Will Blizzard games be on steam?

I just noticed that EA games are on Steam now.

I always thought EA wants their EA Online store to be like steam, or at least to be a store to compete Steam.

but I guess they gave up and surrender to steam.

my question is "When will blizzard games be up on steam?"

Blizzard, I believe, also opened the online store to download the games and set up accounts , etc.

but I don't know if Blizzard can keep being stubborn and deny that putting their games on steam is not productive.

Its bound to happen.

Digital Distribution is the future

And steam happens to be the most popular DD platform.

I certainly hope they do, but in all honesty I don't know if it will happen. Anyways its only a matter of time until 90% of good PC games are available through steam... its getting closer and closer with each passing month. Rotinaj32

[QUOTE="Rotinaj32"]I certainly hope they do, but in all honesty I don't know if it will happen. Anyways its only a matter of time until 90% of good PC games are available through steam... its getting closer and closer with each passing month. FelipeInside

[QUOTE="Rotinaj32"]I certainly hope they do, but in all honesty I don't know if it will happen. Anyways its only a matter of time until 90% of good PC games are available through steam... its getting closer and closer with each passing month. FelipeInside

Well steam works where when YOU use it... you want AS MANY games as possible on it. The more you have, the service simply becomes more and more convenient and practical.

And in the age of the internet, its practically impossible (actually I'll just say it IS impossible) for steam to be the only DDS out there. Certainly its the only really good one of its kind (although D2D isn't that far behind in new games released) that has a great company backing it up (valve) with a great set of expanding tools. In fact there are 2 DDS services out now that work DIFFERENTLY than steam that still work well. Take Gametap which is a service that gives you access to a lot of game... and GoG which specifically caters to cheap good quality old games and is founded by another company I really like (Projekt CD.. aka developers of Witcher).

And how can you really dislike steam and valve? They've been on the forefront of the push towards DDS, while at the same time being a company that really shows dedication to their playerbase and craft. Valve has spent the last 4-5 years constantly improving and working on steam, and its only been the last year or so that their work is really starting to show off and a lot of companies are jumping on the bandwagon.

Well steam works where when YOU use it... you want AS MANY games as possible on it. The more you have, the service simply becomes more and more convenient and practical.

And in the age of the internet, its practically impossible (actually I'll just say it IS impossible) for steam to be the only DDS out there. Certainly its the only really good one of its kind (although D2D isn't that far behind in new games released) that has a great company backing it up (valve) with a great set of expanding tools. In fact there are 2 DDS services out now that work DIFFERENTLY than steam that still work well. Take Gametap which is a service that gives you access to a lot of game... and GoG which specifically caters to cheap good quality old games and is founded by another company I really like (Projekt CD.. aka developers of Witcher).

And how can you really dislike steam and valve? They've been on the forefront of the push towards DDS, while at the same time being a company that really shows dedication to their playerbase and craft. Valve has spent the last 4-5 years constantly improving and working on steam, and its only been the last year or so that their work is really starting to show off and a lot of companies are jumping on the bandwagon.

Rotinaj32

[QUOTE="Rotinaj32"]I certainly hope they do, but in all honesty I don't know if it will happen. Anyways its only a matter of time until 90% of good PC games are available through steam... its getting closer and closer with each passing month. FelipeInside

Blizzard already does their own digital distribution, including for "older" games like Diablo II. Which in terms of their release list, is not that old...Captain__Tripps

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Rotinaj32"]I certainly hope they do, but in all honesty I don't know if it will happen. Anyways its only a matter of time until 90% of good PC games are available through steam... its getting closer and closer with each passing month. SinfulPotato

I think the reason why games still cost $50 on Steam because they need to pay for their own bandwidth on it. Why do you think games are even taken off once in a while? :P Bandwidth aint free nor cheap!Nerkcon

Perhaps the ONLY thing about steam I don't like is how they don't at least slightly reduce the price compared to retail outlets. There is quite a bit larger profit margin for DDS compared to brick and mortar companies. Sure bandwidth, creating steam, having people broker the contracts between valve and other companies takes money... but its nothing to creating CD's, boxes, manuals, shipping them to stores, and giving the stores a pretty huge cut (part of which goes to stocking, store rent, taxes and employee salary).

On the plus side they give awesome deals as long as you are patient. $5 for STALKER FTW!

[QUOTE="Nerkcon"]I think the reason why games still cost $50 on Steam because they need to pay for their own bandwidth on it. Why do you think games are even taken off once in a while? :P Bandwidth aint free nor cheap!Luminouslight

[QUOTE="Luminouslight"][QUOTE="Nerkcon"]I think the reason why games still cost $50 on Steam because they need to pay for their own bandwidth on it. Why do you think games are even taken off once in a while? :P Bandwidth aint free nor cheap!Captain__Tripps

[QUOTE="Rotinaj32"]I certainly hope they do, but in all honesty I don't know if it will happen. Anyways its only a matter of time until 90% of good PC games are available through steam... its getting closer and closer with each passing month. FelipeInside

blizzard has there own download programtony2077ca

blizzard has there own download programtony2077ca

[QUOTE="tony2077ca"]blizzard has there own download programmarkop2003

[QUOTE="Captain__Tripps"]Blizzard already does their own digital distribution, including for "older" games like Diablo II. Which in terms of their release list, is not that old...darkmagician06

Perhaps the ONLY thing about steam I don't like is how they don't at least slightly reduce the price compared to retail outlets. There is quite a bit larger profit margin for DDS compared to brick and mortar companies. Sure bandwidth, creating steam, having people broker the contracts between valve and other companies takes money... but its nothing to creating CD's, boxes, manuals, shipping them to stores, and giving the stores a pretty huge cut (part of which goes to stocking, store rent, taxes and employee salary).

On the plus side they give awesome deals as long as you are patient. $5 for STALKER FTW!

Rotinaj32

my question is "When will blizzard games be up on steam?"

chapman86

If there is any justice or decency left in the world... never.

I really like steam, and it's nice having all of my games managed by one single piece of software... rather than having different online game services for different games (EA download manager, Impulse, Steam, D2D, etc.) And I really like how steam works right now, and how they seem to pay attention to the customers, but...

If all games hit steam there will be no competition, and in the future (probably not as far away as we think) digital distribution may be the only way of getting games. Imagine if the only place to buy videogames was a single store. They would be like the cable company.

[QUOTE="Rotinaj32"]I certainly hope they do, but in all honesty I don't know if it will happen. Anyways its only a matter of time until 90% of good PC games are available through steam... its getting closer and closer with each passing month. FelipeInside

Apparently all of you who keep saying that Blizzard won't put their games on Steam due to their own digital distribution method either are not aware or ignore the fact that they have WoW on D2D. Fact of the matter is that Valve is really only missing three major pubs; Lucas, Microsoft, and Blizzard. Nobody EVER thought EA would arrive and so I don't think we should say that these three won't join Steam. scoobiesnackarf

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Rotinaj32"]I certainly hope they do, but in all honesty I don't know if it will happen. Anyways its only a matter of time until 90% of good PC games are available through steam... its getting closer and closer with each passing month. -CheeseEater-

Valve I like... Steam I hate. If I have to choose between a system like Steam to get my games or a company like direct2drive, I will go to D2D every time. No front-end BS just to get and play my games.