SgtHatred

Picked up on Combat Mission Beyond Overlord after seeing it in PC Gamer, as several others apparently did. Bought Battle for Normandy when it came out, but didn't get much of a chance to play. Didn't hear about Red Thunder being released until I stumbled upon it after googling for Star Wars : Battlefront.

If you already own a game, having a steam copy allows you to do a few things.. A) Installed on multiple PCs without worry that you are running out of "activations". This probably isn't a big deal for some, but I'm a bit of a PC nerd. My computer gets upgraded every 9 months or so. Additionally, sometimes I like gaming on my home media pc downstairs on my 65" TV, so I have Big Picture mode installed downstairs. I can see Combat Mission on the big screen being pretty sweet! Oh, also plan on installing Red Thunder to my Surface Pro 3 when it arrives, since I will be out and about over the summer, having some PC gaming with me will be a godsend. Again, easier with Steam. Community. If I want (don't have to sign in) I advertise the games I'm playing with all my Steam friends, who are likely to be like-minded individuals. Easy way to get multiplayer games together. Steam also provides an easy way to share screenshots and the like from the games I've played so I can show off. C) Maintenance. Much easier to maintain patches and be kept abreast of what dlc/upgrade packs are available for the games you own. Steam isn't a requirement, and you don't have to use it, but it is pretty awesome for the games you already own, and is the way to buy new games. Battlefront may look at the requirements from Valve (Valve's cut, sales etc) and balk, but they are missing the boat.

It wasn't difficult, it was bad. There is a difference. Also, you can quote text blocks on this forum by pressing the "quote" button, or wrapping your text in QUOTE tags.

Yeah, I won't begrudge anyone the right to set their product at the price that will fit the work they put into it, but putting a game on Steam doesn't mean it has to be cheap. Of course, when you put a game on Steam you may score big with a lower price. Hell, even the guys at Eagle Dynamics do it now.

In a world where Crusader Kings, Close Combat, Dominions, and Hearts of Iron can exist on Steam, so can Combat Mission, and it would make a killing doing so. I just spent $100 on the Battlefront store, after working up the willpower to sign in to yet another store with another account. The experience was terrible. It asked for my shipping address for a downloadable program, twice. I had to scrounge up the patches needed for Red Thunder and Battle for Normandy, finding which patch is needed for which version of the product I own. I had to read up on how Battlefront's DRM works, and how I may be locked out of my own purchases. I looked into a way to buy a 2nd copy of Red Thunder for a friend. Couldn't find one. The installers for the games I bought wanted me to install a toolbar, as if the year is 2004, all over again. Finally, please stop characterizing Steam as a cesspool of CoD players ala Xbox-Live. I'm worried that if I roll my eyes that hard again I will go blind.