fearlessfrog

I've been playing on the 104th server for a couple of nights now (not continuously :) ) and just wanted to say a 'thanks' to those running/setting it up. Really recommend it to anyone thinking of trying MP. Long time sim player and FC2 has been an absolute blast to play. Teamspeak, the players and the server's mission have been way beyond what I was expecting. Cheers! PS In the recent long running setup the A-10's were fun to fly in the dark once the sun went down. The most recent NVG mod worked ok too.

I don't think Steam would ever need to be exclusive, especially for DCS. I agree that would make no sense: But there are over 50,000 people playing COD:MW2 on steam at the moment (http://store.steampowered.com/stats/) and they basically paid about $10 more due to the convenience of being it on that platform (rather than via Amazon.com and the disk). People might actually pay more, even than the ED download option? In the area of strategy games and simulations then Steam is helping that market, mostly through downloadable content, i.e. perhaps DCS being modular could offer maps, aircraft/vehicles on a per pay model? http://store.steampowered.com/genre/Simulation/ Older games tend to do well too, as people browse back catalogues and 'impulse' buy quite a bit. Hardcore sims like ARMA 2 actually draw quite a following on steam, so it's not all 'mass market' morons :-)

Makes sense - thanks. I think other Steam games, i.e. Bioshock and GTA4 use SF as additional protection as well, but not sure if that's a new thing or not. My thinking is kinda selfish (as I just seem to purchase games via Steam, and it's ideal to have them in one place :)) but also for ED, i.e. for how excellent these DCS sims are I don't think they get enough notice or attention. A year a go Steam was not so successful as it is today, so basically my thinking is that if more people knew about DCS then more people would buy it - and Steam could be a way to do that. I'd only see it as an additional option, i.e. keep the ED download and DVD retail ways but just add Steam as an option, even with a $59.99 US mark-up to protect margins... PS IL-2 is one of my most used Steam games - lots of mods too!

Thanks for the quick reply GGTharos. Just out of curiosity, what was the issue with Steam? -I'm guessing it's due to the % they take as the distribution platform or was it something else? I multiplayer on it a lot, i.e. it's the PC's equivalent of Xbox Live really, and being able to do that on DCS would have have been ideal. I.e. online community aspects of it etc.

Hi, Any chance DCS BlackShark and upcoming Warthog will be available to buy on Steam? I know not everyone loves it, but I'd really like it - an DCS instant purchase if I could. Over the holiday season (and their excellent holiday sales they do) most of my PC purchases have been on it - really convenient in these times of good bandwidth... Thanks!