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[DONTOR]

WTF is steam? How does this affect MWO?

[ToxinTractor]

THIS IS WONDERFUL


SOON THE FORUMS WILL BURN WITH THE RAGE OF 1000 NERDS

[UnsafePilot]

DONTOR, on 10 October 2014 - 08:05 AM, said:

WTF is steam? How does this affect MWO?

It's a PC Game distribution/social hub.

http://store.steampowered.com/

It would effect MWO by increasing the amount of people it's exposed to and hopefully increase the player base.

[Bilbo]

ToxinTractor, on 10 October 2014 - 08:06 AM, said:

THIS IS WONDERFUL


SOON THE FORUMS WILL BURN WITH THE RAGE OF 1000 NERDS

They already do. Won't change much.

[FupDup]

Okay.

[IceSerpent]

Belorion, on 10 October 2014 - 07:19 AM, said:

I don't know how I feel about this...

Don't know about you, but I have a very BAD feeling about this...

[Dimento Graven]

ToxinTractor, on 10 October 2014 - 08:06 AM, said:

THIS IS WONDERFUL


SOON THE FORUMS WILL BURN WITH THE RAGE OF 1000 NERDS

1001 counting yourself, right?

[Sandpit]

As long as we don't have a "CB to OB" transition like we did previously with the game shifting directions and moving away from tactical to twitch I think it's a great idea. Tons of new players, but lets not alienate those that have been with the game for nearly 3 years this time. K? please & Thank you

[BumbleBee]

Hopefully not before CW, some new maps, and full interactive tutorials (hopefully like the ones in MechWarrior 2 : 31st Century Combat) that have been fully vetted by the community. Releasing the game onto Steam before the game is ready will do irreparable damage to its longevity.

[DONTOR]

UnsafePilot, on 10 October 2014 - 08:08 AM, said:

It's a PC Game distribution/social hub.

http://store.steampowered.com/

It would effect MWO by increasing the amount of people it's exposed to and hopefully increase the player base.

Ahh TY, loos like it could help expand the popultaion a bit.

[cSand]

I think it's fine. The more exposure the better for everyone.

Plus there will be a huge influx of n00bs to boost my stats on

[IceSerpent]

Sandpit, on 10 October 2014 - 11:40 AM, said:

As long as we don't have a "CB to OB" transition like we did previously with the game shifting directions and moving away from tactical to twitch I think it's a great idea. Tons of new players, but lets not alienate those that have been with the game for nearly 3 years this time. K? please & Thank you

cSand, on 10 October 2014 - 12:41 PM, said:

I think it's fine. The more exposure the better for everyone.

Plus there will be a huge influx of n00bs to boost my stats on

That extra exposure comes with a price - Valve takes a fairly large cut from in-game store revenues. I wouldn't want to trade development of new game features for extra players.

[Dymlos2003]

After CW which means that's far from now. Since we are only on phase 2 of CW. Also this was said in the first townhall. Old news, man.

Edited by Dymlos2003, 10 October 2014 - 12:54 PM.

[Wolfgang2685]

Oh god yes. My steam wallet is huge from selling counterstrike crates that went up in value immensely. I cannot wait to buy more mechbays for "Free"

[Dimento Graven]

IceSerpent, on 10 October 2014 - 12:50 PM, said:

That extra exposure comes with a price - Valve takes a fairly large cut from in-game store revenues. I wouldn't want to trade development of new game features for extra players.

I dunno... If you can get 100000 new users, each spending a minimum of 10 bucks each, even at a 50% bite that's 500,000 bucks you might not have received before.

Plus, my 'assumption' is that Steam would only get a bite of the income from their services, any income earned directly by PGI's own websites wouldn't be affected...

[Thorn Hallis]

Bad news. The game isn't ready in its current state, and CW wont change that.

[Xarian]

Sadist Cain, on 10 October 2014 - 07:05 AM, said:

please for the love of all that is holy read the topic in my sig before ever going to steam... the influx of clueless steam players with no teamwork, tutorials or otherwise would be too much to bear lol

Although with a much much much better new player experience and dragging the community off the forums and more into the game... it will be beautiful

As opposed to how things are now? I'd like to see more players, and more $, and VOIP, and Chat... going to Steam will be a positive move.

[bar10jim]

Looking forward to this. The only reason I'm still using Windows as an OS is because I play this game. If I can (reliably) ply MWO through Steam, I'll switch to Linux.

[Xarian]

UnsafePilot, on 10 October 2014 - 08:08 AM, said:

It's a PC Game distribution/social hub.

http://store.steampowered.com/

It would effect MWO by increasing the amount of people it's exposed to and hopefully increase the player base.

Also brings a few features, like Steam's voice chat, and access to Steam's social/community stuff (chatting, units/groups, etc).

[Tezcatli]

If they go with steam post CW. Hopefully fully developed CW. Then they need to commit to tutorials and other small new player experience improvements.

And they need to improve the social aspects of the game. We need to have an IN-GAME community. Not just on the forums. We need some permanent chat channels. Even if we have to pay MC to create private/public player channels.

And the bigger the community gets. The more varied and volatile it can become.

Edited by Tezcatli, 10 October 2014 - 01:03 PM.