Game is honestly a lot of fun, you just have to play for a few hours before you start unlocking more enemies and game modes. Most people won't reach that point and think that payload and five enemies are all the game has to offer.
Nefyedardu
joined 2 years ago
Steam hosts software. Emulators are software. Google Play and Apple Store have emulators, why is Steam any different?
Free lifetime cloud storage for my savefiles and an easy way to update would have been pretty sweet...
It's software and Steam exists to host software. It's like asking, "what's the point in Retroarch being on Google Play?" There are a few benefits, such as not needing to go to desktop mode on SD, using the Steam update system and cloud saves.
Retroarch supports cloud saves, it's very nice to just play a game and know it will be backed up on Steam forever
I honestly don't know what a game can do to survive as a live service nowadays. Japanese live services games in particular are just DOA instantly, but even giants like Valve (Artifact) and Blizzard (OW2) are failing at this. Can't charge money upfront because no one would try the game. Can't go F2P with paid cosmetics/characters because people will complain about microtransactions (because these game companies are charities, right?). Can't change the game too much in updates, can't have too few updates. Seems like we are just going to be stuck with the same handful of old live service games for the rest of eternity.
People love things that benefit them as consumers and hate things that don't, end of
Pretty obviously trying to pull an "Apex Legends" to try and save the flailing Overwatch 2.
Also remember that Steam takes a 30% cut
20-30% cut, which is in-line with most digital storefronts.
which is totally unnecessary
Companies exist to make money. Making money will never be "unnecessary" for a company. And hosting secure data centers around the world delivering 15 Tbps a day is not exactly cheap.
and is what directly caused giants like Ubisoft and Rockstar to make their own storefronts.
Also remember that Ubisoft and Rockstar (and Microsoft and Blizzard) came crawling back to Steam all the same, meaning they thought they would make more money even with the 20-30% tax. So a 20-30% tax must seem pretty fair to these companies for what they are getting.
This is just getting sad at this point. In Japan sales were the lowest since FF5. Really makes me wonder what the future is for the series.
Competition is good, even if the other launchers are a bit annoying.
What does "competition" between companies really mean? It means they are competing for customers. Annoying me with shitty launchers is the opposite of competing. Make things cheaper, offer better services and more features. This is competition. Steam (and GOG) is the only one actually "competing" here. And look what happened? Microsoft, Ubisoft, Blizzard... one by one they fall to Steam because they simply cannot comprehend this fact.
Wish there was more customization of your shelves in general. Like having "or" or "not" paramenters. And the game genres they have are limited.