How come FFXIV isnt be sold on Steam?

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03-10-2012, 04:26 PM
Venat

How come FFXIV isnt be sold on Steam?

How come FFXIV isnt be sold on Steam? I just checked it out now. Found it a bit odd. FFXI being sold on Steam and FFXIV isnt.
03-10-2012, 07:17 PM
Koku

If I remember right it -is- available for digital download, but maybe they're waiting for 2.0 before having it sold through a 3rd party? Otherwise I have no clue. My brother was checking steam for a few months before he decided to just get a hard copy.
03-10-2012, 07:22 PM
Zenaku

No reason to promote the game to people right now so they waiting for 2.0 to release it to 3rd party company. For now they just want to fix the game and get feedback for the players who are playing now.
03-10-2012, 07:46 PM
Elexia

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Originally Posted by Venat

How come FFXIV isnt be sold on Steam? I just checked it out now. Found it a bit odd. FFXI being sold on Steam and FFXIV isnt.

It's available for digital download elsewhere and FFXI is still their flagship MMO for the time being, so it's not odd at all unless you somehow dislike FFXI lol.
03-10-2012, 11:34 PM
Felis

Because 2.0 is not ready yet
03-11-2012, 12:19 AM
Teuciont

From what a friend told me, they actually include a code for Steam when you buy the digital edition. When they went to put it in however, Steam didn't recognize it. So I'd say they definitely have plans, just have to wait until 2.0.
03-11-2012, 12:35 AM
Orsnoire

Ignoring the fact that steam is terrible, why would you want it through steam? The game's launcher handles the game better than steam would.
03-11-2012, 01:11 AM
Wolfie

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Originally Posted by Orsnoire

Ignoring the fact that steam is terrible, why would you want it through steam? The game's launcher handles the game better than steam would.

LMFAO good joke
03-11-2012, 02:11 AM
Vexerus

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Originally Posted by Orsnoire

Ignoring the fact that steam is terrible, why would you want it through steam? The game's launcher handles the game better than steam would.

FFXIV cannot be alt tab'd as I'm sure you know. Steam's overlay allows you to shift tab and use their shitty browser if you really want to play full screen but also look up info.
03-11-2012, 02:19 AM
Riv

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Originally Posted by Orsnoire

Ignoring the fact that steam is terrible, why would you want it through steam? The game's launcher handles the game better than steam would.

Can't tell if serious.

The game launches just as smooth through Steam. And the overlay is made of win.
03-11-2012, 02:19 AM
Yves

Ya, Steam sux anyway.
03-11-2012, 04:54 AM
buritoslicer

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Originally Posted by Orsnoire

Ignoring the fact that steam is terrible, why would you want it through steam? The game's launcher handles the game better than steam would.

lol /10characters
03-11-2012, 04:58 AM
Wolfie

What is this, the "everyone dump your dumb, incorrect opinions about Steam" thread?
03-11-2012, 06:37 AM
viion

You can buy it for digital through the SE Store, which you can buy with Crysta if im correct XD

I dont even think 2.0 will be on steam right away, depends how they plan to distribute it, XI wasnt on Steam until around WOTG expansion. It also took them ages to get it up to date, Abyssea wasnt on Steam until like a year+ later.
03-11-2012, 06:42 AM
Elexia

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Originally Posted by Wolfie

What is this, the "everyone dump your dumb, incorrect opinions about Steam" thread?

Steam isn't that great, it's just very convenient.
03-11-2012, 06:47 AM
Dhalmel

Amazon.com also has a digital download for FF14.

They probably don't want to promote till to 2.0, they also probably don't want the low meta score rating on their title page to scare away potential buyers.

Those that say steam sucks probably only play mmos or pirate most of their PC games.

It has the largest PC gaming community for a reason.
03-11-2012, 06:50 AM
Elexia

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Originally Posted by Dhalmel

It has the largest PC gaming community for a reason.

The fact that you have to buy the games means:

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Those that say steam sucks probably only play mmos or pirate most of their PC games.

This isn't true. A lot of people actually dislike the steam versions of certain games because of the way the installs work, which leads to modding being a chore for some games. It's the largest PC gaming community just like Playstation has PSN and Xbox has Xbox live.
03-11-2012, 06:57 AM
Dhalmel

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Originally Posted by Elexia

The fact that you have to buy the games means:

This isn't true. A lot of people actually dislike the steam versions of certain games because of the way the installs work, which leads to modding being a chore for some games. It's the largest PC gaming community just like Playstation has PSN and Xbox has Xbox live.

The modding problem is not an issue if you disable auto update in the preferences. They've also released Steam Workshop recently to download and save mods easy. Well for games that support modding from the developer.
03-11-2012, 07:11 AM
Xeonerable

The only reason I have steam is because I needed it for Skyrim. It is also fairly nice how it keeps the game up to date and the workshop for all the player made mods also can keep the mods up to date. The program itself is alright and I haven't used it to buy any games for download.

My only gripe about Steam though is when I'm online and try to launch a game it takes foreverr.
I have to go into offline mode to get my games to launch instantly and only sign on for updates.

I like the way FFXIV starts up now. Just wish the launcher brought up a screen that has the option to start the game up, or open the config (so people don't need to look for it.) So I would prefer if FFXIV didn't launch through Steam. As for Steam selling it... preferably when 2.0 is ready.