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A thread on the Steam Users' Forums discusses the disappearance of Dragon Age II from Steam. There is widespread speculation that this is due to the new Legacy DLC for BioWare's role-playing sequel being sold from within the game, a situation similar to the one that has lead to the removal of Battlefield 3 preorders from Steam for the same reason, as this is apparently a violation of Steam policy. Meanwhile, with the new DLC now available for 800 BioWare spacebux, here's a description of what it adds to the game: Targeted by a vicious criminal cartel that are hunting "the blood of the Hawke," you must put an end to their relentless attacks. Leave Kirkwall, and journey to an ancient Grey Warden prison in order to find the source of the aggression and uncover the harsh truth about the Hawke lineage. Playable from any point in the Dragon Age II campaign, face new breeds of darkspawn, forge a powerful new weapon and come face to face with an ancient horror.
• Uncover the harsh truth about the Hawke lineage
• Adventure through several new locations including a prison constructed by the Grey Wardens
• Obtain a powerful class-specific weapon to which you can apply upgrades of your choice
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Re: Dragon Age II DLC Released, Game Pulled from Steam |
Jul 27, 2011, 13:18 |
Krovven |
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RollinThundr wrote on Jul 27, 2011, 13:04:
Moral of the story? Valve demands a cut of all DLC. But hey they're Valve, its ok when they get all greedy, people will still blame EA or whoever else.
Are you kidding me? Let's say you are Valve and you are selling EA games on Steam, one day EA turns around and starts putting a DLC store within their games, cutting you out of loop entirely. The game is using Steam's services and bandwidth while that game is running during this DLC transaction. Would you sit by and let EA abuse your system to circumvent you from receiving a percentage? I highly doubt it.
I also see this as Valve protecting it's clients. Purchasing DLC from within game, while running the game through Steam, will undoubtedly lead to confusion with some people. Uninstall the game, reinstall it down the road...guess what, that DLC is not there, you have to download it from another source again...assuming you still can. We have seen EA pull products and enforce download limits from their own digital store in the past.
Valve is only asking for the DLC to be sold within Steam as well as wherever else it's being sold...to let the end user decide.
Making exclusive DLC distro deals with 3rd parties that exclude your other vendors that are already selling that game, is just bad business. If you are going to do exclusive deals, do it from the outset, not after the product is already being sold by dozens of other vendors (referring to Crysis 2).
This comment was edited on Jul 27, 2011, 13:25. |
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