There are a lot of comparisons out there between digital distributors on PC and marketplaces on other platforms. We often hear that just because someone has a digital distribution platform it's “just like Steam”. However, that's not always true and there's a reason why people have grown to like and even love Steam, as well as Valve, the private company that operates the service. Here are some of the basic reasons why people have fallen in love with Jedi Master Gaben and the Steam-powered network.
Blindfolding myself and clicking a Steam page at random would serve me better recommendations than Steam’s algorithm
Hmm, not sure I agree with that. The recommendations I get are usually pretty good, but then again I have pretty large library of games on Steam and hundreds of them in my wish list, along with lots of curators I follow for it to build recommendations off of. On occasion it will throw me a random FIFA game or something I've never bought or shown interest in, but mostly its decent IMO.
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Players can pay to edit their character, resurrect the dead and other actions.
Yet Helldivers 2 gets a pass? Y’know a GotY contender by the name of RE4 had them and so does Devil May Cry V. The funny thing is I enjoyed both of those games thoroughly without having to buy a single microtransaction.
What I do consider a valid complaint is not being able to start a new game or being able to edit your character. That’s kind of a seriously baffling decision, but then I think how I played Dragon’s Dogma 1 and I never edited my character and I just did a 100% playthrough on a single file and didn’t start a NG since. So, I don’t think these are really going to impact me, but I can see how it will others.
I was going to pay full price to support this game because I've been waiting for it for forever but I think I'll wait until I get it for free from Epic or a Humblebundle monthly.
I am not defending Capcom, as I am not a fan of MTX in single player games. I do however belive they were open to reviewers about having MTX in their game. The reviewers just decided to leave that part out. Which is very disingenuous. There are some companies that get away with these things. Image if this was done by EA, Ubisoft, or even Activision? I am positive those defending Capcom, would have had their pitchforks ready if the companies listed above did this
I wish Steam would lose less time turning our profiles into advertisements and more into adding other features
-Better Library organization/customization tools
-Faster Customer support system
The one reason I really love steam and M$ take note.. they actually give people real incentives for buying digital. Their sales are the best around and at the prices I buy stuff for, who cares if I can't resell it as I wish!
Lol though, reading through this list, Microsoft execs really should bookmark the url and make it the first and last thing they read every day for a year. Maybe then, they'll grasp how to get console people to warm up to the idea of their initial vision instead of force feeding it to us.
Also their customer support is top notch. Had my account hacked and email changed once, despite not actually covering the requirements to have my account reset, I provided a huge amount of account info which was clearly enough to prove I was the original owner.. didn't get a standard "sorry without "x" info, we can't give you your account back" copy and paste BS but instead had it reset with no extra problems.
GOOD GAME PRICES 0_O
There's only 1 MAJOR thing, the discounts! They reach as low as 10 dollars, what bargain is that?
And also the free trial weekends!