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Why Minecraft Isn't, Won't Be Offered on Steam

Gamespy - EA says it pulled a handful of its games and won't release Battlefield 3 on Steam because of Valve's restrictive terms of service. Now another well known developer is singing the same sad song: Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson.

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tgh machines4644d ago

I think you missed the point of the article (unless you were being sarcastic). Everyone has been hating on EA for not offering BF3 on steam, but in reality it is actually Valve's fault because of ToS restrictions that Steam has.

NuclearDuke4644d ago

Doubt it is because of Valve EA pulled out. We all know it's because of Origin that they suddenly broke terms that SEVERAL of their previous games has lived fine with.

Just stop it. Notch puts the game on Xbox360 but can't put it on Steam, come on. It's obviously because of the cut that Valve takes for every sold copy, nothing else.

MARKUS_MAX1MUS4644d ago (Edited 4644d ago )

No it was actually EA exploiting Valves terms of service which stated that if a game is to be sold on steam it must be patched accordingly the same as the retail version.

EA patched Crysis 2 to allow DX11 for the retail version but slyly didnt patch the steam version and thus violated valves TOS which was legitimately right because then the people who bought Crysis 2 on steam were shafted by EA.

THen EA tries to use this as an excuse and make valve look like the bad guys for pulling down Crysis 2 from the steam store.

TO the genious above, EA arent evil but they are a few strokes beyond a wanker.

Megaton4644d ago

Yeah, they wouldn't wanna work on a closed outlet like Steam. Much better to release games on open platforms like the Xbox 360.

Wait...

tgh machines4644d ago

True, but offering Minecraft on xbox opens up a very large new market, this is not the case for steam. Therefore it makes sense to offer it on xbox even though it is a closed platform. Plus Microsoft is in some way paying Mojang for the xbox version, otherwise it would also be released on the PS3.

TheIneffableBob4644d ago (Edited 4644d ago )

Minecraft can still reach a new market on Steam, though maybe not as large as Steam users are already PC gamers. When you exit out of a game on Steam, you sometimes get a pop-up showing you the latest new releases on Steam. This is a very effective marketing tool that helps games gain exposure.

I'm pretty sure the main reason by and large Notch is doing Minecraft for 360 is for the money.

theonlylolking4644d ago

Eh, minecraft aint as great as it is made out to be anyways.

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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Why Minecraft 1.21 Would Be Perfect to Add a Powerful Crafting Recipe

The Minecraft 1.21 Tricky Trials update's combat and technical aspects make it a fitting choice to bring in one missing crafting recipe.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai5d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga5d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole2d ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville2d ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens525d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_5d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville2d ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM5d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka4d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_5d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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