Post: Minecraft Issues With Steam
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08-30-2011, 07:40 PM
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Source: [url= https://www.gamespot.com/news/6331784/minecraft-dev-explains-absence-from-steam?tag=updates%3Beditor%3Ball%3Btitle%3B2]Gamespot[/url] // By: KurtTheCanadian // August 30, 2011
Ever pondered why the popular Minecraft has never made its way to Steam? A couple days ago on his personal blog, Marcus Persson, the creator of the game, explained the clear reasoning behind this. Noting the same issues which Electronic Arts stated, Steam poses much limitations for developers themselves. Persson went on to claim that placing Minecraft on the Steam service would cripple their own ability to freely edit the game, and ultimately limit their communication with gamers.
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"Being on Steam limits a lot of what we’re allowed to do with the game, and how we’re allowed to talk to our users," Persson said. "We wouldn’t be able to, say, sell capes or have a map marketplace on minecraft.net that works with Steam customers in a way that keeps Valve happy. It would effectively split the Minecraft community into two parts, where only some of the players can access all of the weird content we want to add to the game."
Though hope may seem dim, Persson also mentioned his studios constant communication with Valve, operators of Steam service. The developer hopes that resolution may arise in regards to the restrictions which they face if Minecraft was to incorporate through Steam. As far as current progress goes, Persson’s does not express much optimism regarding the situation.
As previously mentioned, this is not the first corporation to clash with Valve. Dating back to July, Electronic Arts pulled Crysis 2 in order to retain full control of the title, after Valve placed limitations to freely release updates as desired.
So whether you are all for bringing Minecraft to Steam, or strictly against it, there is still much progress to be made before such thing would happen.
09-30-2011, 12:27 AM
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09-30-2011, 03:43 PM
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Originally posted by Kurt
Minecraft Issues With Steam
Source: [url= https://www.gamespot.com/news/6331784/minecraft-dev-explains-absence-from-steam?tag=updates%3Beditor%3Ball%3Btitle%3B2]Gamespot[/url] // By: KurtTheCanadian // August 30, 2011
Ever pondered why the popular Minecraft has never made its way to Steam? A couple days ago on his personal blog, Marcus Persson, the creator of the game, explained the clear reasoning behind this. Noting the same issues which Electronic Arts stated, Steam poses much limitations for developers themselves. Persson went on to claim that placing Minecraft on the Steam service would cripple their own ability to freely edit the game, and ultimately limit their communication with gamers.
Though hope may seem dim, Persson also mentioned his studios constant communication with Valve, operators of Steam service. The developer hopes that resolution may arise in regards to the restrictions which they face if Minecraft was to incorporate through Steam. As far as current progress goes, Persson’s does not express much optimism regarding the situation.
As previously mentioned, this is not the first corporation to clash with Valve. Dating back to July, Electronic Arts pulled Crysis 2 in order to retain full control of the title, after Valve placed limitations to freely release updates as desired.
So whether you are all for bringing Minecraft to Steam, or strictly against it, there is still much progress to be made before such thing would happen.
Source: [url= https://www.gamespot.com/news/6331784/minecraft-dev-explains-absence-from-steam?tag=updates%3Beditor%3Ball%3Btitle%3B2]Gamespot[/url] // By: KurtTheCanadian // August 30, 2011
Ever pondered why the popular Minecraft has never made its way to Steam? A couple days ago on his personal blog, Marcus Persson, the creator of the game, explained the clear reasoning behind this. Noting the same issues which Electronic Arts stated, Steam poses much limitations for developers themselves. Persson went on to claim that placing Minecraft on the Steam service would cripple their own ability to freely edit the game, and ultimately limit their communication with gamers.
Though hope may seem dim, Persson also mentioned his studios constant communication with Valve, operators of Steam service. The developer hopes that resolution may arise in regards to the restrictions which they face if Minecraft was to incorporate through Steam. As far as current progress goes, Persson’s does not express much optimism regarding the situation.
As previously mentioned, this is not the first corporation to clash with Valve. Dating back to July, Electronic Arts pulled Crysis 2 in order to retain full control of the title, after Valve placed limitations to freely release updates as desired.
So whether you are all for bringing Minecraft to Steam, or strictly against it, there is still much progress to be made before such thing would happen.
This isn't even news. This has been the case for a long time. Apart from the fact there would be no benefits on running it on steam.
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