monkie

i have been waiting patiently and with anticipation for the standalone, updated my PC recently specifically to be able to play dayz with higher FPS, i know this is my first post on this forum so i hope you can view this in perspective, i registered now specifically because of the steam issue. you have been very open during the development process, i do not understand why you could not have told us earlier that steam was "make or break" for your development process, i also find your reasoning strange, BIS has a store where it sells its games, BIS has a development pipeline it has used for all its other games, you already use a external anti-cheat, there already is a "community" server browser called dayz commander which many people use as a server browser and to update the mod. i dont understand how you can just wave away consumer rights in this way, i live in the EU, when i buy a game i expect to be able to use it as i wish, i do not expect to be locked into a "black box" service that accesses my property in a opaque way. i also dont apreciate that a "service" like steam takes away my legal right to trade or sell a license i have purchased. of course i do not know what the proportions are like for other BIS products regarding sales on steam vs retail or the BIS store but the people that bought directly or in retail did so for a reason, and one of those reasons could be steam, and you are potentially losing these customers. i am extremely disappointed and the way things stand i am a customer you are losing because of this.