看了一堆国内报道都在最关键的问题上语焉不详,然后意外发现Eurogamer竟然受邀参加了发布会,并且采访了Valve的相关负责人,问了一些比较重要的问题,但是其实也没有得到确定性的回答。总结一下就是:Valve的目标是保留国区玩家的游戏库、数据、存档等等,即Steam国际版不会有任何变化,但以后是不是还能在国内访问Steam国际版有Valve不能掌控的“外部因素”在作用。
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The suspicion, though, is regular Steam may be phased out or blocked entirely, once the rubber-stamped Steam China goes live, but even that - alongside the fate of more than 30 million Chinese user accounts, purchased games, save files, and the developers who rely on them - is unclear.
In fact, Valve isn't sure itself. Eurogamer spoke to Valve's DJ Powers, who works in the company's business development team, at the event to try and get a better sense of what exactly is going on. As you'll read it's pretty clear even Valve can't explain - or maybe more accurately, can't say - what's going to happen to the international version of Steam out in China. Nor, for that matter, can the company say what'll happen to the accounts and property of tens of millions of Chinese players, who may or may not be able to access the international version of Steam once the official Chinese version goes live.
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And you mentioned as well obviously there are a large amount of players here who enjoy gaming on Steam as it stands. Let's say I'm a Chinese citizen and I want to play, I don't know, FTL, and I've played a hundred hours in FTL and I don't want to lose all my saves and everything like that - what happens when Steam China comes in? Will my saves move over? Will I lose my library? Will I keep my library?
Powers: Our goal is to make sure your library remains, your data, your saves remain, you're not losing anything.
What if I own a game on Steam as-is, that isn't on Steam China at launch?
Powers: Nothing'll change about Steam global.
So Steam global will still be available in China?
Powers: Nothing'll change about Steam global.
Okay, could something external prevent Steam global from being available in China?
Powers: I mean, anything, yeah. There's always externalities you can't control. But the direction we're headed is that Steam global remains as it is today.