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He has a real problem with people stealing his game, and he clearly stated that more revenue from more paying customers in exchange would not make good for that. Steve at least has stated clearly that it is zero. Then you open the can of worms of how much more piracy in absolute terms you accept in exchange for more paying customers. Just trying to evaluate how much piracy you would maybe get from a softer Steam DRM, if it is, would be quite the handful and of course technical detail isn't available to answer that question. The whole DRM thing is more emotional than technical.

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Steam has offline licensing but it is less aggressive than what they have right now. The average person who already uses Steam and might be a new CM customer will have a different view on the issue. Which is definitely true for many players on this forum.

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It wouldn't be that required if you change to an online only play style, but BFC also said that going from a license systems that anchors itself in your system like a virus to online only is something the player base doesn't want. The current DRM that BFC puts on would be verboten on Steam. Then you can do all kinds of fun things with sales. I know I would as the current DRM makes a Steam version of CM a purely positive gain on my part. However, if you end up cannibalizing your BFC website sales then you would need even more Steam sales to make up for the difference in lost revenue, and I'm certain a number of the CM players who are gamers would purchase from Steam over BFC. Now the first question is does the increased exposure make it a net gain in income? 50 BFC site sales would be equivalent to 100 Steam sales, but as long as Steam brought in 100 + N (where n > 0) BFC would technically be making a gain. Just throwing a number around, lets say that Steam takes 50% of every sale. You literally do paperwork.Д®dit: I would be interested in seeing CM sales before and after a (theoretical) Steam release with all kinds of other data. I mean Papers Please has been a top seller a number of times and it is a border crossing simulator. Steam has millions of users so this is no small feat.ДЄrma 3 has been a top seller a number of times as have other niche titles like Red Orchestra and a whole slew of indie titles that definitely aren't mainstream. Right now it is selling the 6th most copies of games on Steam. Close Combat - Gateway to Caen is number #6 at $34.79 a copy. Looking at the top sellers list on Steam right now. However niche games are niche games and BFC has realized this quite well and acts accordingly. To me it looks like Steve pays attention to what Steam is up to and he know what he thinks needs to change to make him happy. Therefore, asking us to be on Steam or to stay off Steam won't change or preserve the status quo. Customer requests for being on Steam, or against Steam, have zero impact on the equation. We will not be on Steam unless the equation changes so that we perceive a good chance of a net positive outcome. Still concluded that Steam isn't likely to result in a net positive outcome for us. Taken into consideration things we've observed/read about how Steam works.Д¤. Seen the contract and assessed how the angles and the contract might work in our favor.ДЈ. Thought of all angles, including ones not mentioned here.Дў. Don't you think we would have thought of these rather obvious possible positives? Seriously! So I think it would be wise to assume that we have:ДЎ. We've been doing this for 11 years and have outlived more companies than I can count. Broader exposure, more diverse customer base, etc. The problem with a lot of the comments here is there is an assumption that going with Steam would result in a net positive effect. Therefore we aren't interested in being carried by Steam. Unlike the average Steam user, we have seen contracts.

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