Capitalism lab?

[Gunnar gele]

Do you guys have plans to release capitalism lab on steam?

[LB]

$50 (CAD) bucks for capitalism labs + DLC on your website during the biggest selling event for games. nope nope nope nope

[Khorne]

Given the fact that the developer is selling the Capitalism Lab released in December 2012, nowhere but on his website, and besides, he has never made a discounts for all of this time, considering all this, I am 200% sure that this game will never be released on Steam, except transfer the rights to another not so greedy owner.

[Kevin McScrooge]

Will buy the game if it comes to steam

[ASRIEL]

Man its such a shame its not on steam. Capitalismlab is easily the best management/tycoon game ever made. Imagine how this games modding community would grow if this game could be released to a wider audience such as through steam. The games community is borderline dead when it could be 100x larger.

[Boycott, Divest and Sanction]

Автор сообщения: ASRIEL

Man its such a shame its not on steam. Capitalismlab is easily the best management/tycoon game ever made. Imagine how this games modding community would grow if this game could be released to a wider audience such as through steam. The games community is borderline dead when it could be 100x larger.

agreed

[gaplater]

I agree that I would buy it if it was on steam

[Boycott, Divest and Sanction]

Автор сообщения: gaplater

I agree that I would buy it if it was on steam

I ended up purchasing it and it is now my favorite business sim of all time and i love the mods and dlc. Just a datapoint to consider.

[Pat]

Автор сообщения: Enlight Software

We currently do not have any plan to release Capitalism Lab for Steam, due to various reasons. One of the reasons is that there is a technical issue of integrating SteamWorks into Capitalism Lab.

everyone playing in your game for free that's really better than buy it in steam

[lx]

Автор сообщения: Enlight Software

... various reasons. ... a technical issue ...

technically c.lab is a mod, so they can not monetize it on steam

[Boycott, Divest and Sanction]

Автор сообщения: lx

Автор сообщения: Enlight Software

... various reasons. ... a technical issue ...

technically c.lab is a mod, so they can not monetize it on steam

Um I don't think that's true at all. But I could be misinformed, can you provide a source?

[tcassat]

Автор сообщения: dane

Автор сообщения: lx

technically c.lab is a mod, so they can not monetize it on steam

Um I don't think that's true at all. But I could be misinformed, can you provide a source?

It has nothing to do with what the guy said. Capitalism Lab doesn't need Capitalism 2 to work, it's independent software so they only need to release it as a new game, but the devs purposely decided not to sell the game on Steam, only on their website. The official justification is that they had some technical problems integrating the game into Steam, but it just seems like an excuse to me. They probably just want to sell it on their website to keep all the revenue and not pay intermediaries, which is only fair, by the way.

The real problem with Capitalism Lab is that it has a disgusting DRM, and if you have problems, you'll have to contact the devs personally, by email, and hope that they resolve everything quickly, in other words, it's the typical case of not owning your own software. And yes, the same can be said for Steam, but in Capitalism 2 the only DRM I know that exists is the one associated with Steamworks, so you only depend on Steam (which will be better able to offer faster solutions than a guy answering emails personally), plus Steam can be configured to run offline so you can basically “turn off” Capitalism 2's DRM.

[bradclark1]

I had a problem with CL and I got a next day response. The DRM is not intrusive at all just have an internet connection. If that's a turnoff just don't get it. It might be old but it's worth the money in my opinion. If you want something like Lab get Capitalism Plus, it's on Steam.

[BrUwU]

Man their web site is such a garbage. Look you can't even find latest DLC in buy or on home. You need to dig it up.

[Game Appreciation]

I think it is pretty obvious that Enlight is a company firmly stuck back in the 1990's. The website, the games, the lack of any real digital marketing strategy. Seeing capitalism lab and how it is updated makes me think it is still one or maybe two people that were around during the original development and they have no intention of learning new tools or platforms or paying people what it would require to move these games.

It's like the developer of the best business simulation is incapable of even marginally adapting their business to changing conditions and technology.

With new AI tools and the source code, moving to a platform like Unity that is well suited for simulation game design would make a lot of sense and take a fraction of the resources it would have cost even three years ago. Sad really. I think from the very beginning a mentality of shoestring budgets and using poor quality in house talent for marketing and content creation has crippled the company beyond anything but bare existence.

[Game Appreciation]

I want to add that I cant imagine there is any sort of demand for Capitalism Lab that would pay for jack squat of a team at all. 396 reviews for Capitalism 2 in like what 8 years??? They have had a high of 20 concurrent players in the last 3 years? those are crazy bad numbers.

Wouldn't be surprised if they go an entire week selling 1 or 2 copies of capitalism 2 on steam and not much better with capitalism lab. You literally have to stumble across them in a necro thread from 12 years ago.

It's staggeringly ironic lack of business strategy if they could apply just a little of their simulation knowledge to real life business they would have something great.