I was pretty hyped for the new prince of persia game (the lost crown), but come to find out it’s only available on ubisoft’s proprietary launcher or epic games. Nope, and nope.

I just want to have it available on my usual storefront, Steam, but it’s been decidedly omitted. As a long time fan of the old games, this kind of hurts. Especially since many of the others -are- available on Steam.

I wonder if/when it will come out for Steam. These platform exclusivity deals need to die.

Edit: It’s also available on several consoles, my post was just from a pc gamer’s perspective.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      313·
      10 months ago

      Why is steam the only acceptable DRM?

      Because it’s optional and if opted in, works offline.

      • snooggums@kbin.social
        113·
        10 months ago

        Plus it works so smoothly I never even think of it as DRM, I just notice all the positives.

        • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          16·
          10 months ago

          Plus it works so smoothly I never even think of it as DRM

          AFAIK SteamWorks DRM is something developers have to actively implement in their games. From what I understand, by default Steam is merely a delivery system without DRM.

          • zecg@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            10 months ago

            Yes. Ubisoft’s Rayman Origins works with no launcher, just copy steam’s game dir and you can run the game exe on another computer.

    • mhz@lemm.eeEnglish
      54·
      10 months ago

      As a linux gamer, a game that is not available on Steam is a game i won’t even bother checking. I can easily run non-steam game using lutris or heroic-game-launcher but I prefer to stick to my walled garden than step in their’s.