WildTangent to digitally distribute Kalypso titles

^this

It doesn't seem like Kalypso has signed any kind of exclusivity agreement, so you'll probably see their stuff pop up in Stardock at least.

Like you, I'm curious to know why Kalypso didn't go with Steam as a distribution service. Maybe at the time Sins was released, they has signed some sort of timed exclusivity with Stardock? I dunno.

aaaand I just realized how mind bogglingly dumb my comment was

Strange. Most people wouldn't like having a console where they didn't own anything

There are the obvious advantages, and if those outweigh the flaws, that's fine, but i really don't see it.

Technically, if it's a really stable company, buying through digital distribution has it's advantages. I mean, once you buy it, you'll always own it, no matter what, your only limit is your internet speeds.

The disadvantage is that you can't sell them since they are a digital copy.

I'd really love to have the abillity to both buy hard and soft versions of games.

I think one of the reasons I don't mind having digital copies is because I don't get any kind of satisfaction out of having a stack of game boxes and other physical brick-a-brack. Also, I very rarely go back and play games from previous generations and I buy/take care of my hardware so I've never run into data loss. All my old physical media and systems generally go to a friend of family member and if I can't download a retro game, I'll usually get a pirated copy so I can play it on a modern device. I'm playing through Monkey Island on the PSP now.

I guess it all comes down to personal preference in digital v. physical purchases; and yes, I have stated before that I prefer having physical copies of stuff; although thats because the compression is generally lower with physical mediums.

As the gap narrows between the compression quality of digital/physical items, the reason for me to buy a disc goes down. I'm also pretty good at determining which games I will enjoy before buying, so I rarely return or trade things.

I've been moving further and further into digital downloads recently. I got an e-book reader the other day, and I'm loving it. I've been using iTunes for about six years now and if I could, I definitely would have bought more games through the PSN.

lol, a Valve console (then again, Steam would work as a PSN-style thing on it, you could have cross-platform play, and they'd be able to put in decent and future-proof hardware).

Anyway, I have to disagree but only from personal opinion - I love having a shelf full of game boxes. The company who made it would also indeed have to be really stable, and if your friends have slow internet you couldn't just walk round to their houses with a bag full of discs.

Kalypso is the team that created Sins of a Solar Empire, and all the other games you see on their site.

Stardock digitally distributes Sin's using Impulse. Judging by the article above, they probably don't have exclusive rights.

oops,

Iron Clad Games made Sins... so yea.

From what I can gather, Stardock sold publishing rights to Kalypso (a European distributor), who then sold publishing rights to Wild Tangent. Weird.

Anyways, all this typing could amount to inane gibberish, as some of my posts above have clearly illustrated.

That's why I'm confused. One, this article is making it sound like Kalypso made Sins. And two, Stardock does the US distribution, and I believe WildTangent is also US based with intentional branches. And they use DRM I believe, which Stardock is adamantly against. I have trouble believing they'd allow another company to distribute their game in the US let alone with DRM. Unless WildTangent is just distributing like that outside the US, even thing, I think Stardock may raise issue with it as there are a number of games on Kalypso site that are Stardock games, especially Galactic Civ 2, which is made by Stardock itself.