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Posted April 17, 2013
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Bloodygoodgames: Sigh.

A lot of people on here don't buy games on Steam. So, yes, it would be.
Sigh.

Didn't say anything about buying on Steam.
Posted April 17, 2013
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Bloodygoodgames: Sigh.

A lot of people on here don't buy games on Steam. So, yes, it would be.
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Pheace: Sigh.

Didn't say anything about buying on Steam.
You just have to be pedantic don't you.

Buy on Steam, play on Steam, want a Steam account -- many people on here DON'T.

Happy now?

On that note, I'm going to bed.
Posted April 17, 2013
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ErekoseDM: couldnt hurt to tell GOG as well!

Vote for Starbound on GOG

OP could you add the GOG vote link to the top or bottom of your post?

the devs also hang out on IRC, link on their site 'live chat' tab:
http://playstarbound.com/live-chat/
they have the + in front of their names

DRM-Free Starbound investigation results
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Bloodygoodgames: Thanks for that (didn't see we already had one :) -- edited my original post to add it.
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fortune_p_dawg: And lo-and-behold, the first place it goes on sale is:

http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Humble_Store

A non-client based storefront (if you want to call it that). It's DRM-free there too, which is always a plus.

I voted on this title the day before yesterday and hope to see it here when it's done.
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Bloodygoodgames: I know -- crazy it's on the Humble Store -- what a pain in the rear that will be for updates :)

I'm holding off doing anything until I see if GOG gets it.

BTW, they're doing very well on their Kickstarter-style campaign (they're raising money with a backers campaign on their website instead of on Kickstarter -- smart I think). They've already raised over $676,000 for Starbound and passed quite a few Stretch Goals.

Good for them!
Well, the Humble Store is a nice (mostly) DRM-free alternative when GOG doesn't have a specific game. For instance, I pre-purchased Mercenary Kings there the other day and Legend of Dungeon which has a fantastic playable alpha.
Post edited April 17, 2013 by fortune_p_dawg
Posted April 17, 2013
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Bloodygoodgames: Buy on Steam, play on Steam, want a Steam account -- many people on here DON'T.
Well, it's good to have more than one option at least. If some people don't want to use that extra option, that's their choice, but having more is always better :)
Posted April 17, 2013
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Bloodygoodgames: I know -- crazy it's on the Humble Store -- what a pain in the rear that will be for updates :)
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Pheace: Considering it comes with a Steam key, not really ;)
Actually, I find it easier to just download a new installer than to mess with Steam.
Posted April 17, 2013
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fortune_p_dawg: Actually, I find it easier to just download a new installer than to mess with Steam.
I'm sure some people do, and others don't. Hence my above post.

Me I'll probably enter the key in Steam, press install, it'll download the game, finish install when I hit play, and then future updates will be downloaded when I'm probably not even looking and it'll be updated and ready before I even start my next session.
Post edited April 17, 2013 by Pheace
Posted April 17, 2013
How can people be against Steam in case the game can be played without client? All you need with Steam is for the install, download and updating the game. Sometimes it feels like people are against Steam because it's an account, not because it's DRM...
Posted April 17, 2013
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Nirth: How can people be against Steam in case the game can be played without client? All you need with Steam is for the install, download and updating the game. Sometimes it feels like people are against Steam because it's an account, not because it's DRM...
I'm not against Steam; in fact I think Steam has some okay perks. It's PC gaming poison though when you live in a very, very rural area. I work in the city, and live in the woods, so I naturally adopted a love for stand alone installers and back-up drives. And being that I'm not playing glorified, high-priced rentals I can pretty much get my game on no matter how off the grid I am. I don't have to needlessly rely a third party (Valve in this case) to access my game collection.

Downside being that I don't have access to the newest, shiniest AAA titles. So since moving to our ultra-rural abode I've gained a deep affinity for indie titles and retro titles.
Post edited April 17, 2013 by fortune_p_dawg
Posted April 17, 2013
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Nirth: How can people be against Steam in case the game can be played without client? All you need with Steam is for the install, download and updating the game. Sometimes it feels like people are against Steam because it's an account, not because it's DRM...
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fortune_p_dawg: I'm not against Steam; in fact I think Steam has some okay perks. It's PC gaming poison though when you live in a very, very rural area. I work in the city, and live in the woods, so I naturally adopted a love for stand alone installers and back-up drives. And being that I'm not playing glorified, high-priced rentals I can pretty much get my game on no matter how off the grid I am. I don't have to needlessly rely a third party (Valve in this case) to access my game collection.

Downside being that I don't have access to the newest, shiniest AAA titles. So since moving to our ultra-rural abode I've gained a deep affinity for indie titles and retro titles.
In the case when there's no DRM you can always use an archieve application like 7-zip and compress the game folder and back it up. No guarantee that it will always work but usually it does in my experience, no need to download that that way. :)
Posted April 17, 2013
I hope gog will make a client for updates and your endless bitching will cease at last. Like going and clicking an update file is so much of work.
Posted April 17, 2013
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grinninglich: Like going and clicking an update file is so much of work.
And downloading it, and deleting it, and doing it for every single update. Yeah, yeah it is when it could simply autoupdate :)
Posted April 17, 2013
Their is also something to be said for backing up updates.
Posted April 17, 2013
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C17: Their is also something to be said for backing up updates.
"Waste of time and space"?
Posted April 17, 2013
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grinninglich: Like going and clicking an update file is so much of work.
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Pheace: And downloading it, and deleting it, and doing it for every single update. Yeah, yeah it is when it could simply autoupdate :)
I don't like the auto-everything of today's society. Remember when Skyrin was released on Steam? It was initially DRM-free, but now, thanks to automated everything, it isn't.
Posted April 17, 2013
Nice weather today!
Post edited April 17, 2013 by amok
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