Will Battle.net games move to steam?

[Min]

I'm considering buying more games on Battle.net but i mainly use Steam, i know that Blizzard was bought recently by microsoft i think.. ? we see that Diablo 4 and Overwatch already on steam, so i don't want to buy games so i will have to buy them again on Steam or we will be able to move games for free?

[Ice Scream]

Originally posted by N3tRunn3r:

As most battlenet games are already on steam, you cannot move games between your accounts.

Overwatch and Diablo 4 are most games? Mkay.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ice Scream:

Originally posted by N3tRunn3r:

As most battlenet games are already on steam, you cannot move games between your accounts.

Overwatch and Diablo 4 are most games? Mkay.

Activision titles made it to Steam aside from 2, I think, maybe just 1. I know BO4 still isn't.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Ice Scream:

Originally posted by N3tRunn3r:

As most battlenet games are already on steam, you cannot move games between your accounts.

Overwatch and Diablo 4 are most games? Mkay.

Don't forget Modern Warfare. They became a Battle.net exclusive for a while and are now back on Steam.

So basically only the ones that count. j/k

[Ice Scream]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by Ice Scream:

Overwatch and Diablo 4 are most games? Mkay.

Don't forget Modern Warfare. They became a Battle.net exclusive for a while and are now back on Steam.

So basically only the ones that count. j/k

I actually dont care about call of dooties. I never accepted them as battlenet games aside from original blizzard games.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by N3tRunn3r:

As most battlenet games are already on steam, you cannot move games between your accounts.

Most? Hardly.

OP You can expect their duds to be moved over to steam as a desperate ply to get a playerbase.

If the game actually does well.. don't expect it to vbe on Steam

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Ice Scream:

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Don't forget Modern Warfare. They became a Battle.net exclusive for a while and are now back on Steam.

So basically only the ones that count. j/k

I actually dont care about call of dooties. I never accepted them as battlenet games aside from original blizzard games.

For better or worse, they are included though. Many fans of the series were happy to have it back on Steam.

I don't really care, personally, but the company has been Activision-Blizzard for a long time now. It was only a matter of time before the cancer of Activision spread to Blizzard.

The company died long ago, imho. The second they started selling mounts in WoW, I know it was going down the drain. Only took about a year from Activision purchasing Blizzard for them to start adding microtransactions.

https://www.investopedia.com/5-companies-owned-by-atvi-5093046

Activision merged with Blizzard Entertainment in 2008 to create Activision Blizzard, forming one of the world's largest video game companies.

https://www.escapistmagazine.com/world-of-warcraft-gets-microtransaction-pets-players-freak-out/

The announcement that Blizzard would be opening an online store for special WoW in-game pets has some members of the community bouncing off the walls.

Published in 2009.

[TWPanda77]

Hopefully, I do not want to purchase Diablo IV again. For the smart arses out there I know you never lower yourself to do such a thing. Or maybe you cannot afford it. Either way

[Crimson Clover]

Originally posted by Mischievous Sly Succubus:

Originally posted by Min:

I'm considering buying more games on Battle.net but i mainly use Steam, i know that Blizzard was bought recently by microsoft i think.. ? we see that Diablo 4 and Overwatch already on steam, so i don't want to buy games so i will have to buy them again on Steam or we will be able to move games for free?

As one who follows the Blizzard upcoming changes, games that can be moved will be brought over to Steam, at this stage that list only excludes World of Warcraft and Hearthstone as a result of how both games are interconnected via the Battlenet platform itself, as often times the two games exchange usage items with each other. Like playing Hearthstone for the first time unlocks the Hearthstone mount in World of Warcraft and its all integrated into the Battlenet via the user itself.

That said, all games besides World of Warcraft (ignoring Warcraft 1-4) and Hearthstone may move over to here, it is very unlikely however they will intergrate the Battlenet into Steam due to the massive differences the two platforms have along with a number of different tech issues.

TAKE MY POINTS.

[Ice Scream]

Originally posted by Mischievous Sly Succubus:

Originally posted by Min:

I'm considering buying more games on Battle.net but i mainly use Steam, i know that Blizzard was bought recently by microsoft i think.. ? we see that Diablo 4 and Overwatch already on steam, so i don't want to buy games so i will have to buy them again on Steam or we will be able to move games for free?

As one who follows the Blizzard upcoming changes, games that can be moved will be brought over to Steam, at this stage that list only excludes World of Warcraft and Hearthstone as a result of how both games are interconnected via the Battlenet platform itself, as often times the two games exchange usage items with each other. Like playing Hearthstone for the first time unlocks the Hearthstone mount in World of Warcraft and its all integrated into the Battlenet via the user itself.

That said, all games besides World of Warcraft (ignoring Warcraft 1-4) and Hearthstone may move over to here, it is very unlikely however they will intergrate the Battlenet into Steam due to the massive differences the two platforms have along with a number of different tech issues.

Exclude word of warcraft? Are you sure ? Why then there is Diablo 4 that "Includes:
- Inarius Wings & Inarius Murloc Pet in Diablo® III**
- Amalgam of Rage Mount in World of Warcraft®**"

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

Originally posted by Ice Scream:

Originally posted by Mischievous Sly Succubus:

As one who follows the Blizzard upcoming changes, games that can be moved will be brought over to Steam, at this stage that list only excludes World of Warcraft and Hearthstone as a result of how both games are interconnected via the Battlenet platform itself, as often times the two games exchange usage items with each other. Like playing Hearthstone for the first time unlocks the Hearthstone mount in World of Warcraft and its all integrated into the Battlenet via the user itself.

That said, all games besides World of Warcraft (ignoring Warcraft 1-4) and Hearthstone may move over to here, it is very unlikely however they will intergrate the Battlenet into Steam due to the massive differences the two platforms have along with a number of different tech issues.

Exclude word of warcraft? Are you sure ? Why then there is Diablo 4 that "Includes:
- Inarius Wings & Inarius Murloc Pet in Diablo® III**
- Amalgam of Rage Mount in World of Warcraft®**"

Simplistically as world of warcraft is more wired into battlenet with the other games then any of the others, especially with how it does releases which can be only bought on the battlenet store, while yes they could bring it over, the current set up is like untangling a decade or even two worth of cords from a data tower, its not either worth it or would required an entire reconstruction of the platform system from the ground up to fit onto Steam.

That is also ignoring the part as prior noted that alot of features that only run off of the battlenet are exclusive to that platform, for example I have a Sloth Pet on Warcraft which yes, does not seem big but the only way you have gotten it was from a promotional ingame event where they asked for 5$ for a fundraiser for cancer, thus the pet becomes locked to your Blizzard account as you paid via it.

As I said, WoW is more tangled into the Battlenet then most games, its like TF2 if other platforms wanted to have it on their platforms, its possible but it would require the total deconstruction of the Steam market place and workshop features along with the community side of stuff, and frankly most companies won't bother with it.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Mischievous Sly Succubus:

Originally posted by Ice Scream:

Exclude word of warcraft? Are you sure ? Why then there is Diablo 4 that "Includes:
- Inarius Wings & Inarius Murloc Pet in Diablo® III**
- Amalgam of Rage Mount in World of Warcraft®**"

Simplistically as world of warcraft is more wired into battlenet with the other games then any of the others, especially with how it does releases which can be only bought on the battlenet store, while yes they could bring it over, the current set up is like untangling a decade or even two worth of cords from a data tower, its not either worth it or would required an entire reconstruction of the platform system from the ground up to fit onto Steam.

That is also ignoring the part as prior noted that alot of features that only run off of the battlenet are exclusive to that platform, for example I have a Sloth Pet on Warcraft which yes, does not seem big but the only way you have gotten it was from a promotional ingame event where they asked for 5$ for a fundraiser for cancer, thus the pet becomes locked to your Blizzard account as you paid via it.

As I said, WoW is more tangled into the Battlenet then most games, its like TF2 if other platforms wanted to have it on their platforms, its possible but it would require the total deconstruction of the Steam market place and workshop features along with the community side of stuff, and frankly most companies won't bother with it.

It wouldn't require any of that, you really have no idea what you're talking about.

The only steam integration needed is the steamworks back end for log in, once you're in game it's not a problem for any game on steam to use servers that are hosted anywhere. It's not like valve actually hosts all of the game servers.

Since a game like WoW already has its own user accounts, everything would work exactly the same. it would be no different than when SWTOR was added to steam, you still use the same account and everything and the games still hosted through the same old server setups; it just logs in through steam first.

You're inventing hoops that do not exist.

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Originally posted by Mischievous Sly Succubus:

Simplistically as world of warcraft is more wired into battlenet with the other games then any of the others, especially with how it does releases which can be only bought on the battlenet store, while yes they could bring it over, the current set up is like untangling a decade or even two worth of cords from a data tower, its not either worth it or would required an entire reconstruction of the platform system from the ground up to fit onto Steam.

That is also ignoring the part as prior noted that alot of features that only run off of the battlenet are exclusive to that platform, for example I have a Sloth Pet on Warcraft which yes, does not seem big but the only way you have gotten it was from a promotional ingame event where they asked for 5$ for a fundraiser for cancer, thus the pet becomes locked to your Blizzard account as you paid via it.

As I said, WoW is more tangled into the Battlenet then most games, its like TF2 if other platforms wanted to have it on their platforms, its possible but it would require the total deconstruction of the Steam market place and workshop features along with the community side of stuff, and frankly most companies won't bother with it.

It wouldn't require any of that, you really have no idea what you're talking about.

The only steam integration needed is the steamworks back end for log in, once you're in game it's not a problem for any game on steam to use servers that are hosted anywhere. It's not like valve actually hosts all of the game servers.

Since a game like WoW already has its own user accounts, everything would work exactly the same. it would be no different than when SWTOR was added to steam, you still use the same account and everything and the games still hosted through the same old server setups; it just logs in through steam first.

You're inventing hoops that do not exist.

I simply wont be having this argument with people that claim they understand things better then others but you do you, steamworks is not the fix all, caught 20/20 people usually think it is but hey you're more then welcome to make your own debate and see what the forums will think, this is a topic about questions if the games will be moved over, and I've given the proper view points on it from Blizzard's Q&A videos they do monthly, you can take it or leave it.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Mischievous Sly Succubus:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

It wouldn't require any of that, you really have no idea what you're talking about.

The only steam integration needed is the steamworks back end for log in, once you're in game it's not a problem for any game on steam to use servers that are hosted anywhere. It's not like valve actually hosts all of the game servers.

Since a game like WoW already has its own user accounts, everything would work exactly the same. it would be no different than when SWTOR was added to steam, you still use the same account and everything and the games still hosted through the same old server setups; it just logs in through steam first.

You're inventing hoops that do not exist.

I simply wont be having this argument with people that claim they understand things better then others but you do you, steamworks is not the fix all, caught 20/20 people usually think it is but hey you're more then welcome to make your own debate and see what the forums will think, this is a topic about questions if the games will be moved over, and I've given the proper view points on it from Blizzard's Q&A videos they do monthly, you can take it or leave it.

But he's right.
WoW wouldn't really require any work.
Manny MMOs operate on STeam and they work by vbasically having steam open ...wait for it.. their own client. So WOW on Steam would essentailly just be calling the Battle.net client and from there as needed. Really it just boils down to making sure the account data gets synced up. I.e a Steam Account being linked with a BNet account and that's a fairly small bit of RDB work.

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by Mischievous Sly Succubus:

I simply wont be having this argument with people that claim they understand things better then others but you do you, steamworks is not the fix all, caught 20/20 people usually think it is but hey you're more then welcome to make your own debate and see what the forums will think, this is a topic about questions if the games will be moved over, and I've given the proper view points on it from Blizzard's Q&A videos they do monthly, you can take it or leave it.

But he's right.
WoW wouldn't really require any work.
Manny MMOs operate on STeam and they work by vbasically having steam open ...wait for it.. their own client. So WOW on Steam would essentailly just be calling the Battle.net client and from there as needed. Really it just boils down to making sure the account data gets synced up. I.e a Steam Account being linked with a BNet account and that's a fairly small bit of RDB work.

I never said he was wrong to start with, however its 12 AM (midnight for myself) and I'm providing what Blizzard said over their Q&A, I know when its best to not simply get into stuff, as I'm a lot less friendly at night and when tired.

Has nothing to do with him being wrong or me being upset, its more simply of me walking away as I am both, to exhausted to respond and likely won't respond tomorrow (work woooooo...)

Anywho, Gnight all, I'm off to sleep

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Mischievous Sly Succubus:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

It wouldn't require any of that, you really have no idea what you're talking about.

The only steam integration needed is the steamworks back end for log in, once you're in game it's not a problem for any game on steam to use servers that are hosted anywhere. It's not like valve actually hosts all of the game servers.

Since a game like WoW already has its own user accounts, everything would work exactly the same. it would be no different than when SWTOR was added to steam, you still use the same account and everything and the games still hosted through the same old server setups; it just logs in through steam first.

You're inventing hoops that do not exist.

I simply wont be having this argument with people that claim they understand things better then others but you do you

Funny, when that's exactly how you act in every post. Project much?

, steamworks is not the fix all

Never said it was a fix all, you're not even understanding what I said. Steamworks is just the name of the back end connection; it doesn't "fix all" it's just what's used for making the needed log in work for Steam.

What did I say it was going to fix? Nothing. But it also doesn't change much; and that was the point. Once you layer the secondary auth to link with Steam, nothing else about the game or its servers has to change.

Steam wouldn't be hosting the servers. It wouldn't be any different from how COD or SWTOR function, they have their own servers and Steam (steamworks back end) is just another way to log into them through steam as a launcher.

Heck it can be even simpler than that and not even do a call on the game at all, how many games these days already have their own launcher? They can literally put a game on steam and have steam do nothing but launch their launcher and then nothing about the game itself is altered, at all.

You have some weird thoughts about how much steam integration is required and it's actually minimal, most of it is optional.

"fix all" ? I don't even know what you think we were talking about, Steam would just launch their launcher and steam works would notify both sides of the network that the game wants to run now, once logged in you're on the same old servers, done. You're inventing gremlins where there aren't any.

, caught 20/20 people usually think it is but hey you're more then welcome to make your own debate and see what the forums will think, this is a topic about questions if the games will be moved over, and I've given the proper view points on it from Blizzard's Q&A videos they do monthly, you can take it or leave it.

You didn't give any proper view, you just showed you misunderstood them about as much as you misunderstood me.