Why should I buy arma 3 on steam ?

[VR]

Why should I buy arma 3 on steam ?

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[VR]

Why should I buy a game that is more expensive on steam ?

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[HLCinSC]

You should buy it from whatever legit retailer (like those on IsThereAnyDeal.com )that gives you the best price unless you think there's a fair chance you might want to refund it, in which case I would just recommend waiting until it goes on sale on Steam

[VR]

Yeah but seriously there is almost a difference of more then 10 euros ! I can buy arma III in another shop and I can buy 2 pizzas as a additional bonus.

[mrahma]

Diposting pertama kali oleh VR:

Yeah but seriously there is almost a difference of more then 10 euros ! I can buy arma III in another shop and I can buy 2 pizzas as a additional bonus.

If it's a legitimate retailer, go ahead.

[HLCinSC]

With traditional retailers and key shops it is different. They buy in bulk wholesale prices for a substantial amout less. Pubs/devs have to offer lower prices to the retailer because typically those copies are considered shipped/sold and there is always a chance the game could flop leaving the retailer with stock he likely has to mark down to sell or return to the pub for partial credit depending on their agreement. Unless they enter into a price agreement, those retailers can then set their own prices.

If the dev/pub undercutted all other stores with their prices on Steam, you can bet those retailers are going to stop buying or buy substantially less copies.

Sites that offer a marketplace where users sell each other keys are often full of potential problems so there's a risk factor you would have to accept if you buy from them.

[Zekiran]

...... what?





Seriously what? Steam doesn't set the games prices. Those are set by the publishers themselves. Valve only publishes its own stuff and thus their pricing reflects their needs. But everything else is set by the game's publisher. Steam is just a distributor.


Curators? You actually pay any attention to that garbage?

[Orange Guise]

You can't pretend that Steam hasn't gotten anything on their hands.
They place the hoops the distributors jump through, and sometimes they do a bad job of it.

I do believe it's best to put fault where it belongs.
I currently hold Steam accountable for:

- inconsistent double-standards involving nudity. AAA publishers get an OK, but smaller producers have to manually remove it from their games, and then can't link to the method to get it back in.

- Unwillingness to rely on age gating. If you are going to have a system where some content is off-limits to younger gamers, then rely on it and stop harassing the older gamers!

- Publisher bungles. Sometimes when IPs change hands, it gets messy and it takes too long to clean up.

- Greenlight. A good idea that was not properly executed.


Also why the @#$)(* did you move your own thread? Are you some kind of stupid Super-Coward?
Or did Steam move some misinformed but completely legitimate criticism like a janitor sweeping up leaves?

Because over-moderation is DEFINITELY something I can criticize

[eram]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Orange Guise:

You can't pretend that Steam hasn't gotten anything on their hands.
They place the hoops the distributors jump through, and sometimes they do a bad job of it.

I do believe it's best to put fault where it belongs.
I currently hold Steam accountable for:

- inconsistent double-standards involving nudity. AAA publishers get an OK, but smaller producers have to manually remove it from their games, and then can't link to the method to get it back in.

- Unwillingness to rely on age gating. If you are going to have a system where some content is off-limits to younger gamers, then rely on it and stop harassing the older gamers!

- Publisher bungles. Sometimes when IPs change hands, it gets messy and it takes too long to clean up.

- Greenlight. A good idea that was not properly executed.


Also why the @#$)(* did you move your own thread? Are you some kind of stupid Super-Coward?
Or did Steam move some misinformed but completely legitimate criticism like a janitor sweeping up leaves?

Because over-moderation is DEFINITELY something I can criticize

He posted the same thing in 5 forums.

[Orange Guise]

Diposting pertama kali oleh eram:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Orange Guise:

You can't pretend that Steam hasn't gotten anything on their hands.
They place the hoops the distributors jump through, and sometimes they do a bad job of it.

I do believe it's best to put fault where it belongs.
I currently hold Steam accountable for:

- inconsistent double-standards involving nudity. AAA publishers get an OK, but smaller producers have to manually remove it from their games, and then can't link to the method to get it back in.

- Unwillingness to rely on age gating. If you are going to have a system where some content is off-limits to younger gamers, then rely on it and stop harassing the older gamers!

- Publisher bungles. Sometimes when IPs change hands, it gets messy and it takes too long to clean up.

- Greenlight. A good idea that was not properly executed.


Also why the @#$)(* did you move your own thread? Are you some kind of stupid Super-Coward?
Or did Steam move some misinformed but completely legitimate criticism like a janitor sweeping up leaves?

Because over-moderation is DEFINITELY something I can criticize

He posted the same thing in 5 forums.

OK never mind. Thank you for tidying up.

[VR]

If they don't change there stupid policies, games that are more expensive and curators that are way out of there league then I will buy it somewhere else. It is as simple as that.
To give you one example this is already the fifth game I buy somewhere else, in a physical store because it was discounted or on a internetshop.

[HLCinSC]

Diposting pertama kali oleh VR:

If they don't change there stupid policies, games that are more expensive and curators that are way out of there league then I will buy it somewhere else. It is as simple as that.
To give you one example this is already the fifth game I buy somewhere else, in a physical store because it was discounted or on a internetshop.

That's your choice and has always been the case. Steam has pretty much operated the same way(not counting the curator system) since it was released and it has only grown.