Comments on: D2D Hit Back At Stardock Claims

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:14:53 +0000

@malkav11: I’m guessing it’s something that publishers / advertisers care about. Either that or this is just a news post to show us that these guys are royal idiots, fighting over nothing.

By: Nerd Rage

Nerd Rage — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:46:13 +0000

I don’t know about that, when I’m looking for a digital purchase I go to Steam first, D2D second, and Impulse I really only use because of the exclusives.

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:09:34 +0000

I have no idea why I am supposed to care which digital distributor is second place in sales or profit or whatever.

I will say that I probably have more Direct2Drive games than Impulse, but only because Direct2Drive had five weeks of crazy $5 sales. I very much dislike their site design, am not keen on their policies or implementation, and their non-sale pricing is ridiculous. Of the new-title market I prefer Steam and Impulse to the rest because they have good design (hell, I used to have to repeatedly refresh Gamersgate just to see what was on sale), and prefer Steam to Impulse because Steam knows how to have a sale. None of this “oooo, 10% off” or if you’re getting wild, 25% (well, sometimes 10-25% but not as -sales-, per se). A good round 50-75-90% off is more like it, and Steam hits that all the time.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:42:30 +0000

Regardless of numbers, who is placed where, etc., we are focused on making Impulse the best for users whether they are purchasing games or desktop apps.

One of the things I hear a lot about Impulse is people want more community features. We are listening, they are in the works among other suggestions that we hear from users.

In the end, it’s all about providing a great experience for users, and that is one of our goals for Impulse. :)

-Spencer
Stardock

By: Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:27:55 +0000

D2D is a *lot* better than Steam in my opinion. I’ve had far fewer problems with them than any other download service and the customer support for the one time I did was awesome. Go D2D!

By: sebmojo

sebmojo — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:15:50 +0000

Jackflash, lighting an illegal bonfire is not arson, though they both involve fire. Infringement of copyright is not theft, though they both involve ownership.

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:30:49 +0000

If you don’t think DoTA communities are toxic, you’ve either never played on, or you’re part of the problem.

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:29:44 +0000

HERE WE GO AGAIN

By: frymaster

frymaster — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:26:30 +0000

“look at the people who imported legitimate copies of MW2 to circumvent the stupid pricing and got their Steam copies disabled for it”

news to me, link?
(note that if you link to a news story involving one of these “we’re totally legitimate, honest guv” sites that merely sell you a key, I will laugh in your face)

By: frymaster

frymaster — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:24:02 +0000

ah, but apparently if valve INSIST! on not pandering to their cruel whims, the publishers will cave in, and meekly beg valve to be included in steam’s catalogue

…rather than just not bother with the thing. If you look how long it’s taking/taken the big publishers to start to use steam (and many don’t include all new titles even now), I think that view is slightly overestimating valve’s clout

By: Magnus

Magnus — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:01:28 +0000

The only digital distribution I use is GOG.

If another retailer worked in the same way, no DRM of any kind, then I would start using their service. Otherwise, I may as well buy from a shop, since the prices are usually lower (excluding sales).

By: Magnus

Magnus — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:56:11 +0000

@Heliocentric:

They aren’t allowed to mention real numbers, they all have NDAs with the publishers.