ArmA 3 will be sold exclusively through Steam to avoid piracy.
Bohemia Interactive has just confirmed that its expected ArmA 3 for PC will be released exclusively through Steam as a means, among other things, avoid high rates of piracy that has plagued earlier products. “ArmA 3 is not only exclusive PC, now we have decided that it is Steam”, have stated through its official blog. “As we know that this news will upset some of our fans, we want to take the time to honestly explain our motivations”, continue.
In this sense, Bohemia Interactive has highlighted the great career as Steam digital distribution platform, which greatly facilitates the things both users and development teams with tools like Steamworks. Besides, they add, piracy rates are drastically reduced in the releases on this platform, so this is definitely one of their main motivations. “Think of it as you want, but piracy affects us as a business we are.
No But Bohemia Interactive have tried to grow with the evolution of the Internet rather than fight it. ” Therefore, they add, have eliminated such controversial anti-piracy techniques like DRM few months after releasing their games to market. They explain, “we firmly believe that the best anti-piracy system is to offer valuable online services in which people are willing to invest.” “Supporting this philosophy, we have seen how it would be impossible to provide internal solutions to these problems; but Steam will allow us to expand around them. So it will be possible to enjoy the game in Steam Offline mode (with the exception of online course options, among which includes the multiplayer). “ArmA 3 will be released in the market in the coming months, but for now do not have a firm launch date.