2011-07-30, 08:34 PM
Quiet a few days old, but still kind of sad. It's kind of like when they said BF3 will be delayed launch on steam because of issues with patchers. Valve has good, and apparently it isn't very convoluted. So that was lie #1. Plus, Valve has also stated how they feel about DLC: do you remember the skirmish between Valve and EA about free DLC?
But ultimately, the reason they pulled it was a marketing strategy rather than anything. What they wanted to do, was have DLC be "ingame" rather than through steam directly.
And finally, I don't think they'll crash and burn. At all. Gamers have already shown time and time again that few of them posses common sense and a perception of right and wrong, and that boycotting games crash and burn. Look at Starcraft 2. Completely on Blizzard's DDS, and it did not impact their sales at all.
But ultimately, the reason they pulled it was a marketing strategy rather than anything. What they wanted to do, was have DLC be "ingame" rather than through steam directly.
And finally, I don't think they'll crash and burn. At all. Gamers have already shown time and time again that few of them posses common sense and a perception of right and wrong, and that boycotting games crash and burn. Look at Starcraft 2. Completely on Blizzard's DDS, and it did not impact their sales at all.