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Re: Steam & Launcher Poll + Discussion
Borobej wrote: It's also letting a middleman between me and the developer - something you don't do if you really, really don't have to. Stupid and unthinkable. I want to pay you for your product and not some agent just for standing between us.
Clearly you do not produce a good or service yourself that you distribute through an electronic medium, or you would never make such a statement.
I do (not games, book). What you just said is tantamount to "I'd like to buy your books directly through you, because Amazon is a middleman, and that's stupid to go through them". Quite the opposite. Going through Amazon makes my market and audience so much larger it's ridiculous, and it would be stupid of me NOT to use them.
Pretty much the same here with Automation and Steam. And the developer was NICE ENOUGH to ASK your opinion rather than just simply making their own decision.
The fact that the vast majority of the users that answered the poll prefer the Steam only option should tell you two things:
1) you're getting butthurt over the CUSTOMERS' preferences (because that is what the devs were polling)
2) you're in the very... VERY... small minority. It's not a backstabbing or betrayal. It's a company catering to the majority of their consumers' wishes. You can't please everyone with everything. So aim for the largest number.
Don't like it? Start your own game with your own launcher. Go capture the 6% of the market that is vehement enough against Steam to be in your corner. 6%.
Or at least interact with the devs in a civilized way, instead of throwing a tantrum that's on par with my 6 year old kid.
(Or hey, wait to find out if they ACTUALLY go Steam-only, or decide to keep a separate launcher as an option. I know that's a novel concept...)
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