SteamFirst: History inevitably repeats itself. Outcomes can be determined by analyzing past decisions and consequences. If the past 50+ years of computer science trends have taught us anything, it has shown that open platforms have a far easier time of gaining traction than closed ones do. Furthermore, the less propitiatory your environment is, the easier it is to be adopted by the mass market.
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
theres barely 7millions active peoples on steam, wich is pretty much the number of dreamcast total sales...its not gonna domintate anything at this rate.
If PSnow becomes very successful, steam will become even more irrelevant. I imagine most of the 3rd party games would flock to the superior install base of PSnow.
I have a PS4, but will definitely be getting this for my living room as well. Best of both worlds.
I love how everyone thinks there can only be one choice that fits all.
I along with many others I personally know have made or are in the process if making the switch from console to Steam gaming. It just makes more sense.