The the plan is to use Impulse at least for the time being, but we have the registration records for Elemental ourselves, so we'd still be able to provide FE by whatever other means if it really came to that (but I don't expect that it would).

Well, yeah. I'm not happy about that either. But it wouldn't make sense for Gamestop to spend a bunch of money buying Impulse and relocating the staff if they're going to close it. So I'm not too worried about that.

I do hope once the exclusive period ends we see SD games on other providers though.

They should be on Steam as well. I respect that they lose 30% profits while selling on steam, that's a big chunk of something they can do for free or get for free from impulse. And there's the anti-competitive nature of steam - every bit as bad as Gamestop's gaffe, and probably worse. But being on steam should help them reach more customers that didn't bother before. The time for marketplace-unique game releases is quickly passing, in my opinion. In reality it's likely to go the other way, since Steam and Origin are gearing up for a clash.

I'm in favor of Steam as well.

I don't know about going under, but I was on Impulse yesterday and about every link on the app took you to the GameStop website with the incorrect games, wrong images, etc. Oh yeah, also they kept recommending used consoles, console games, and the new GameStop Download service -- Hello? Isn't that what Impulse is??? I'm betting on a full Impulse-to-GameStop conversion by the end of the month.

Steam pisses me of in that it MUST be open to run games. That is the only advantage to Impulse right now, at least for me.

I just buy the game from the service I can find it one. It doesn't really matter to me if its Steam or Impulse, or some other service for that matter. I can't be bothered to spend a lot of time contemplating between the two. Both work fine on my computers.

Kryo already basically answered that in reply #2. They will most likely be available only via Impulse, since it's currently the only distribution method.

I can't imagine there being any of that sort of fee just to transfer a registration. If it's not free I'm not using it.

Thank you, that's exactly what I wished.  Please keep that plan.

Heavenfall: Never said I would be happy to do it, saying I would do it.

This may be semi-unrelated, but just a heads up for you guys:

When you announce the beta, you need to make it very clear how you can get the game, and who gets it for what.  I know you plan on doing this, but there seems to be a lot of confusion out there in the general gaming public.

This might help you guys get the game in as many hands as possible, which I think is what you want.

My bad.