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speaking of, why not steam for Alex?
Quote from: majorfreak on March 19, 2017, 11:48:43 AMspeaking of, why not steam for Alex?because the game isn't done yet, nor will it be done anytime soon. since Alex doesn't seem to need to use steam early access to fund development, and there's already a sizeable fanbase that provides feedback on the game in its current state, it makes sense to wait with releasing the game on steam & co until Alex feels it's done.
But, there are so many games in development that are on steam. Like "darkest dungeon" (it's called 'early access')
Yeah, Steam's EA games and their communities can be very fickle. One bad period (bad release, long time between releases, not big enough release, etc) and it can tank a game's rating and leave it scarred for a long time or permanently which could cause potential players to stay away for a very long time. It could get lucky with say like RimWorld and hit it off right away and not look back, but for every success story there's probably dozens that have died as a result.
The sales of Factorio went pretty well, and we probably can't talk about exact numbers due to the legal agreement with steam. I believe I can say that we sold slightly more during this week on steam, than during the whole last year on our page, which is overwhelming.
That said I completely respect Alex's opinion of not launching on Steam on Early Access, but not releasing there ever would be a major mistake.