Ultima games on Steam

[Mikeums]

any Ultima games coming to Steam? would like to see this epic franchise here...

[Spawn of Totoro]

http://www.gog.com/gamecard/ultima_4

Ultima 4 is free from GOG.

They have the others there too.

Don't think it will get put on Steam as EA owns the IP for it.

[ranger]

Hmm EA has added many of there other games to steam but does seem to oppose putting older franchises on there.

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Originally posted by ranger:

Hmm EA has added many of there other games to steam but does seem to oppose putting older franchises on there.

9 year old necro. Talk to EA about it.

[ranger]

Originally posted by Judgmental Amaterasu:

Originally posted by ranger:

Hmm EA has added many of there other games to steam but does seem to oppose putting older franchises on there.

9 year old necro. Talk to EA about it.

no i mean im just saying that just because its old isnt a reason to belive that ea wouldnt put it on steam. because unlike the sims 1 + 2 it is in fact for sale somewhere so to say it wouldnt be added for that reason, is in my opinon, not a good reason. probably is not going to happen because it probably couldnt sell great but not necause of the age.

[я ебанутая]

Originally posted by Mikeums420:

any Ultima games coming to Steam? would like to see this epic franchise here...

for sure

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Originally posted by ranger:

Originally posted by Judgmental Amaterasu:

9 year old necro. Talk to EA about it.

no i mean im just saying that just because its old isnt a reason to belive that ea wouldnt put it on steam. because unlike the sims 1 + 2 it is in fact for sale somewhere so to say it wouldnt be added for that reason, is in my opinon, not a good reason. probably is not going to happen because it probably couldnt sell great but not necause of the age.

Jul 10, 2013 @ 4:34pm

[ranger]

Originally posted by Judgmental Amaterasu:

Originally posted by ranger:

no i mean im just saying that just because its old isnt a reason to belive that ea wouldnt put it on steam. because unlike the sims 1 + 2 it is in fact for sale somewhere so to say it wouldnt be added for that reason, is in my opinon, not a good reason. probably is not going to happen because it probably couldnt sell great but not necause of the age.

Jul 10, 2013 @ 4:34pm

? I don’t see what has changed on this front since then? Unless I’m mistaken things are still pretty similar on this.

[Carolynne]

Originally posted by ranger:

? I don’t see what has changed on this front since then? Unless I’m mistaken things are still pretty similar on this.

Generally an old and abandoned thread being brought back from dead is frowned upon, especially when it's unnecessary.

One thing may have changed though, the OP may not ponder on this anymore.

[ranger]

Originally posted by Carolynne:

Originally posted by ranger:

? I don’t see what has changed on this front since then? Unless I’m mistaken things are still pretty similar on this.

Generally an old and abandoned thread being brought back from dead is frowned upon, especially when it's unnecessary.

One thing may have changed though, the OP may not ponder on this anymore.

It’s an odd thing to frown upon but simply put, if someone doesn’t want to engage with the thread then they don’t need to. But just writing the date should be considered spam as it is. It makes more sense to comment on an established thread then to make a new one on the same subject.

[Carolynne]

Originally posted by ranger:

It’s an odd thing to frown upon but simply put, if someone doesn’t want to engage with the thread then they don’t need to. But just writing the date should be considered spam as it is. It makes more sense to comment on an established thread then to make a new one on the same subject.

It's to keep the forums more fresh and clean, without being cluttered with forgotten threads because it was risen from below.

While I can understand that some threads for example about a presisting issue is being brought back because people came across them when googling for a solution of a common issue, one can agree that from a rational standpoint bringing an old and forgotten thread is rather redundant.

The moderators stressed this quite a few times in the past also, saying it's better for people to just create new threads than bring back old ones since many of those threads would have misinformed parts as things changes.

I don't think Judgmental Amaterasu meant anything ill when they wrote the date stamp, I think they just wanted to steer you into the right direction since it seemed like when they said the thread was old you perhaps misinterpreted them into thinking they meant the game was old.

They were just humouring themselves that you brought back a 9 year old deteriorating carcass of a thread.
I'm sure their tone was a lot more jovial if it wasn't just text on canvas.

[Spawn of Totoro]

While necroing is typically frowned upon, it is not against the rules. One has to contribute to the discussion, rather then just post something random or spam.

Originally posted by ranger:

Hmm EA has added many of there other games to steam but does seem to oppose putting older franchises on there.

EA doesn't maintain the Ultima games, the developers of GOG.com do. While they could add the series to Steam (at the time this thread was created, EA was not adding any new games to Steam) it may have something to do with their GOG agreement.

You can always contact EA and request the Ultima Series on Steam as it is their decision and they know what contracts they have surrounding the game.