143208-wildstar-on-steam

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A lot of people are saying about Wildstar on Steam lately, well, I kinda want it too, since I don't have International Credit Card, it's pretty hard to buy NCoins and it on Steam we probably could use Steam Wallet to buy it a lot easier, at least for me.
 
So then I found this:
 
https://steamdb.info/sub/68224/
 
Looks like someone Datamined Steam Database and found it.
 
So, the question is: Are they considering launching Wildstar on Steam or this is just a lie?	
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			it's a lie. Ncsoft normally don't let their games go on steam because of the steam tax. Not even GW2 is there.	
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Not everything that shows up on that site, actually comes to Steam.  For example, MechWarrior Online was listed for over a year (it's not now).. but it never went to Steam.
 
Despite everyone assuming every developer wants their game on steam.. not every developer wants to give up to 33% of their revenue to Valve...	
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it's a lie. Ncsoft normally don't let their games go on steam because of the steam tax. Not even GW2 is there.
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I can actually see a valid reason to keep Wildstar off of steam being to retain the bulk of their profits.
 
Might be better to lobby for a wider array of viable payment options?	
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I can actually see a valid reason to keep Wildstar off of steam being to retain the bulk of their profits.
 
Might be better to lobby for a wider array of viable payment options?
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yeah, but you'd have to balance that against the increased exposure from being on steam.  
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it's a lie. Ncsoft normally don't let their games go on steam because of the steam tax. Not even GW2 is there.
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Well, GW2 doesn't even use NCoins as currency, they have a personal Arena Net currency (Gems).
It's like NCsoft doesn't really "owns" GW2.
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Exacly.
A lot of MMOs are going to Steam or they're already there.
ESO, Rift, ArcheAge is on Steam (at least for NA users), TERA, FFXIV, EVE Online and looks like now LineAge 2 and AION too.	
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i dont think its carbine choice to put their game on steam, its NCSOFT call, now does NCSOFT want to bring more ppl in the game at the cost of a steam tax, or keep it this way with a lower population but w/o a tax.
 
lets see if NCSOFT wants to help wildstar grow even bigger.	
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			I'd love to finally let people know that i am too busy playing Wildstar.	
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			we need better servers before we go to steam or it will turn into a shit launch/relaunch/steamlaunch again	
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^Indeed.
But at least there is a chance. :p	
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Well, GW2 doesn't even use NCoins as currency, they have a personal Arena Net currency (Gems).
It's like NCsoft doesn't really "owns" GW2.
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Aion and Lineage 2 were announced they are coming to steam. https://twitter.com/omeed/status/654371742622740480 
 
Wildstar should go to Steam as well IMO, it will be a huge numbers boost however Carbine needs to wait till the game runs smoother and server issues are fixed before putting it on there if NCsoft Lets them.
 
Good positive reviews it what Wildstar needs for steam and if it went on there right now it would get mixed at best.	
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			I dont think NCSoft owns Arenanet.  I think NCSoft publishes Arenanets games and Arenanet has been under contract with them and works for them.  Regardless, the era is over, as it seems Arenanet has bought its way out of NCSofts hold.  GW2 doesnt have NCSoft published anywhere on its boxes or anything GW related anymore, and GW2 doesnt show up on NCSofts website links.	
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I dont think NCSoft owns Arenanet.  I think NCSoft publishes Arenanets games and Arenanet has been under contract with them and works for them.  Regardless, the era is over, as it seems Arenanet has bought its way out of NCSofts hold.  GW2 doesnt have NCSoft published anywhere on its boxes or anything GW related anymore, and GW2 doesnt show up on NCSofts website links.
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			>xRaymanx  I know you used to be able to link non-Steam games to Steam, so that you launch it through Steam, which starts the game's normal launcher, and shows that you're in said non-Steam game to your friends on Steam.  I haven't actually done that with a game in years, but I know it used to be possible at least.  Would be free advertising if it's still possible though.	
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			Most of the games that uses Launcher (like W*) has some problems with "Add Non-Steam game", most of the time the Steam will show you playing it while the Launcher is up, as soon it closes it will not show in the Steam that you're playing anymore.	
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I think Anet now do their own Publishing but Anet is still a wholly owned subsidiary of NCSoft. GW2 website still has NCsoft at the bottom of the page.
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make sense, but im still not sure.  GW2 launched a second website for their expansion that doesnt have NCSoft on it anywhere that I see
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArenaNet
 
 
Once again, NCsoft owns Arenanet and therefore owns GW2. It doesn't matter what Anet says, does, puts on its websites, or pretends to look like; NCsoft owns them and everything they make.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArenaNet
 
 
Once again, NCsoft owns Arenanet and therefore owns GW2. It doesn't matter what Anet says, does, puts on its websites, or pretends to look like; NCsoft owns them and everything they make.
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			I load wildstar through steam and it doesn't have a problem with the launcher. There are also ways to get around a launcher for games like wow and Diablo by entering in launch commands under the games settings. Having said that, I load wildstar through steam to both have access to steam overlay and to show my friends that I'm playing a badass game that they could be playing too.	
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			I think we have enough lag without steam adding to it a great deal..  :rolleyes:	
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			Steam couldn't add lag to servers ran by carbine...	
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66% of what steam players may invest is better than the 0% they make from said people right now.
 
If I just start launching the game through steam, but don't use steam to monetize in any way, (still make all my purchases from the site) do they still take some of their profit? 
 
I've read that once your account is associated with steam, they just start getting a % of what you spend, regardless of where you spend it. But... It seems a tad excessive, and I'm not sure how steam would keep track, so I'm not sure that it is true.	
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Steam couldn't add lag to servers ran by carbine...
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Um, no. Steam can't get revenue from a game you manually add to your steam library. You can add anything to your steam library. I've added Web browsers before just for sh*ts/giggs. When you're running a non steam game through steam, it shows underneath your name and what game you're playing that it's a non-steam game. 
 
A little known fact is that you can rename a non steam game to whatever you want so your friends will see you playing something like "age of the stink fist 4" when really you're 3 hours deep in a solitaire marathon.
			
				
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What i mean is, steam will definitely provide fresh blood for the game, which in turn will increase load on the servers.
And since at the moment they did not completely fix even existing lag increasing load even more would not end well at all.
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Um, no. Steam can't get revenue from a game you manually add to your steam library. You can add anything to your steam library. I've added Web browsers before just for sh*ts/giggs. When you're running a non steam game through steam, it shows underneath your name and what game you're playing that it's a non-steam game.
 
A little known fact is that you can rename a non steam game to whatever you want so your friends will see you playing something like "age of the stink fist 4" when really you're 3 hours deep in a solitaire marathon.
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NCSoft owns Arenanet and therefore owns GW2.
 
As for Wildstar on Steam, the amount of players that will come in from it being on steam will bring them WAY more revenue than what Valve is ever going to take. Steam is all people use for games.
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