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deffjurke
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I would like to know what the benefits are of downloading the game through Steam. Please and thank you!
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Current plans are for Steam users to not have to use Arc when it launches.
That's it, really.
This...^^^^
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when you add friends, you'll see when they start playing a game so you can join them.
you can gift games to your friends.
there's a built in chat system that you can access while in-game.
you can take screenshots with steam and upload and share them with your friends, all while in-game.
steam has thousands of games available, and often has ridiculous sales, like 75% off or more.
paid games that hold free play weekends will show up automatically in your library.
you can easily install or uninstall games in you library with one or two clicks. and you dont need to download then install, once you buy a game, you just tell steam to download it and when its done, it's ready to play.
you can also create a group page for your fleet and invite your fleet members.
i don't work for steam, i just really like it. i ran sto through steam even before it was made available on steam so my friends could see what i was playing and join me.
i think the truth is that pwi loves the idea of steam too, but they want people in china to play, and giving them steam would give them too much access to the world, so they had to create their own limited version. that's not really based on anything specific, it's just a thought that popped in my head.
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This. And more of this ^^^^
well you'll have to uninstall the game thats already on your computer.
then find the game in the steam store (it'll be free) and download it from there.
Agreed.
And there is the fact that Steam is the more mature of the two, development-wise. That offers some peace of mind, at least for me.
actually i'm pretty sure you can just move your star trek online folder to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common
then when you download through steam, it will see the files and add it to your library without needing to download the whole game again.
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Kalek shel'tek!
"Do not make me look foolish by allowing yourself to be murdered" -Lord Yu
This is definitely true. In my first post, I listed only STO-specific advantages.
Steam is great for a whole bunch of non-STO reasons, too.
But a lot of people (like me) own many games on Steam, which already has a well integrated community and social platform, and suits regular gamers quite well. We are lucky that STO is among the few MMOs that are included in it.
I partially disagree.
Just wait until they see one of Steams big sales...
ARC is PW's Steam-clone wannabe. All the looks, none of the functionality.
It has some of Steam's functionality. You can add non-ARC (that is, non PWE) games on your computer to your ARC library, and there are social aspects and an in-game overlay. But as others have said, ARC now is what Steam was years ago. If you mainly play PWE games, it might work for you. But otherwise, Steam is the superior platform.
yeah you won't see much benefit specific to sto, but you'll soon be needing a bigger hard drive and more time for gaming because when the sale comes, it's really hard to stop yourself from buying all the games you've been wanting.
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"Do not make me look foolish by allowing yourself to be murdered" -Lord Yu
Examples of studios & publishers:
Bethesda
Valve
Team 17
Ubisoft
Squad
PWE
2K
Re-Logic
The Behemoth
Sega
Just as PWE is the parent company of Arcgames.com. Valve is the parent company of Steam.