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Re:Lionsgate is making its films available on Steam by giancarlostoro on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @11:50AM (#11572891)
Well it may take time, but they will work their way up. I really hope they eventually allow you to "buy" movies. The convenience of Steam for me has always been that I can download things I own and not take up a ton of space with CD's that will eventually be scratched and possibly break.
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Re:Lionsgate is making its films available on Steam by jfoster on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @12:14PM (#11573112)
What's their "in", though? It seems Google (and others!) have a stronger position on every front. It looks untenable.
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Re:Lionsgate is making its films available on Steam by Joof on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @03:23PM (#11574772)
They don't have to beat Google. They just have to sell movies to gamers, which is far easier.

By the way, gamers are often pirates too. Giving them a platform and price point would go a long way.

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Re:Lionsgate is making its films available on Steam by giancarlostoro on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @05:10PM (#11575655)
>> "Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/11/25/gabe-says-piracy-isnt...

I'm always reminded of this talk by Gabe Newell.

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