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Some backstory then: about a month ago, this exchange took place at GDC involving Mark Rein of Epic Games:
He was also pretty sure that PC games had to stay on the shelves at retail, rather than using all that fancy internet delivery magic.
PC Gamer’s Tim Edwards: “Does the PC even need retail, I mean-â€
Mark Rein. “YES! Yes.â€
Later an anonymous man in the audience started screaming at Rein, shouting “Haven’t you heard of the Internet!?â€
Then today, Epic’s Unreal games have all appeared on Steam.
I should point out I don’t have anything against this decision, or indeed Rein’s comments. I just think it’s quite amusing how stuff turns out, isn’t it?
I do wonder, however, how much this has to do with Atari coming to Steam, given that they published everything added up until Unreal Tournament 3.