And the award for the Most Obvious Troll of the Day goes to this guy:
paynexkiller said:
Dawn of War without GFWL = Canceled Pre-Order.
If you played Dawn of War 2's multiplayer, you would have been praising to high heaven that Relic was changing to a multiplayer system that actually worked. Retribution is also evidence that shipping with GfWL costs sales. [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-21-steam-switch-boosted-dawn-of-war-sales]
On topic: Ultimately, it's pretty much like Microsoft's holding its hands up and admitting that Games for Windows Live Marketplace is toast. Giving up an exclusive just like that is a bad sign for that. I assume the Steam version of Fable 3 will come with GfWL AND SecuROM, so they're trying to murder the Steam version with DRM. Then again, I'd expect them to include GfWL and SecuROM in the GfWL Marketplace version, so it's