The Valve and Steam Platform Discussion Thread

[Alienman]

I would love to play Demon's Soul.

 

[LESS T_T]

SteamDB guys updated 596 more leaked entires. There are some RPG related ones but not so revealing.

WH40K:Carnage https://steamdb.info/app/294120/ (mobile port http://www.roadhouseinteractive.com/warhammer-40k-carnage/)

Hoten Testinator https://steamdb.info/app/292080/ (??)

Blackguards DLC 2~5
https://steamdb.info/app/281771/
https://steamdb.info/app/281772/
https://steamdb.info/app/281773/
https://steamdb.info/app/281774/

(They may have been planned more DLCs, but entries are all abandoned.)

SawyerTestApp https://steamdb.info/app/281730/ (Likely not related to JESawyer.)

Hero and Daughter https://steamdb.info/app/271970/ (Some Japanese RPG Maker game.)


Also, entries for some of known games:

Homeworld : Shipbreakers New https://steamdb.info/app/281610/

Torment: Tides of Numenera https://steamdb.info/app/272270/

Necropolis https://steamdb.info/app/384490/

Swords and Sorcery - Underworld - Definitive Edition https://steamdb.info/app/408400/

The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge https://steamdb.info/app/425600/

Realms of Arkania – Star Trail https://steamdb.info/app/288860/

Space Hulk: Deathwing https://steamdb.info/app/298900/

Lunchtime RPG https://steamdb.info/app/296140/ (https://twitter.com/adultswimgames/status/621727399932227584)

 

[Metro]

Necropolis, yeaaaaah!

 

[Drax]

Lunchtime RPG, yeaaaaah!

 

[Jick Magger]

The first step has been made. Is it too naive to start hoping for Demon's Souls and/or Bloodborne too? I do not even mind waiting some more years. I just want them on PC eventually.

Demon's Souls is an unlikely but definite maybe, though you'd probably have to wait until either the online activity dies down enough for them to cease online support, or for them to shut down the PS3 PSN altogether, and the former's the much more likely to happen in the near future.

Bloodborne's just not happening any time soon. It's pretty much the only killer IP the PS4 has at the moment other than HD re-releases of PS3 games and Until Dawn (LOL), and they're gonna hold on to it for as long as it can ship consoles.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

Really,I heard rumors from credible leaker(i.e. been right before) that Bloodborne had to be announced for PC on the Dorito Awards.

 

[Metro]

With DSIII releasing in a few months I doubt they're in any rush to port Bloodborne.

 

[Jick Magger]

Really,I heard rumors from credible leaker(i.e. been right before) that Bloodborne had to be announced for PC on the Dorito Awards.

Good for you? I hope he's right, but I still don't think it's happening. Doesn't make much sense to me for Sony to voluntarily shoot themselves in the foot like that when the game's barely nine months old.

 

[LESS T_T]

SteamDB updated another batch of leaked entries. Now there are some REVELATIONS!

Grandia https://steamdb.info/app/289860/ (The entry is old but recently updated. Maybe recent Grandia 2 release affected it. There's also an entry named "Lunar" associated with this.)

Galactic Civilizations III - Crusades Expansion Pack https://steamdb.info/app/411650/ (AFAIK, this is an unannounced expansion.)

Dungeon Lords MMXII https://steamdb.info/app/271760/ (The entry is old but recently updated. And there's a sub named "Dungeon Lords Steam Edition". Guess we will eventually see this on Steam sooner or later.)



Star Wars https://steamdb.info/app/273010/ (This is old and abandoned entry. Maybe nothing, maybe something.)

No More Room In Hell 2 https://steamdb.info/app/292000/ (I don't think this was announced before. But the entry is old and abandoned, possibly game was scrapped.)

Little Stone Sega Test App 1-3
https://steamdb.info/app/267240/
https://steamdb.info/app/267260/
https://steamdb.info/app/267280/

(Little Stone is name of the company that did Valkyria Chronicles port. These entries could be something. There are also abandoned entries Little Stone Testing 1-4.)

Lollipop Chainsaw https://steamdb.info/app/261090/ (This game was never released or announced for PC. The entry is old and abandoned, unfortunately.)

Monday Night Combat 2 https://steamdb.info/app/255990/ (Uber's last chance?)

Grinsia https://steamdb.info/app/260810/ (Some 3DS/mobile JRPG.)

Hard Reset Redux https://steamdb.info/app/407810/ (Originally only announced for PS4.)

Unreal World https://steamdb.info/app/351700/ (Heh.)

Pane In The Glass https://steamdb.info/app/411620/ (Looks like Valve's VR app or demo.)

IKEA-VR2 https://steamdb.info/app/398010/ (Another VR app.)

Creation kit Beta https://steamdb.info/app/348720/ (No more G.E.C.K.?)

Age of Wulin https://steamdb.info/app/268010/ (Chinese MMO.)

Vertical Strike -ALTERNATIVE- https://steamdb.info/app/313390/ (Ace Combat-ish flight action game by Japanese indie team.)

Masquerade https://steamdb.info/app/299380/ (?)

Firaxis New Prototype App https://steamdb.info/app/294210/ (This is also an old entry.)

Master of Orion 1-3 re-releases:
https://steamdb.info/app/410970/
https://steamdb.info/app/410980/
https://steamdb.info/app/410990/



Some of known games:

Mount & Blade II https://steamdb.info/app/261550/

New Star Control Game https://steamdb.info/app/271260/

Underworld Ascendant https://steamdb.info/app/419160/

SENRAN KAGURA SHINOVI VERSUS https://steamdb.info/app/411830/

Little King's Story https://steamdb.info/app/390310/

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero https://steamdb.info/app/253840/

John Wick VR https://steamdb.info/app/394590/

Day of the Tentacle: Special Edition https://steamdb.info/app/388210/

Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction https://steamdb.info/app/267690/

Cosmic Star Heroine https://steamdb.info/app/256460/


Also...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13 https://steamdb.info/app/363150/ (I missed this last time. It has English sub.)

 

[Alienman]

So Mount & Blade 2 is not just a dream.

 

[Metro]

Eh, stuff can be in the Steam database years before release. Still wouldn't expect Warband 2 until... 2018 at the rate they're going.

 

[deuxhero]

If they're porting Lunar, hopefully they port and translate the third one with the cutscenes scanned in a higher res (though I really doubt they still have the film lying around).

 

[LESS T_T]

About the threequel...:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/3vz4sh/marcs_response_to_the_half_life_3_thing_aka_the/

 

[MicoSelva]

Good moment to link to a Yahtzee article:

Will Half-Life 3 Outlive Public Interest Because of Development Time?

 

[Don Peste]

It will only interest me if they put it on a Humble Bundle with Daikatana and DNF for $1 (BTA for Grimoire of course).

 

[Baron Dupek]

SteamDB updated another batch of leaked entries. Now there are some REVELATIONS!
Dungeon Lords MMXII https://steamdb.info/app/271760/ (The entry is old but recently updated.

They got hard on on Steam dosh from mindless crowd throwing money at everything with "-75%" tag.

And there's a sub named "Dungeon Lords Steam Edition". Guess we will eventually see this on Steam sooner or later.)

ANOTHER ONE??

This will be 4th version!
By the Emperor, they have no mercy...

Spoiler

PS. Wizards&Warriors 2 or git out.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

ANOTHER ONE??

 

[Metro]

Good moment to link to a Yahtzee article:

Will Half-Life 3 Outlive Public Interest Because of Development Time?

While there's some merit to that... it's Valve. They're still a huge company HYPE-U wise. They could make a game like Turd Simulator and it would sell millions of copies.

 

[Explorerbc]

Valve sued by French consumer association

A change in refund policy has not been enough to convince everyone that Valve is doing all it should to, er, follow consumer protection law. French consumer rights group, UFC Que Choisir, which litigates on behalf of the public, is suing Valve over certain clauses in the Steam Subscriber Agreement that it believes are in breach of French law.

The UFC alleges five points in particular:

• Steam's Subscriber Agreement explicitly forbids users to sell their games, despite the transfer of ownership of digital products/licenses being legal.
• Valve declines responsibility in the event that users' personal information is stolen.
• Valve claims ownership of the rights of any user-created content uploaded to Steam.
• It is impossible to get the money on your Steam Wallet back if your account is closed/deleted/banned.
• Valve applies Luxembourg's consumer law regardless of the user's country.

Of course the comments are full of retards defending a multimillion corporation instead of their own interests and rights for some reason

"Yeah, I'd tell France to go to hell. Stop selling products there. If you want to buy my product, you do so by my rules, otherwise GTFO."

"can i resell my google play store apps? can i resell my psn and xblive games? this is ridiculous... and it is even more a shame, that you guys seem to be thinking it's right to pressure valve here."

"You don't like it? Don't use it. It's really that fucken simple."

"What I hate in this is that they speak in consumers behalf without even letting us speak out if we disagree"

 

[garren]

I never understood these people. More consumer rights? Fuck that, now put it up my ass gaben!

 

[pippin]

Valve invented gaming, don't you know? You must be a console peasant XD XD XD

 

[LESS T_T]

Steam Spy guy's 2015 Steam sales analysis. According to his estimation, last year's paid Steam games market was worth over $3.5 billion: https://medium.com/steam-spy/steam-sales-in-2015-2e81a6bb0f5a

Important note: The following data was gathered using Steam Spy service. Steam Spy estimates ownership of games on Steam using statistical analysis and is not 100% accurate!

The number of monthly releases on Steam stopped growing

Remember the graph with growing number of monthly releases on Steam that scared every indie? Well, this number stopped growing.

Indiepocalypse is cancelled, you can stop worrying now.

December is the biggest month for Steam, but April was the second biggest month by revenue

While Steam undoubtedly makes a lot of money during sales, this is a marketplace for paid games and it is hit-driven. Several big releases in April (including GTA V) made this month the second best for Steam.

Important note: For the purpose of this article I’ve assumed all copies were sold at minimum advertised price during that period. It obviously not always the case, so the actual revenue is probably lower.

Summer and Winter Sales are the best periods to buy games on Steam

As if you were still unsure about that.

Paid Steam games market was worth over $3.5B in 2015

Not every dollar is going through Valve though, as some developers are selling their Steam games off Steam.

And remember — this figure doesn’t include free-to-play titles or DLC!

PC worldwide core games market is estimated to be around $27B in 2015 (Newzoo). So, including Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2 revenue, Valve is controlling around 15% of it. Pretty impressive!

(Followed by monthly charts.)

 

[BlackAdderBG]

15% what a monopoly!!!

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Metro]

Who the fuck is buying that shitty ARK game? And why is rocket league so popular? It's like a multiplayer Cyberball or something?