where are the bonuses for people who pre ordered through trion instead of steam?

[WarMachine]

Id say chances are that theyre going to sell way more copies of the game BECAUSE of Steam. Even if Valve takes a cut, trion will probably make more then if they would have, had just sold it by themselves.

Not to mention the advertisement that leads to the game and from there to the TV show, on the front page of a gaming client that has over 2.5 million gamers, their market. That's advertisement gold, and worth giving out some extras, so even the TV show wins from using Steam.

[Nysrock]

I wouldn't have even know about this game if it wasn't for steam. So in my opinion it was a good move for them even if Valve gets a cut.

[Mcdragon]

i get plenty extra slots from arkfall codes i can just buy more ingame at a later date

ps. anyone who goes to the movie theatres now, have a defiance commercial in them

[Mad]

Shouldn't people who ordered directly through trion's website also get some + inventory slots? that's all I care about. please trion give us folks some extra inventory on launch

In order to do this they would effectivly nullify thier contract with steam and be subject to legal processes as well as triple the load/bandwidth on thier own download servers.
To attract people to purchase from steam they to be able to offer unique bonuses. I chose the Trion one because i can buy the slots ingame anyways. 30day xp/scrip boost were the real clinchers for me.

[SphaZ]

If it wasn't for Steam I wouldn't have heard about this game.

[MacDeath]

Trion uses Steam and other partners to broaden their reach to the market. Steam does a fine job displaying Defiance to their customer base. If Trion were to match the offers on their own site, they would be undermining their partners and wouldn't HAVE any partners for the next Rodeo.

[JohnMcClane]

As Mac says ,Steam is a big giant and Steam did ask for something special so they could be the center of attention.
This has a price .
In the long run we all profit as more sales is feeding the life span of the game.
It sounds unfair to some but if you understand how it works you might still not agree but at least you understand why it happens .

[Newbsaibot]

The Witcher 2 sold something around the region of 80% of all sales through Steam.

Steam does have terrible support and lazy customer service and you usually do spend 90% of your time trying to find fixes to Beta events and linking accounts because Steam simply can't be bothered to help the community because all they care about is money.. I forgot what I was talking about, oh yeah, at least they're not EA.