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07-14-2013, 01:57 PM | #1 |
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Advertise on Steam
Either as a greenlight game or otherwise. FM series does great on steam and its a good way to get traction if you get listed on a summer sale or whatnot.
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07-15-2013, 12:26 PM | #2 |
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Unfortunately, it's not quite that easy. From what I've heard, they've tried a number of times to get OOTP Baseball onto Steam, and Valve rejected all their attempts. They recently gave Greenlight a try, and failed there too.
I'd hate to say it, but I don't think we'll be seeing FHM on Steam. Not that OOTP Developments hasn't tried, and won't continue to try, but the interest from Valve and Steam users just doesn't seem to be there. A glimmer of hope, though, is that between Greenlight and Early Access, Valve seems to have recently lightened up a bit on what they allow onto Steam (in my opinion, at least). Greenlight will likely fail, but they may be able to get in through the new Early Access program (edit: Assuming, of course, they try to get it on before release. Otherwise, it's back to the standard methods, which haven't been kind to OOTP so far). Last edited by Stinson; 07-15-2013 at 02:44 PM. |
07-15-2013, 12:28 PM | #3 |
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Considering the amount of crap allowed on steam it seems like a weird way to have to do it.
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07-15-2013, 10:20 PM | #4 |
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I thought anyone can put a project on steams greenlight? Getting voted into the store is another matter.
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07-16-2013, 03:23 AM | #5 |
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I didn't know there were restrictions, cuz I've seen some really dumb or joke games on there that I thought people just were bored one day and coded stuff. Whats the problem with steam accepting the game? Plenty of games are currently in alpha stages advertised there right now, is there a specific category not allowed?
Having this on steam would also enable an online based protection for the game as well and is significantly easier to manage than DRM activation software which I'm not a huge fan of. Last edited by tfong; 07-16-2013 at 03:25 AM. |
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I've never found OOTP to be difficult to manage, ever, so obviously there is a disconnect here.
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07-16-2013, 10:33 AM | #7 | |
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In terms of Steam itself, you need to talk to Valve about getting your game onto the platform. I don't know what their "evaluation" involves, but apparently OOTP Baseball wasn't good enough for them in the two or three years it was submitted. Although, OOTP 9 is on Steam, so I'm wondering if sales simply weren't good enough, so they rejected subsequent releases...? If you're referring to Greenlight, you're right, there are no restrictions in getting your game up for vote, other than the $100 entry fee. In fact, this fee was added as a response to all the garbage and fake submissions that were flooding Greenlight in the beginning. |
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This is where steam comes in, you only need the steam account and anywhere you go you can play your games. I can travel to my grandparents house and play etc...Also its not like you would ever lend out your steam account to anyone so its fairly safe as far as preventing "sharing". This may not apply to you if you dont play many games, but I have quite a few and with steam or something similiar I can uninstall and install games from my library without worrying about forgetting where the disc is or unlicensing or forgetting where my license key is etc... Quote:
I actually own three greenlight games I've voted up right now so I know the system does work to produce decent games and more than a few gems from indies. Last edited by tfong; 07-16-2013 at 10:03 PM. |
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