzard, not Vivendi. They merged with Blizzard, not Vivendi.

]]> By: Andrew Timson http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/#comment-4463 Andrew Timson Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:25:52 +0000 http://steamreview.org/posts/splashdamage/#comment-4463 Vivendi wasn't. But my understanding from reading the details is that the Activision/Vivendi "merger" was more of a buyout by Activision—who <i>don't</i> have a problem with Steam, at least for their current releases. Vivendi wasn’t. But my understanding from reading the details is that the Activision/Vivendi “merger” was more of a buyout by Activision—who don’t have a problem with Steam, at least for their current releases.

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