Wed, Apr 02, 2008 | 18:30 BST
Ubi bringing over 40 games to Steam
Here. Valve must be laughing all the way to the bank. Ubisoft announced today that it’s bringing 40 games to Steam, a deal that makes it the most prolific on the download service.
Assassin’s Creed is already to pre-purchase on Steam, but the new deal will see the Tom Clancy series, the Heroes of Might & Magic series, the IL-2 Sturmovik games and Far Cry added.
More through the link.
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Posted in: Internet, Retail, Ubisoft, Valve
Tags: Assassin's Creed, far cry, Heroes of Might & Magic, IL-2 Sturmovik, steam, tom clancy
4 comments
#1
Tonka
02/04/08, 6:44 am
How much do Valve make on this you reckon?
#2
patlike
02/04/08, 6:47 am
I used to know the cut. It’s a far better deal that disc-based retail, I think, but obviously the exposure is far less. I can’t remember, tbh.
#3
Tonka
02/04/08, 7:59 am
Would be interesting to know.
Afaik Steam offers a good protection against piracy. Now that is somewhat redundant in this case since all the games have been released on discs anyway.
#4
Tiger Walts
02/04/08, 8:31 am
The problem with putting up slightly older games is that they are competing with the pre-owned market… actually, that’ll keep the prices down. It’s a good thing!