Steam only?

[stormbringer3]

I would think that the company would like to sell as many games as possible. There are others like me that will never buy from Steam. That decision will cost possible game sales to any game that has Steam as its' only option.

[welk]

+1 for me : I don't like the steam system, and I will never buy a game on steam. At this time, I buy only on Slitherine, Matrix and Gog Games

[edb1815]

I would think that the company would like to sell as many games as possible. There are others like me that will never buy from Steam. That decision will cost possible game sales to any game that has Steam as its' only option.

You can buy direct from Slitherine/Matrix.

[stormbringer3]

That's what I always do.

[NorrisFByrd]

I sit somewhere in the middle on this one. Steam is convenient for updates and the workshop, and for a lot of people it is just where their library already lives. But edb1815 is right that buying direct from Slitherine or Matrix is always there, and welk's point about GOG matters too, since some players will only buy DRM-free. For a niche genre like this, every sale counts, so shutting out the people who refuse Steam seems like a needless loss. Do the Steam-only releases actually lose sales, or do most people just grumble and buy anyway?