Activision, Ubisoft no longer put newer games on Steam

[indecendence]

I am guessing is it safe to say future games from both publisher are no longer on sale on Steam?

[Snapjak]

https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/ubisoft
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=Activision


Where exactly are you getting this info from?

[indecendence]

Messaggio originale di Snapjak:

https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/ubisoft
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=Activision


Where exactly are you getting this info from?

I don't think they will remove existing games like EA but looking at the trend, I doubt they will put up future games in Steam Store?

They seem to be fixed with their own store ATM.

[wuddih]

EA didn't really remove games, they just started really early to dropship their stuff on their own platform. 2012/3.

actiblizz is the name of the company. if you have such an incestual and large userbase blizzard has with battlenet, you jump on there. was clear they will do that 2 years ago, when the did it with destiny 2.

ubi? they dont use their own store more then they did before, they just took the upfront money from epic because on Steam there is no upfront money. they are still the parasite of the industry and actually the only publisher that could pull their games from everywhere for real, probably without too much legal trouble because every customer still has access to their crap on uplay.
they dont go solo because uplay is no platform for users, for users it is annoying drm and that image has to change first.

here is who will leave also leave Steam or already did:
take two
paradox
devolver
warner
thq
focus home
bethesda

and i am probably missing someone obvious.

many of them will jump onto better royalty share stores or create their own distribution platform for the full 100%.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Other clients than steam i disable when i dont play the game.

Messaggio originale di wuddih:

(.......)for users (.....)annoying drm and that image has to change first.

[ReBoot]

Messaggio originale di wuddih:

EA didn't really remove games, they just started really early to dropship their stuff on their own platform. 2012/3.

actiblizz is the name of the company. if you have such an incestual and large userbase blizzard has with battlenet, you jump on there. was clear they will do that 2 years ago, when the did it with destiny 2.

ubi? they dont use their own store more then they did before, they just took the upfront money from epic because on Steam there is no upfront money. they are still the parasite of the industry and actually the only publisher that could pull their games from everywhere for real, probably without too much legal trouble because every customer still has access to their crap on uplay.
they dont go solo because uplay is no platform for users, for users it is annoying drm and that image has to change first.

here is who will leave also leave Steam or already did:
take two
paradox
devolver
warner
thq
focus home
bethesda

and i am probably missing someone obvious.

many of them will jump onto better royalty share stores or create their own distribution platform for the full 100%.

Got sources? I don't see Delolver or THQ (Nordic) leaving Steam, but you apparently do. What exactly do you see? And Rage 2 came out recently on Steam. What do you see I don't?

[J4MESOX4D]

Messaggio originale di wuddih:

bethesda

Bethesda haven't left Steam and they are not going anywhere either it seems. Rage 2, Wolfenstein Youngblood and Doom Eternal for instance. They only departed for Fallout 76 so they could have all the revenue to themselves and now that's peaked, they're releasing that on Steam too. I have seen no evidence that any of the other pubs/devs on your list are leaving either.

Messaggio originale di indecendence:

I am guessing is it safe to say future games from both publisher are no longer on sale on Steam?

It seems Ubisoft will be using uPlay for their new AAA releases but a few fringe games may appear on here. They seem to be offering exclusivity to Epic for big releases which nets them a huge lump sum and actually pushes people to their own store instead. They win on both fronts essentially.

Activision don't have much of a catalogue left but they did release Sekiro on here. They will use Battlenet for their major AAA releases so they can maximise income thorough unit sales, DLC, microtransactions etc..without having to give Valve a 30% cut on each transaction.

[Count_Dandyman]

Messaggio originale di ReBoot:

Messaggio originale di wuddih:

EA didn't really remove games, they just started really early to dropship their stuff on their own platform. 2012/3.

actiblizz is the name of the company. if you have such an incestual and large userbase blizzard has with battlenet, you jump on there. was clear they will do that 2 years ago, when the did it with destiny 2.

ubi? they dont use their own store more then they did before, they just took the upfront money from epic because on Steam there is no upfront money. they are still the parasite of the industry and actually the only publisher that could pull their games from everywhere for real, probably without too much legal trouble because every customer still has access to their crap on uplay.
they dont go solo because uplay is no platform for users, for users it is annoying drm and that image has to change first.

here is who will leave also leave Steam or already did:
take two
paradox
devolver
warner
thq
focus home
bethesda

and i am probably missing someone obvious.

many of them will jump onto better royalty share stores or create their own distribution platform for the full 100%.

Got sources? I don't see Delolver or THQ (Nordic) leaving Steam, but you apparently do. What exactly do you see?

not to mention Bethesda have come back after they left.

[Crazy Tiger]

Messaggio originale di ReBoot:

Messaggio originale di wuddih:

EA didn't really remove games, they just started really early to dropship their stuff on their own platform. 2012/3.

actiblizz is the name of the company. if you have such an incestual and large userbase blizzard has with battlenet, you jump on there. was clear they will do that 2 years ago, when the did it with destiny 2.

ubi? they dont use their own store more then they did before, they just took the upfront money from epic because on Steam there is no upfront money. they are still the parasite of the industry and actually the only publisher that could pull their games from everywhere for real, probably without too much legal trouble because every customer still has access to their crap on uplay.
they dont go solo because uplay is no platform for users, for users it is annoying drm and that image has to change first.

here is who will leave also leave Steam or already did:
take two
paradox
devolver
warner
thq
focus home
bethesda

and i am probably missing someone obvious.

many of them will jump onto better royalty share stores or create their own distribution platform for the full 100%.

Got sources? I don't see Delolver or THQ (Nordic) leaving Steam, but you apparently do. What exactly do you see? And Rage 2 came out recently on Steam. What do you see I don't?

Same goes for Paradox, they don't leave Steam. They have their games drm free anyway and announced last February that they won't ditch Steam. And Paradox already has their own platform (2 actually, if you count Gamersgate).

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

I want all EA (Electronic Arts) games on steam.
Starting from Need For Speed Payback, Mass Effect Andromida, Battlefield V, Dragon Age inquisition, New Mirror Edge, etc.
I sent an email to EA support to put them on steam but didn't get any response.

too bad

[J4MESOX4D]

Messaggio originale di ⎛⎝ Cloud Boy ⎠⎞:

I want all EA (Electronic Arts) games on steam.
Starting from Need For Speed Payback, Mass Effect Andromida, Battlefield V, Dragon Age inquisition, New Mirror Edge, etc.
I sent an email to EA support to put them on steam but didn't get any response.

too bad

EA have no logical reason to put the games on Steam. They have their own platform that generates billions so why would they then undo all their work over the years, lose 30% of revenue for each product sold and also allow a rival to benefit? They left Steam for a reason and they don't need to, and likely wont ever come back.

[Falsus Te Deum]

Messaggio originale di ⎛⎝ Cloud Boy ⎠⎞:

I want all EA (Electronic Arts) games on steam.
Starting from Need For Speed Payback, Mass Effect Andromida, Battlefield V, Dragon Age inquisition, New Mirror Edge, etc.
I sent an email to EA support to put them on steam but didn't get any response.

too bad

Won't happen. And be glad that the trainwreck Mass Effect Andromeda isn't on steam.

[wuddih]

Messaggio originale di ⎛⎝ Cloud Boy ⎠⎞:

I want all EA (Electronic Arts) games on steam.
Starting from Need For Speed Payback, Mass Effect Andromida, Battlefield V, Dragon Age inquisition, New Mirror Edge, etc.
I sent an email to EA support to put them on steam but didn't get any response.

too bad

n1 slapstick comedy right there.


bois, shortsighted.
stuff that gets released today was in development for more then 3 years. there are commitments and contracts and hundred other reasons that this is not a flip the switch thing.
every single one on my list will stop releasing on Steam and all have shown or are acquainted to a decision within the past year that indicates that they will go in that direction, even when it is just for testing the waters right now.

for your critiques:
devolver, obseravation
thq, sry, thq nordic, coffee stain, satisfactory
bethesda, f76 was not a one time thing. that was already the reel in. f76 was bethesdas personal destiny 2.
paradox, thx for mentioning gamersgate, that is why they are on the list, their marketing was basicly non-existent until this year.

leaving Steam is not a thought that came up with epic, this is a topic since more then a decade. epic just made it more convenient.

[J4MESOX4D]

Messaggio originale di wuddih:

Messaggio originale di ⎛⎝ Cloud Boy ⎠⎞:

I want all EA (Electronic Arts) games on steam.
Starting from Need For Speed Payback, Mass Effect Andromida, Battlefield V, Dragon Age inquisition, New Mirror Edge, etc.
I sent an email to EA support to put them on steam but didn't get any response.

too bad

n1 slapstick comedy right there.


bois, shortsighted.
stuff that gets released today was in development for more then 3 years. there are commitments and contracts and hundred other reasons that this is not a flip the switch thing.
every single one on my list will stop releasing on Steam and all have shown or are acquainted to a decision within the past year that indicates that they will go in that direction, even when it is just for testing the waters right now.

for your critiques:
devolver, obseravation
thq, sry, thq nordic, coffee stain, satisfactory
bethesda, f76 was not a one time thing. that was already the reel in. f76 was bethesdas personal destiny 2.
paradox, thx for mentioning gamersgate, that is why they are on the list, their marketing was basicly non-existent until this year.

leaving Steam is not a thought that came up with epic, this is a topic since more then a decade. epic just made it more convenient.

There's no real basis to any of that apart from the publishers/developers may or may not leave Steam now or in the next X amount of years. Bethesda may have looked like departing with Fallout 76 but now they are 'back' with their future confirmed catalogue including Fallout 76 to be on Steam. Paradox have their own store and probably more supply chains than most other publishers but Steam is always their priority and they don't look like or have ever given the impression they will break away. With Destiny 2 and possibly a few Microsoft products coming in; Steam doesn't seem to be seeing too many go walkies and I am not convinced the others are planning to depart anytime soon.

A few small devs may want their publisher to move their game to Epic but that doesn't mean all the publishers's future catalogue will leave Steam too.

[Crazy Tiger]

Messaggio originale di wuddih:

paradox, thx for mentioning gamersgate, that is why they are on the list, their marketing was basicly non-existent until this year.

Aye, it's their "old" platform. It's only 3rd party titles now, the Paradox titles are sold through Paradoxplaza.

But Paradox have stated that they want their games on many distributers, to reach a very broad audience. They stated it in February.

I seriously doubt they'll leave Steam. Theire games are DRM-free (also on Steam), they simply operate on their own way. Always have.

[indecendence]

I seriously doubt EA will be back. Origins seems to be doing fine and they are releasing games huge enough to be able to sustain a steady amount of player base.

I think Ubisoft has been banking on this for sometime and the timing could not be better with Epic Game Store coming around with deals good enough for them to test out the respond.

Just never thought that I could also no longer see Activision. Destiny and CoD 4 is online based so banking on the Battle.net backbone seemed like a good idea but with the announcement of CoD Modern Warfare, we can be pretty sure it is a permanent thing that future games will no longer be in Steam.

I though with all these digital store front, it should bring more opportunities to publishers, game developers and also players like us. Instead I find that there are more cons to it...so much to the future of gaming...