Steam is the future, baby. And today they've announced that Square Enix has joined the huge list of companies to distribute their games on the download service.
A Headcrab and a Malboro did a high five when it was announced that Valve and Square Enix have teamed up for software distribution. The first PC game to kick things off for Square Enix on Steam is The Last Remnant, the RPG that was released on the Xbox 360 some time back. Pricing will be announced later. Square Enix will announce more titles in the future.
"We are excited to offer the millions of Steam customers online access to Square Enix titles beginning with our major action RPG, The Last Remnant," said John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Inc. and Square Enix Ltd.
"Square Enix is committed to delivering the best quality titles to PC gamers and distribution on Steam is one of the many steps we are taking to increase accessibility for fans in North America and PAL territories."
Let's see, what else could they release? Hey, that reminds me of an old game: did any of you buy Final Fantasy VII on the PC? I did...just because.
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3:20 PM on 02.24.2009
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Still, this deal could be good in the end for fans of JRPGs who prefer the PC.
Wait, does that demographic even exist?
Again.
But steam'd!
like my rice.
hopefully they make it compatible.
if not there are other titles I missed over the years.
Of course, unless the performance issues are completely addressed somehow on the PS3 port, I'd buy it on Steam, if at all, but I'm curious as to why SquEnix is dragging its feet so heavily.
And I, too, had a flashback moment of begging my parents for FFVII on the PC. I badgered the crap out of them to get it for me every time we went into an EB. Sadly, I never got it and didn't get to play the game all the way through until about three years ago. T__T
Maybe this'll encourage Square (and Enix) to re-release some older games like Live-A-Live, in english.
also, really let me know..i am a giving person.
I guess at least when a good one DOES finally come out, there's a possibility it will be PC-playable this way.