晚了一天才发布这篇博客,不过还是祝Steam的20周年生日快乐!2023年9月12日-9月20日期间Valve的游戏也会打折贩售。
让我们来回顾一下Steam这20年来的历史吧。
曾几何时,PC玩家还讨厌Steam呢——2003年9月12日,PC玩家认为Valve似乎试图淘汰掉世界对抗网络系统和实体DVD光盘。而2004年3月推出的《半衰期2》即使你购买了实体光盘,也需要通过Steam来进行游戏,这让Steam看起来像是一种高级的数字版权管理技术。
因为Steam的诞生,许多游戏厂商认为自己不必给Valve交税上架至Steam,可以创建属于自家的数字游戏发行平台,比如EA的Origin和Ubisoft的UPlay。
但是《半衰期2》及其模组最终获得了巨大成功,而Valve与一个又一个游戏开发商达成的交易迅速使Steam成为世界上最大、最知名的PC游戏平台。
二十年后,游戏厂商仍在纷纷在Steam上架游戏,比如EA、育碧、微软、索尼以及其他游戏厂商,甚至暴雪公司也在今年早些时候开始在Steam上架游戏。与此同时,Epic Games Store为了提升自己的势头,已经免费赠送了总价值达到数百万美元的游戏,但仍然在与Steam的竞争中艰难前行。
今天,Valve表示Steam的“终极目标”是“为任何游戏开发者提供一种直接接触玩家、建立自己的受众的方式。”即使Steam起初并不是这样,即使Valve仍在为某些形式的内容争论不休,但它确实成为了一个巨大的独立游戏发现平台。
Steam的受欢迎程度多年来不断增长。在疫情期间,steam的玩家数量飙升,而且一直保持高位:今年1月份,有1000万玩家同时登录游戏。Steam Deck游戏手持设备不仅为玩家提供了一个引人入胜的新游戏场所,也给Steam长期陈旧的用户界面带来了巨大而美妙的变化。
Steam如今很少被视为数字版权管理技术,它只是一个方便购买和玩游戏的地方,每年或两年都会推出持续销售和实用的新功能。即使我从未计划过,但Steam已成为我的PC游戏之家,所以我对Steam独占游戏也不会感到意外。
如果Valve真的深入挖掘自己的历史,我希望能看到一个像索尼预装PlayStation 5中的《宇宙机器人无线控制器使用指南》那样的互动博物馆。至于微软的Xbox One,我想知道它的历史?
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