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Originally Posted by BigRed75
I've never seen a benefit to Steam. I've seen people mention the auto-update but that's not really a benefit to me.
Plus, if you buy direct from OOTP, they get all of your money and don't have to give a cut to Steam (or Epic or Apple).
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Originally Posted by slugga27
Maybe people like having all games in one place? I’m not sure; I’ve always bought direct and always will.
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Yeah, I'm sure there are users that like having all of their games in the same place, though it's now why I buy from Steam.
The two biggest benefits for me...
Steam Workshop. Subscribe to mod, have it auto-installed. Sure downloading and manually installing is not particularly hard but auto is easier. For those that are not comfortable installing mods I would recommend Steam.
Updates are not only automatic but they also tend to not overwrite most things you've modded. A Steam patch is "old school" as it only copies in files that have changed. No more backing up my stadiums, sound files, etc. before patching my game . Yes, on occasion something unexpected does change but it's easy enough to get those files out of one of my league backups I'm anal about keeping. Only time I got burned last year was one time they left in some camera locations from a test build that should not have been a part of the patch. Pulled the ootp.3d files from a backup and all was good.
I understand the Steam takes a cut from OOTP reasoning, but I think Markus is fine with that. The visibility it gives them is more than worth the cost or they wouldn't do it. Add in too that you cannot write a review for OOTP on Steam unless you bought the game there. Having users of many years posting reviews there is a good thing and is requested and appreciated by Markus every year.
The cost that I don't like? Not getting the game 3 days early and watching everyone here having a good time as I sit and wait.
