Discord now competing with Steam - Introducing the Discord Store

[Postino]

https://blog.discordapp.com/the-discord-store-beta-9a35596fdd4

Discord will now have its own game store. The blog post above explains all that will come into Discord ASAP.

What I really like is the "First on Discord" initiative which basically supports indie game developments as long as said games are released on their platforms exclusively for a period of usually 90 days. The developers are then free to release their game(s) on other platforms, such as Steam and GOG.

 

[Blackquill]

 

[FriendlyMan]

What I really like is the "First on Discord" initiative which basically supports indie game developments as long as said games are released on their platforms exclusively for a period of usually 90 days. The developers are then free to release their game(s) on other platforms, such as Steam and GOG.

i love forcing people to buy from a certain platform too

 

[Blackquill]

i love forcing people to buy from a certain platform too

Console market has been doing that for years unfortunately

 

[FriendlyMan]

Console market has been doing that for years unfortunately

not just console anymore apparently

 

[Blackquill]

not just console anymore apparently

Origin also been doing this kinda shit for ages too

EA games used to be on steam, like TS3 but now you need Origin; it's a shite platform

 

[Postino]

Honestly competition is only good, as it potentially pushes Steam to better itself. Also I trust Discord into not turning this into a flop.

Origin also been doing this kinda shit for ages too

EA games used to be on steam, like TS3 but now you need Origin; it's a shite platform

Other AAA publishers have their own platforms because they have enough audience to sustain it and they avoid to pay fees for every sale. It's literally the same reason the same publishers make use of their own proprietary engines.

 

[Blackquill]

Other AAA publishers have their own platforms because they have enough audience to sustain it and they avoid to pay fees for every sale. It's literally the same reason the same publishers make use of their own proprietary engines.

Yeah and I think it's an anti-consumer practice. Not that steam is perfect, no - steam is flawed on another scale

DRM comes to mind

 

[Postino]

i love forcing people to buy from a certain platform too

It's done to incentivize the use of their store. I wouldn't really rant about that as, as I said above, developers will be free to release their games elsewhere after a certain period of time.

Yeah and I think it's an anti-consumer practice. Not that steam is perfect, no - steam is flawed on another scale

DRM comes to mind

That's exactly the reason: they want more profit. Who cares about the greasy fat consumers anyway? Let's destroy our own games' performance because of our shitty MULTIPLE LAYERS OF DRM's.

 

[Blackquill]

That's exactly the reason: they want more profit. Who cares about the greasy fat consumers anyway? Let's destroy our own games' performance because of our shitty MULTIPLE LAYERS OF DRM's.

Great video on this topic

 

[fofa]

Great video on this topic

Oh, new episode of Freemans min... Wait, this is not Freeman's mind!