Blizzard coming

[Snarley]

Why is Black ops 4 and Modern warfare 2019 only available on Blizzard. I have been with Steam forever and have money in wallet. I don't want another platform. Why can't Steam get these games. Is Steam losing it's popularity?

[AmsterdamHeavy]

Why cant I buy Half Life 2, or Team Fortress, or Counter Strike (Flavor of the Year) in the Blizzard store?

Why can't Blizzard get these games. Is Blizzard losing it's popularity?

[Count_Dandyman]

are you really asking why Activision decided to only sell their games on the platform that means they don't have to share with anybody else or be forced into giving refunds for the game being to badly bugged for the first couple of months.

[Snarley]

I bought all those games on Steam, i am asking about new games. Half Life 2 was 2004 , Team Fortress older, not sure about counter strike. I want the latest COD on steam. Why can I not get it !

[Snarley]

Always been with Steam, will never leave it, I love the platform. Just concerned that's all.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

Why cant I buy Diablo III on Steam?

Why I CANT i GET wOw ON sTEAM?

[Snarley]

Ok, I wanted a serious discussion on why steam is losing high end releases to other platforms, obviously no point discussing it. They had the Call of Duty series and seem to have lost it. Shame.
I will play Black Ops 3 from 2015 !, I guess I will put have to put up with the cheats.

[Faedrill]

You got the answer here.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Count_Dandyman:

are you really asking why Activision decided to only sell their games on the platform that means they don't have to share with anybody else or be forced into giving refunds for the game being to badly bugged for the first couple of months.

[Brian9824]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Snarley:

Ok, I wanted a serious discussion on why steam is losing high end releases to other platforms, obviously no point discussing it. They had the Call of Duty series and seem to have lost it. Shame.
I will play Black Ops 3 from 2015 !, I guess I will put have to put up with the cheats.

Because studios are investing more and more into their own platforms so they don't need to pay a portion of their sales to third parties. Just like Disney, CBS, HBO, and others are now making their own streaming services so they can offer their products directly.

[Snarley]

BMW, Merc or VW would never group together to give the best car available to a customer. I understand now. DOG EAT DOG. I will play Steam games only.

[Brian9824]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Snarley:

BMW, Merc or VW would never group together to give the best car available to a customer. I understand now. DOG EAT DOG. I will play Steam games only.

Your free to, but it means your going to miss out on more and more games as the trend is only going to continue.

Pretty much every major publisher is moving towards their own store for initial releases and then selling the game later down the road on steam. It's not unusual at all, i'm actually kinda surprised its taken this long.

[8ullfrog]

Ok, I wanted a serious discussion on why steam is losing high end releases

Publishers saw all these streaming services popping up and decided they wanted in on the action. They want to kill the default (Netflix)

And just like with the grocery shrink ray, they hide behind language that their product is somehow bringing more value to the consumer and or market. Epic hides behind the "developers cut" excuse, Ubisoft and EA just don't care what anyone thinks of them, since they'll get the money either way with their tentpole titles.

(Grocery shrink ray is the process of putting less product on the shelf, while charging the same price. They don't advertise the fact the size is going down, but if you read the weight, you'll see it)

[Snarley]

Brian9824 and Bullfrog, thank you. Great answers. I have funds in my steam wallet, just wanted to spend it on COD MW 2019. Will wait for Hellbound or serious Sam 4 to come out on Steam. Thanks.

[Longhaul]

Get used to it as more developers drop steam for their own platforms.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Activision-Blizzard doesn't want to have their games here anymore.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Snarley:

Brian9824 and Bullfrog, thank you. Great answers. I have funds in my steam wallet, just wanted to spend it on COD MW 2019. Will wait for Hellbound or serious Sam 4 to come out on Steam. Thanks.

The Halo Series is coming to Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/976730/Halo_The_Master_Chief_Collection/

Destiny 2 is leaving the Blizzard store and is coming to Steam too.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1085660/Destiny_2/

Bethesda moved their new game to Steam, such as Doom Eternal, Rage 2, Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot and Wolfenstein: Youngbloodand even Fallout 76.

Activision-Blizzard has their own store for a long time. They are just finally moving things around to have more control of their product and how the store runs. Some may find success, other may fail and return or others may even take their place.

Steam is still getting many game, including popular titles, new IP and high profile (AAA) games.