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[Omega59er]

http://img.mwomercs....969DEE985CC.jpg

Kinda looks like a Steam symbol on it's right shoulder and I know it's a House Marik symbol on the left shoulder.

Could this be a hint from PGI that Mechwarrior Online may be available on Steam aswell?
Would MWO being on steam be good or bad?

In my opinion it would be great advertising just to have something Mechwarrior Online on the steam store for people to see.

(I know there has already been numerable discussions about Steam)

Edited by omega5-9er, 28 March 2012 - 09:32 AM.

[Namwons]

if its on steam, and its free, they will get tons of players for sure

[ChapeL]

Namwons, on 28 March 2012 - 09:33 AM, said:

if its on steam, and its free, they will get tons of players for sure

It's my understanding that this game will be sold. There simply won't be a subscription fee to play it after you buy it. ( My apologies if I misunderstood the meaning of your post )

[Mechteric]

Doesn't look anything like the steam symbol. But I'm not crosseyed or farsighted so what do I know.

[Nik Van Rhijn]

Bull Frog, on 28 March 2012 - 09:36 AM, said:

It's my understanding that this game will be sold. There simply won't be a subscription fee to play it after you buy it. ( My apologies if I misunderstood the meaning of your post )

Nope - its totally free to D/L and play.

[Evinthal]

Bull Frog, on 28 March 2012 - 09:36 AM, said:

It's my understanding that this game will be sold. There simply won't be a subscription fee to play it after you buy it. ( My apologies if I misunderstood the meaning of your post )

Nope, no price what so ever associated with it. No buying, no subscription. Just donations for cosmetic items if you want them, as far as any of us know.

[Dihm]

Bull Frog, on 28 March 2012 - 09:36 AM, said:

It's my understanding that this game will be sold. There simply won't be a subscription fee to play it after you buy it. ( My apologies if I misunderstood the meaning of your post )

The game is free to play, it will not be "sold". You can download and start playing free of charge.

[Alan Grant]

It's an arm. You can see the shoulder, and the muscles. As if someone was showing off the their muscles. There's a gloved hand/fist to the right on the end. Look closely.

Also, the game is F2P. There is no F2P game that I know of which is sold. Therefore putting it on steam would be redundant when they can have client of their own to download and install the game.

Edited by Alan Grant, 28 March 2012 - 09:49 AM.

[Thorn Hallis]

Its the unit insignia of the 1st Regulan Hussars.

[Felicitatem Parco]

Awesome bicep.

[Alan Grant]

Thorn Hallis, on 28 March 2012 - 09:47 AM, said:

Its the unit insignia of the 1st Regulan Hussars.

Yes that!

[Risky]

No, it's a flexing arm. I'd hope this doesn't end up on Steam as Valve would rob PGI/IGP of plenty of the money they would make from store purchases.

Edited by Risky, 28 March 2012 - 10:05 AM.

[Redshift2k5]

Alan Grant, on 28 March 2012 - 09:45 AM, said:

Also, the game is F2P. There is no F2P game that I know of which is sold. Therefore putting it on steam would be redundant when they can have client of their own to download and install the game.

Lots of FTP games are dispensed via steam, both new titles and old ones that are just now getting on the steam boat. It opens up the game to a large group of players who otherwise may have missed the advertisement for MWO. A million people a day go to Steam and look at the list of 'Free to Play' titles offered by Steam.

Risky, on 28 March 2012 - 10:04 AM, said:

No, it's a flexing arm. I'd hope this doesn't end up on Steam as Valve would rob PGI/IGP of plenty of the money they would make from store purchases.

A real question is, how much does it cost these companies, both large and small, to put their game on Steam?

Edited by Redshift2k5, 28 March 2012 - 10:41 AM.

[Helmer]

I personally LOVE steam, but I know there are many who dislike it.

One of the Devs recently mentioned their own distribution via their client. Although I think a STEAM release would be great, I have a feeling they are not going that route. At least not right away.


Cheers.

[Bloodshed Romance]

If it is on Steam then players like me can have friends on steam join my game directly, have the Steam overlay (which is great because of its web browser.. and chat system), and (small but I like it) have a external log of how much time I have spent with the game open.

If they do it right then I can just use my Steam wallet to make purchases in MWO.. That would be really cool aswell

[Maarvy]

Alan Grant, on 28 March 2012 - 09:45 AM, said:

Also, the game is F2P. There is no F2P game that I know of which is sold. Therefore putting it on steam would be redundant when they can have client of their own to download and install the game.

Having there own client makes steam redundant ...... really

4 million + users per day on steam , what kind of advertising would the game need to match that kind of exposure ? .

[Agent CraZy DiP]

You guys didn't hear about the custom STEAM Mech line they're making for the people that D/L and play through STEAM? We call them Steamies... It's so we know who to avoid when making platoons.

[TeaL3af]

Evinthal, on 28 March 2012 - 09:43 AM, said:

Nope, no price what so ever associated with it. No buying, no subscription. Just donations for cosmetic items if you want them, as far as any of us know.

Pretty sure they mentioned you can buy mechs with cash too. I'd guess you can basically use real money to get more C-Bills or something similar but can't buy the experience point based upgrades.

Edited by TeaL3af, 28 March 2012 - 12:52 PM.

[Bloodshed Romance]

Agent CraZy DiP, on 28 March 2012 - 12:48 PM, said:

You guys didn't hear about the custom STEAM Mech line they're making for the people that D/L and play through STEAM? We call them Steamies... It's so we know who to avoid when making platoons.

what are you talking about when you say to avoid when making platoons???

[CobraFive]

Agent CraZy DiP, on 28 March 2012 - 12:48 PM, said:

You guys didn't hear about the custom STEAM Mech line they're making for the people that D/L and play through STEAM? We call them Steamies... It's so we know who to avoid when making platoons.

I dont get it.