I'm a fan of id and one of the things I do admire id is for the way they release their games. id model is a model based on giving freedom of choice to the customer, to us PC Gamers. Quake 4 was released 3 months ago and id has already made a patch available to remove the need for the CD/DVD inserted...

Replying to "Foo": Monopoly in Valve and Steam 1. Monopoly cause a single entity controls development, publishing and distribution. 2. Monopoly cause until now Steam games are all Steam dependant meaning if a Game has Steam then he is not available without it. 3. Monopoly cause Valve is n...

Replying to "pjw" . Relevance of profit percentage Relevance of the profits has to do with the following: The story goes like this, Ritual decided to release a sequel to Sin which btw used id's Quake engine. The important part of this is they decided to use Steam distribution system and ma...

How much share of the profits does id get from their games sold in Retail like the titles DOOM 3 or Quake 4? How much percentage of the profits? I ask this cause of the following... Someone just said in Ritual's forum that Valve will get 50% of Sin Episodes Sales and the poster justifies this being ...