Maybe too few Steam users pay fullprice, so the work they add to the devs is not very well paid (as devs have to make the aftersale service on their own forum for Steam problems!: how to patch and mod, etc). AGEod or Slitherine might just set fair prices for their games and don't do those -75% sale...

As Erik said, you can copy your full installation indeed. Steam will probably not sell anymore our products. As the general statement said (in News from Ageod), we don't feel it is a good thing in the long term to have games sold at 2 euros apiece (or even less, I saw ROP at 99 cents during a disco...

well gamersgate is independent of both groups of publishers so you can download etc as many times as you need from them. So that part is no problem in that you can use your Gamersgate account, or your Steam account, or whatever, to access the games you have bought Will Pride of Nations (+DLCs and R...