Re: Why dont you put your games on steam for PC
@stuey450f actually...nope. The deal is simple: 30% from the profits for Steam (no matter who you are: Activision, EA, Ubi, Bethesda, etc), 70% for the publisher (not for the dev, but for the publisher). From those 70% the publisher will pay the marketing plus other expenses. The poor dev it will be lucky if he gets 5% from those remaining 70%. And it's a big if.
And in case that you've missed what happened in the last two years, Steam isn't so great anymore. Lots of poor decisions, a lot of shovelware that basically kills the better games in search. As for the great review system...We are talking about reviews where devs and publishers are abused only because their budget did not allow the implementation of language x or y (chinese and russian customers, that just refuse to understand simple economics) or where the dev himself manipulates the reviews (happened so many times and is still happening).
Steam right now has no curation whatsoever. To be honest, if i would recommend a platform, that would be GOG. Right after it, i would say Origin. And then i would say Steam.
And also...ever had something to do with Steam support?! It's like talking to a brick wall. And the wall might actually listen and even be helpful.
You say that you have 100 games there. I have around 1400. But if i have a choice, i go for GOG, for uPlay or Origin.
There is a reason of why Bethesda developed a client (they do intend at some point to distribute their games directly through it and lose Steam). Warner is also working on their own client and 2k is thinking to use Rockstar Social Club as a starting point for a client. And last, Microsoft decided to sell any exclusives directly through their store.
As you can see, most of the big guys are preparing to abandon Steam. Mostly because Valve can't curate the store properly anymore. And has zero interest to do it, as long as the money are flowing. Once more of the big publishers will retreat, Valve might change its tune. But until then, we have shovelware, poor customer support, restricted gifting, restricted gaming (if i travel abroad, there are good chances that i won't be allow to play the games from my account, due to the regional restrictions), no actual moderation on their boards, review manipulations, review bombing, suspicious devs/publishers (removed only when they are brought in front of a court of law) and other such niceties.
Also, i will point that Origin sells products from other publishers, too. GOG and Ubisoft's uPlay are also selling products from other publishers.
My personal client top is:
1. GOG - simple, intuitive interface, curated reviews (so review bombing and manipulation isn't likely to happen), stable, not heavy on resources. Even better, the client is entirely optional
2. Origin - minimalistic, decent look, still not a resource hog
3. uPlay - see above
4. Steam - though the client is stable, there are a lot of other things that are wrong with it. I've already mentioned some and will add the fact that is a resource hog.
So, bottom line: i am fine with things as they are. I will buy EA's products on Origin (at least i get support for their products and i won't have tot deal with Steam support), Ubisoft's games on uPlay (so i won't have to deal with two opened clients - Steam and uPlay), DRM-free games on GOG and only if something isn't available elsewhere, i get it on Steam.
