Global brand manager Karl Stewart stated that while publisher Square Enix is possibly looking at "different distribution channels" for the $15 game, he adds, "I think for now, because it's online and it's got leader boards, Steam offers us the best opportunity to hit a broad audience with that type of game." Piracy is another reason for the Steam DRM decision with Stewart saying that for previous Tomb Raider games. "I go on some BitTorrent sites and within the first 48 hours there's like four hundred thousand downloads, it's crazy."
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Good luck to anyone living in the Land of the Rising Sun who wants to play this game on the PC. Now it's Steam only, none of the other distributors will touch it, and Square Enix have a history of blocking the sales of any of their games on the PC over Steam in Japan.
So here they are, whining about piracy as the reason for choosing Steam DRM, while also ensuring that potential customers can no longer purchase it because it's using Steam. I'm really getting tired of this standard MO of Squares.Posted at 1:09PM on May 21st 2010 by PC Gamer In Japan