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Re: Gabe Newell says Valve will release its own console-like PC for the living room
« Reply #30 on: December 14, 2012, 07:28:11 am »
I'm not a hardcore gamer at all, but from what I see in LoL (league of legends), I think Riot (the editor) implemented well the F2P way of gaming, with pay items not giving [too much of an] advantage to players (at least at my level...)
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Re: Gabe Newell says Valve will release its own console-like PC for the living room
« Reply #31 on: December 17, 2012, 09:34:06 pm »
Would the developers then have to include their own internal method of payment?
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Re: Gabe Newell says Valve will release its own console-like PC for the living room
« Reply #32 on: December 17, 2012, 09:45:14 pm »
There's supposed to be tools available for the developer in the DevKit to allow integration with the store. So I assume the developer has the option to include internal methods of payment. But it certainly is not a required thing, I would assume.
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Re: Gabe Newell says Valve will release its own console-like PC for the living room
« Reply #33 on: December 17, 2012, 10:15:50 pm »
Valve died with the release of STEAM imo.
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Re: Gabe Newell says Valve will release its own console-like PC for the living room
« Reply #34 on: December 26, 2012, 04:01:20 pm »
I don't see how....good or bad, Steam is making Valve boatloads of money.
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Re: Gabe Newell says Valve will release its own console-like PC for the living room
« Reply #35 on: December 26, 2012, 04:09:03 pm »
Quote from: tr1p1ea on December 17, 2012, 10:15:50 pm
Valve died with the release of STEAM imo.

how do you mean? like you hate them now, or they're going broke?
Steam is very popular, especially its offers it gives with summer, holidays etc. so i don't really get why it would be dying..

a gaming pc in the living room only for steam is something you only buy if you have too much money imo. they're expensive and they 'expire' after a while, so you would have to buy a new one (or at least new graphics card, cpu etc) every year/2 years, so that's just not reliable imo
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Re: Gabe Newell says Valve will release its own console-like PC for the living room
« Reply #36 on: December 26, 2012, 06:30:49 pm »
I like Steam because at least it gives us the chance to have game deals we wouldn't get anywhere. In retail stores, most games are about $10-20 more expensive than on Steam most of the time when on sale, and don't get me started on Walmart (at Walmart, some games from 4 years ago are still $29.99-49.99).
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Re: Gabe Newell says Valve will release its own console-like PC for the living room
« Reply #37 on: December 27, 2012, 12:40:56 am »
Not to mention some of the huge sales Steam offers regularly. I've been able to get most of my games for under $10 because I was able to take advantage of 50%-75% off deals. That's a huge benefit to gamers like myself with low income.
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