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Red 5 explains why Steam isn’t right for Firefall

Player Attack: Following the uber-successful showing of Firefall at PAX Prime, developer Red 5 was approached by Valve, who expressed an interest in hosting the MMO through digital distribution system Steam.

Mark Kern, CEO of Red 5, explains that – while he’d “love to find a way” for the project to work, he had to decline the offer.

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NYC_Gamer5248d ago (Edited 5248d ago )

some type of deal needs to be reached.both parties could benefit in the end.

ATi_Elite5248d ago

1. I'm getting Firefall no matter what cause the game looks brilliant!

2. I agree with Marc Kern on some things that he said but i still think Steam is the way to go when your not an uber super established publisher/Developer.

3. APB Reloaded is free to play.....the game came back from the GRAVE and is now on Steam and so far is doing well.

4. DC Universe is Free 2 Play and on Steam as well and so far no bad news from it or from Crimecraft and other F2P titles on Steam.

5. If APB Reloaded with all it's Debt, Double Dev time, and financial ruin can turn a profit on Steam then I'm positive Firefall and all it's glory most surely can.

6. Marc's 60% cost comment was wrong cause Steam would be Customer Service and bandwidth so all Red 5 would have to worry about is cashing profit checks and making new content.

Companies have the right to not use Steam and lots of times it works out great but Steam is guaranteed gold.....for example.

CD Projekt Red own Good Ole Games.com (GOG.com).
GOG.com sold the DRM free version of The Witcher 2 (Developed by CD Projekt Red)
Steam sold more copies of TW2 than GOG.com some where to the tune of a 4 to 1 ratio and climbing.
sure CDPRed got 100% profit from all GOG.com sales but they made more money from Steam and gained a larger audience.

Steam....it just works!!

Saryk5248d ago

A big chunk of profit? From what I read by other developers, it never seemed to be that big of a chunk. I'd like to know how much of a percentage............

STK0265248d ago

A fair argument; although I do hope they reach an agreement, as having Firefall on Steam would likely increase its player base, as Steam seems like a great place to show off your game to PC gamers.

mokopa5248d ago (Edited 5248d ago )

Steam sucks. Us in the developing world hate it like the devil. Foraging 3G data for a month after buying the game is heatbreaking. Why oh why does steam not give option to play without updating. Origin does. GFWL is good for us.

LettingGo5248d ago

Maybe you can help us all on this. How much of a percentage does Steam take? And what do you mean by the 3G thing? I'm just trying to understand this a little better. Please and thank you.

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