Soldato
Curious, how much do you think it would cost Steam for 1 person downloading say a 10Gb game?
Steam isn't a publisher. Steam doesn't tell publishers how much they should charge. EA is a publisher.
No it because hard copy's are crap because you need to keep the disc in the drive for 95% of games...
Plus you need to restall them one by one everytime you format...
Also I have around 300 games on steam if they were hard copy's where would I be able to find space to keep 300 crappy boxes ...
I'd say 95% of games can be registered on steam or Origin and then you don't need the disc again unless it's for a reinstall.
Steam still take a cut and are so much more expensive than cdkey sites. Still don't understand the fanboyism around steam, they started the digital higher than physical prices in the first place
The publishers started it.
Good publisher, game isn't overpriced: http://store.steampowered.com/app/239160/
Bad publisher, with a history of overcharging gamers: http://store.steampowered.com/app/213670/
EA, Ubisoft & Activision have been overcharging on Steam since day 1.
So why do i get cheaper steam keys from cdkey sites than i can get on steam?
Steam overcharge as well as publishers.
The publishers started it.
Good publisher, game isn't overpriced: http://store.steampowered.com/app/239160/
Bad publisher, with a history of overcharging gamers: http://store.steampowered.com/app/213670/
EA, Ubisoft & Activision have been overcharging on Steam since day 1.
So why do i get cheaper steam keys from cdkey sites than i can get on steam?
Steam overcharge as well as publishers.
Steam don't set any prices, the owners of the games do.
Source? The fact that you can get games for different prices from other online retailers e.g. GMG suggests that it's not as simple as that. Steam are not going to just sit there and be told what price to sell games at without having any influence themselves. It'd be a bit like Heinz telling Asda what price to sell beans at.
Source? The fact that you can get games for different prices from other online retailers e.g. GMG suggests that it's not as simple as that. Steam are not going to just sit there and be told what price to sell games at without having any influence themselves. It'd be a bit like Heinz telling Asda what price to sell beans at.
Me, I work for a publisher who sells games on Steam
Just like we set our prices on all other stores.
Steam is not a retailer though, its a platform. GMG buys games from publishers and then sells to customers, with steam the publisher lists the game and gets paid after the customer has bought it.
Lets say you go to Asda and spend £10 on beans, that money does not go to Heinz, Asda paid them long before they even reached the shelf. Asda can sell the beans for what they like as they have already paid for them. Heinz dont care if Asda sell 3 tins for the price of 1 as Asda have already paid them for 3 tins
It's not that black and white.
Thief's price has been destroyed by Steam keys through AMD, Silver keys a while back were going for 6 quid (Which meant Thief)
Lots of reasons. It's not as simple as "no packaging - less cost" unfortunately, there are various factors in the physical retail channels that mean they can sell the games for less. Downloading games is still seen as a convenience for many so they'll pay more for it, therefore there's no great motivation to reduce prices because either someone will pay e.g. £30 for the download, or £25 for the retail copy; either way they've bought the game.
In PC gaming the situation isn't really that bad because there are various platforms/retailers selling download codes now, and PC gaming has so little representation in physical retail that a lot of sales are driven through digital distribution. It's a very different scenario in console gaming though.