‘We knew we didn’t want to sell ads or user data, so we had two options left: cosmetics or content,’ Discord chief marketing officer Eros Resmini told Variety. If the Discord Store and Nitro subscription manage to generate even a little bit of traction, it could keep your personal data away from marketers. Whether all those gamers want to actually buy games outside of Steam is a big question, though: Amazon, GOG, Humble, and Microsoft have tried to take on PC gaming’s 800-pound gorilla and all largely failed to shake up the status quo. “With more than 150 million users, Discord is one of the few platforms that rivals Steam’s install base. The story behind the story: This excerpt from our original Discord Store coverage pretty much sums it up: You’d think Discord would lean into its real-time communications strength with more multiplayer games, but maybe its backend structure isn’t as robust as Steam’s. Interestingly, the overwhelming majority of games available in the Discord Store and Nitro appear to be singleplayer.

You’ll find all the new stuff inside the Discord app. Or, if you don’t care about the games but still want access to the chat-based extras, the older version of Nitro is still available as a $5 “Nitro Classic” option. If you subscribed to Nitro before October 10, Discord will bump you up to the game subscription service at no extra cost until January 1, 2020. That’s a pretty compelling lineup for $10 per month, and Discord plans to add more games to the list as time goes on.

Most of them are indie or older titles, but you’ll find several damned good ones, including Soma, Wasteland 2: Directors Cut, Limbo, Metro: Last Light Redux, Brutal Legend, Nidhogg, FTL, Darksiders I and II, Super Meat Boy, Galactic Civilizations III, and a whole lot more. Formerly a $5 per month add-on that got you specialized emotes and other chat goodies, the new $10 per month Nitro subscription builds on top of it with all-you-can-play access to a whopping 60 games. Perhaps even more intriguing is Discord’s Nitro subscription. “It’s amazing to watch people forge new friendships while playing and for us to connect with that community in real-time in our official server.” We don’t normally include canned quotes in our coverage, but that one gets to the heart of why developers might consider launching on the Discord Store, so there you go. “Being a First on Discord title is an opportunity to bring King of the Hat directly to our community in the place where we know they spend their time,” Ben Palevsky, vice president of Business Corp Incorporated, said in Discord’s press release.

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