MaydaX Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Valve has countered EA's accusation that Steam sales "cheapen" intellectual property, saying they in fact benefit games, publishers and gamers. Last month EA's David DeMartini, who runs rival digital platform Origin, said Steam sales, which often see discounts of up to 75 per cent, "cheapen intellectual property". Vowing not to copy Steam's popular 75 per cent off sales, DeMartini said: "The game makers work incredibly hard to make this intellectual property, and we're not trying to be Target. We're trying to be Nordstrom." But when Eurogamer put this accusation to Valve business development chief Jason Holtman at the Develop conference in Brighton today, he said the opposite was true. "Ask our partners," he said. "Ask the large to the small and see what they think about that. Putting it all in the bucket of, it's all about the discounts, I don't think that's everything about it. "Discounts serve a lot of functions. Highlighting serves a lot of functions. The qualities of the games serve a lot of functions. Everything we've seen, PC games and IP and all those franchises are more valuable today than they were four or five years ago. "If this were all about a cheapening and somehow lessening the money out there or somehow customers don't want to pay any more, they think everything should be like a used car lot - sticker price is not the real price - you'd feel that and you'd get real reinforcement of that. We don't see any of that. We see people buying a lot and enjoying it and playing a lot. "Discounting is one small function of what we do. It's one small function of our market and our store. It certainly doesn't seem to be anything that cheapens IP. Rest can be found at http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-11-valve-counters-eas-steam-sales-cheapen-intellectual-property-accusation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xX_Renegade_Xx Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Vowing not to copy Steam's popular 75 per cent off sales, DeMartini said Why does that not surprise me, EA give a huge discount, highly unlikely and I know where my money will be going, bring it on Valve! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMagnet Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 right after EA said the no deep discount thing, they were deep discounting on origin.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazzie_Canuck Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Why does that not surprise me, EA give a huge discount, highly unlikely and I know where my money will be going, bring it on Valve! :D http://store.steampowered.com/ has there cut rate summer sale on ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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xX_Renegade_Xx Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 http://store.steampowered.com/ has there cut rate summer sale on ;) Yes and I bought two games already and it's only the first day, I wait so long for these sales then my wallet just suffers :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMagnet Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Yes and I bought two games already and it's only the first day, I wait so long for these sales then my wallet just suffers :( see above.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMagnet Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 https://www.humblebundle.com/ Hey there! The Humble Origin Bundlehas arrived with eight illustrious games, redeemable on Origin and some on Steam! Pay $1 or more for Dead Space 3, Crysis 2 Maximum Edition, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Medal of Honor, Dead Space, and Mirror's Edge. Pay more than the average and you'll get The Sims 3 (plus 2 DLC packs from The Sims 3 Starter Pack) and Battlefield 3! The soundtracks for The Sims 3 and Battlefield 3 are also included at any price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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