I guess you need to think about what options there are. It seems like what you wish is a link in the internet where you can download a game from without having an account. This is, for obvious reasons, not possible in most cases.ORIGINAL: Kayoz
Hrmm - I'll have to reconsider my contribution through Kickstarter. I was under the impression that it would be released DRM-free. If they are going to require the installation of spyware like Steam, then I'll wait for Razor1911 to fix that.
As you need to create an stardock account to play GalCiv2, that's also a DRM.
Personally I don't consider Steam a DRM. It becomes a DRM in the Moment, where I buy a Box and need to register on steam in order to use my product on my CD.
There was a reason I used ""ORIGINAL: Kayoz
Going back to your original statement, you stated - "But if you want to "forbid" other users to use steam, not so much."
Discussing on that does not much sense, lets stick to the other parts.
Completely irrelevant. You are still within the same region. Europe is one region. Use your Steam key in Brazil or Japan, and that would be a relevant test of region restrictions. Or find a visiting Russian, and ask him to use the keys which he paid for at home while he's in France or Germany. See how well that works.
While I can't say that this is true or not it just makes sense. Pricing World Wide is dependent on the local wealth and standards. Prices in EU and US are higher than they are in China or Russia. If there were not region locked, that would mean that either everyone would buy in China as it's cheaper there (China pricing) or nobody would buy it in china as nobody can pay for it over there (Western Pricing).
Yes, it can be a pain in the ass, especially between US and EU, but globally it is necessary.
So my question to you: How would you like to buy your game? Why would you rather register on two small shops and buy the game there instead of buying the game in one big shop? Why do you call the one DRM and not the other?
Is a CD-Key not a DRM for you?
And my initial question/statement still stands:
-The additional option of steam would make sense (even though Solops and Kayoz said that in this case the devs would lose them as customers).
-The current price is insane
I was hoping for speculations like the one from WiZz It's possibility to set inadequate price for their games. Steam sets clear gradation for game pricing..
At Spiderweb they said something similar. But there it sounded more like that steam is "strongly recommending" it.