My take was "OMG we actually got on Steam" , so they managed to convince their financiers to extend them more time using the plausible argument that a better launch on Steam will generate far more revenue than a crappier launch without.

Being on Steam gives them a shot at a real playerbase of new players, ones who will likely be far less forgiving of game breaking flaws than us old skool MMOers. Makes sense that they dont want to screw it up.

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