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Cyberlink Community Agent Joined: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:27 pm Posts: 3024 Location: Dallas, TX USA Steam Gamer Name: Cyberlink119	Re: TA on Steam Not for the foreseeable future, the game is doing fine on it's own. _________________ I am a community volunteer. I am not a Hi-Rez employee. Views expressed by me are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Hi-Rez Studios or its affiliates. Issues? Please see The BIG FIX Post -OR- Open a support ticket Play, learn, chat with others? ts6.gameservers.com:9148
Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:52 pm

SFJake Joined: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:11 pm Posts: 381	Re: TA on Steam Cyberlink wrote: Not for the foreseeable future, the game is doing fine on it's own. So... the game is doing fine, lets not get more people unless we really need it? Steam is more players and more players is good for everyone. _________________ http://sfjake.zxq.net
Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:47 am

Cyberlink Community Agent Joined: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:27 pm Posts: 3024 Location: Dallas, TX USA Steam Gamer Name: Cyberlink119	Re: TA on Steam SFJake wrote: Cyberlink wrote: Not for the foreseeable future, the game is doing fine on it's own. So... the game is doing fine, lets not get more people unless we really need it? Steam is more players and more players is good for everyone. True, just giving an answer. _________________ I am a community volunteer. I am not a Hi-Rez employee. Views expressed by me are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Hi-Rez Studios or its affiliates. Issues? Please see The BIG FIX Post -OR- Open a support ticket Play, learn, chat with others? ts6.gameservers.com:9148
Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:28 am

bobbo8u Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:21 am Posts: 93	Re: TA on Steam do you have any inside knowledge cyberlink? or is that just your opinion/the rumor circulating? afaik steam would be a boon in every respect. if it isnt, i would like to know how it isnt/what the problem is.
Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:08 am

Jotamide Joined: Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:16 am Posts: 1	Re: TA on Steam I totally support this. Much easier to have all games under the same program!
Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:24 pm

raqyee Joined: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:52 am Posts: 1914	Re: TA on Steam Please no, market will go berserk. _________________ Feel free to add me on steam \| Member of conclave.cc
Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:42 am

MrLordcaptain Joined: Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:42 pm Posts: 654	Re: TA on Steam NO OP, BAD BOY btw. why should valve have a tf2 rival on its platform _________________ Remove hitscan from pistols and shotguns
Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:15 am

Viritus Joined: Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:27 pm Posts: 1033	Re: TA on Steam MrLordcaptain wrote: NO OP, BAD BOY btw. why should valve have a tf2 rival on its platform because they take a percentage of micro transactions. Here's what the most likely scenario is: Two-stage launch. First, you let the game run on it's own merits. The metacritic scores have helped greatly with that, and the game stands on it's own well. Without steam dipping into microtransactions, the game is more profitable as a whole. However, at some point, it will be more profitable to gain more new players than save on the valve cut. At this point, the game will likely be released on steam. I can't speculate on when this will happen, as I'm not HR's marketing guy. warning: mild maths: Last I heard, steam takes around 10%, so if you imagine 100 people a day buying 10 dollars worth of in game product, that's 1,000 a day on it's own legs. However, if your numbers start to slip, and you start getting only 50 people a day buying the same amount, that's only 500 dollars a day. Now, put it back on steam to get the 100 people back (though from the statistics i've seen, it would be closer to getting 500 people in this model), count the 10 percent off, and you're making 900 dollars. this is a statistically significant boost in profits from where you were before, and if we take the optimistic side of the model, we have 5,000 dollars a day minus the 10% is 4500. All very impressive, and the icing on the cake is that this would cut costs in advertisement. However, money isn't the only concern. A game on steam needs to be a little more polished before being completely effective, and releasing a game on steam that has fundamental flaws would only serve to alienate potential future customers, damage reputation, and hurt long term profitability. There is also the question of the massive stress a large influx of players would have on the servers, something which should also be considered. [/walloftext] I can haz job? _________________ ingame: Vile Tribestep please use the search function and bump already existing threads before adding a synopsis of all your ideas or a thread that has already been made 40 times.
Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:58 pm

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Cyberlink

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Joined: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:27 pm
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Location: Dallas, TX USA
Steam Gamer Name: Cyberlink119

Re: TA on Steam

Not for the foreseeable future, the game is doing fine on it's own.

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Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:52 pm

SFJake

Joined: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:11 pm
Posts: 381

Re: TA on Steam

Cyberlink wrote:

Not for the foreseeable future, the game is doing fine on it's own.

So... the game is doing fine, lets not get more people unless we really need it?

Steam is more players and more players is good for everyone.

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http://sfjake.zxq.net

Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:47 am

Cyberlink

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Joined: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:27 pm
Posts: 3024
Location: Dallas, TX USA
Steam Gamer Name: Cyberlink119

Re: TA on Steam

SFJake wrote:

Cyberlink wrote:

Not for the foreseeable future, the game is doing fine on it's own.

So... the game is doing fine, lets not get more people unless we really need it?

Steam is more players and more players is good for everyone.

True, just giving an answer.

Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:28 am

bobbo8u

Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:21 am
Posts: 93

Re: TA on Steam

do you have any inside knowledge cyberlink? or is that just your opinion/the rumor circulating?

afaik steam would be a boon in every respect. if it isnt, i would like to know how it isnt/what the problem is.

Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:08 am

Jotamide

Joined: Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:16 am
Posts: 1

Re: TA on Steam

I totally support this. Much easier to have all games under the same program!

Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:24 pm

raqyee

Joined: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:52 am
Posts: 1914

Re: TA on Steam

Please no, market will go berserk.

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Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:42 am

MrLordcaptain

Joined: Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:42 pm
Posts: 654

Re: TA on Steam

NO OP,
BAD BOY

btw. why should valve have a tf2 rival on its platform

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Remove hitscan from pistols and shotguns

Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:15 am

Viritus

Joined: Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:27 pm
Posts: 1033

Re: TA on Steam

MrLordcaptain wrote:

NO OP,
BAD BOY

btw. why should valve have a tf2 rival on its platform

because they take a percentage of micro transactions.

Here's what the most likely scenario is: Two-stage launch.

First, you let the game run on it's own merits. The metacritic scores have helped greatly with that, and the game stands on it's own well. Without steam dipping into microtransactions, the game is more profitable as a whole. However, at some point, it will be more profitable to gain more new players than save on the valve cut. At this point, the game will likely be released on steam. I can't speculate on when this will happen, as I'm not HR's marketing guy.

warning: mild maths:
Last I heard, steam takes around 10%, so if you imagine 100 people a day buying 10 dollars worth of in game product, that's 1,000 a day on it's own legs. However, if your numbers start to slip, and you start getting only 50 people a day buying the same amount, that's only 500 dollars a day. Now, put it back on steam to get the 100 people back (though from the statistics i've seen, it would be closer to getting 500 people in this model), count the 10 percent off, and you're making 900 dollars. this is a statistically significant boost in profits from where you were before, and if we take the optimistic side of the model, we have 5,000 dollars a day minus the 10% is 4500. All very impressive, and the icing on the cake is that this would cut costs in advertisement.

However, money isn't the only concern. A game on steam needs to be a little more polished before being completely effective, and releasing a game on steam that has fundamental flaws would only serve to alienate potential future customers, damage reputation, and hurt long term profitability. There is also the question of the massive stress a large influx of players would have on the servers, something which should also be considered.

[/walloftext]

I can haz job?

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please use the search function and bump already existing threads before adding a synopsis of all your ideas or a thread that has already been made 40 times.

Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:58 pm

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