Re: SEIV via Steam
no, the argument is: games such as darwinia and SEIV and probably SEV just dont end up on shelves here. so buying it online is the only way to go. and imho steam facilitates that and in the mean time prevents piracy. also I tought the markups in steam where higher and thus would result either in more profits or lower prices. seing that darwinia is cheaper on steam i'd guess the latter. I'm not saying steam is good for big games such as TES Oblivion (just giving an example I'll definetly buy in a box) simply because you can have that in a box with fancy manual and such.
imho steam gives these special games an easy distribution platform. ppls go like. ah it's just $20 we can try it. and then you're wonderfully surprised (as in the case of darwinia) or somewhat dissapointed (as in the case of ragdoll kung fu)
if both games were boxed I would have bought neither because all boxed games here are 40 to 50 € (compare that to 12 or 15 € which Ragdoll Kung fu and darwinia cost me).
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