Why are people thinking this is Steam only? I already pre-ordered mine from Amazon UK.
Sid Meiers Civilization V players will enjoy the benefits of the Steamworks features included in all PC versions
It might just be bad wording, but it sure sounds to me like you're going to need to use it.
So instead of making the game Steam-compulsory, they gave everyone an incentive by adding a MAP PACK to the Steam version. Guess it's time to start panicking, right?
This is one of the reasons I can't stand this site. The company announces the game will be available on Steam and come with a map pack, and that a special edition will come with extra stuff, and all anyone can do here is and moan. As a matter of fact, ing and moaning is all I see on this site. Some fans you are.
2K Games and Valve have announced that Sid Meier's Civilization V will utilise the full range of Steamworks tools, thereby making the digital release exclusive to Steam
What's next? Do I need to be online all the time, like Silent Hunter 5, Assassin's Creed 2 and Settlers 7? That would be an immediate no buy.
Why are people thinking this is Steam only? I already pre-ordered mine from Amazon UK.
You can play games in offline mode with Steam. So you don't need to be online, unless Civ 5 itself requires you to be online, which would be the game's fault and not Steam.
You will receive the box from amazon UK, but it will still install Steam on your computer and use Steam and you will have to use a Steam account, that's the way it's worded. You won't even need the disc anymore. In fact, you won't even need the disc to install the game after you've activated your game on your Steam account. The disc, in this case, just allows you to install the game from disc instead of having to download it. The truth is the disc becomes kind of obsolete after the first few patches compared to the Steam download you will have access to. Total War has gone this path and I could basically throw my disc away now that it's registered in my Steam account.
Gave it a seconded thougt. Will i buy it or not. Not sure! It's probably 50/50 now instead of 100%. If 4/10 civfanatics members will think the exact same way as i do that will still result in a 20% decrease in sales... Not too smart move from firaxis there. I am being too kind maybe with 20%. Still if it's available in retail random people might buy it on a whim and find out the horror later. Suppose they will still earn a lot of money but not as much as they would otherwise.
On a sidenote. Thanks arstal for the elemental game never heard of that one but it looks really interesting, might buy that instead/too.
I don't think that many people will have the guts to say no sale. We're sheep.
Elemental beta (really an alpha) is rough right not, but pre-orders can play the game (in waves)
The best way to discourage this behavior is to support valve's competitors.
If Firaxis put the game on another service, I'd buy it.
Oh, and expect mods to get hurt by this as well.
Name one similar service even close to steam in users?
That's why they went with steam.