General News: Open letter to Steam!

[Instinct]

We at Digitalmindsoft wanted to take a moment and thank you for creating a platform that has completely revitalized the PC gaming market and allows us to deliver exciting content to millions of players. Never before has it been so exciting and rewarding to develop games for the PC. Hit game Men of War: Assault Squad paid for its development costs during pre-order with Steam as the largest contributor! The game continues to sell and generated more than 5 times of its costs, thanks to your ability to promptly update and maintain our game. This dedication has made it possible for us to re-invest into our company, continually support our products and strive to make bigger and better games.

A marketplace can never be free of issues, but through excellent communication and response time, you've managed to find a solution to all our requests and helped us to provide the best possible experience for our players.

Therefore we are extremely excited to see Steam growing, as well as maintain its well-deserved status as a market leader and we look forward to a continued partnership as we launch future titles on your platform.


So in the name of our company and a large part of our player base, thank you so much for your great job!

[sgtblackfisch]

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu so viel Erfolg, denn ihr habt uns den Grundstein gelegt mit euren Spielen, die wir so sehr mögen.
Da sieht man wieder das kleinere Firmen besser sind als größere, denn im Normalfall ist es den Entwicklern egal was die Community will und verbessert haben möchte. Doch Digitalmindsoft versucht Neuerungen miteinzubringen und das Spiel so weit zu verbessern wie es die Engine nur zulässt.
Ich hoffe dass ihr noch ein Men of War entwickelt werdet (was glaub ich geschehen wird anhand der Verkaufszahlen ) dass mit der neuen Engine kommt und einiges beeinhaltet was die Community gern sehen würde.

MFG sgtblackfisch

[tanksnotdead]

Great success! ^^

[ozka420]

Yes steam is great! Very good at updating and keeping a standard in the game marketplace in terms of support and reliabilty. Once when I had lost my account because I signed in from another PC, and my mail used for the steam account was old and not in use (stupid of me I know).

The steam support helped me gain control of my account again even though all I had to prove I was the true owner was my name and the credit card information I used for buying my games.

Even so they helped me and I got back my games :P Never again will this happen..

However, to greatly increase the community for MOW:AS you should talk about Steam about the Steam workshop feature they have available for some games. Having this for MOW:AS would greatly increase the chance of custom maps/mods being played online and this would greatly increase the popularity of the game, and sales!!

[Gabriel]

does steam workshop make some cost for DMS company or is a free stuff?