slipper wrote:Jorb and Loftar hate money, it's too much trouble for them all the accounting they would have to do with a Steam release.
Let me guess... the undisclosed sale value of Salem was $1, right?
Orcling wrote:Plus everyone would ask for a refund when they inevitably die horribly.
I know, right? There are enough hardcore survivalist games out there that I don't think it would be as big an issue as it seems. They would know from when they ran Salem about that sort of thing, though the more publicly visible the game is, the larger number of complains they'd get (but would be more players, too).
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To OP: There are several Java games on Steam. I don't know if any of them utilize Java Web Start, though. The ones I've played have their own launch platforms that download via Steam (which means maintaining code for Windows, Mac, and *nix), but can also be launched via JavaWS through the companies website.
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