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Steam and DRM

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:50 pm
by bugnomore
I can understand if an NDA prevents you from... disclosing exact release info, but can you tell us whether the game will be steam-exclusive/require steam to play or if there will be a non-DRM version available too?

Thanks

Qwinn

Re: Steam and DRM

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:58 pm
by TouchGameplay
antti wrote:Different payment options will be covered pretty well, Paypal included.

Re: Steam and DRM

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:12 pm
by bugnomore
Steam allows payment through paypal so that doesn't really address the question.

Re: Steam and DRM

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:19 pm
by petri
I think it's safe to say that LoG will not be Steam exclusive.

Re: Steam and DRM

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:39 pm
by Mameluk
petri wrote:I think it's safe to say that LoG will not be Steam exclusive.
Thank you! Against Valve's policies, I'm sharing an active Steam account with my brother, so I was quite worried. It is quite tricky to play games using one account at the same time with someone else (it's cheaper, though!)... This is such a relief!

Say, it is quite a common phenomenom for pricing to be different with publishers. Certain markets require certain prices. Are you going to have one price set in stone for all platforms and publishers, or will it vary?

Re: Steam and DRM

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:43 pm
by bugnomore
petri wrote:I think it's safe to say that LoG will not be Steam exclusive.
That's a relief. Thanks for clearing it up.

Re: Steam and DRM

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:50 pm
by Karkarov
bugnomore wrote:
petri wrote:I think it's safe to say that LoG will not be Steam exclusive.
That's a relief. Thanks for clearing it up.
You said it brother! Steam is just the most unoffensive form of DRM out there, but it is still DRM. It will be nice to have the option of giving my money via a different distributor.

Re: Steam and DRM

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:55 pm
by seanbrockest
The only games i've bought in the past year were steam games. It may be a form of DRM, but the convenience of never having disks again far outweighs it.

Re: Steam and DRM

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:03 pm
by Shiva
I have to say that I welcome Grimrock on Steam - it's just so annoying to have your games spread out on 3-4 different systems. Therefore I'd much prefer it be on a "big" system than on some small unknown one.

Also from their point of view of the developers - Steam gets the game out there - really out there for a lot of people to see and even though I think GOG would be perfect for Grimrock - I think Steam has more customers.
Maybe GOG later?

DMR sucks in the sense that it often is more of a burden to those who actually buy games that to those who do not.

Re: Steam and DRM

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:54 pm
by Jack Dandy
I got no problem with Steam, but I'm glad other people will have their options of purchasing the game. Good call!