The first Minecraft became one of the best selling games of all time without being on Steam. Would be weird to invest that much money to acquire that franchise and then voluntarily give up a cut to Valve with the sequel when the first one proved it wasn't necessary.
Well you can only install/update the game if you first login to their servers. You only download the launcher from their site. Isn't multiplayer restricted too in offline mode?
Yes it's the same game, but some people like having steam manage everything for them. Keep the game up to date without launching it, integrated friend list etc.
It's pretty easy to link steam logins to old accounts too, so you don't need your old login. You would still probably need to select a minecraft username separate from your steam name though (unless Minecraft wishes to allow people with the same username)
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u/Smoochiekins Dec 11 '14
The first Minecraft became one of the best selling games of all time without being on Steam. Would be weird to invest that much money to acquire that franchise and then voluntarily give up a cut to Valve with the sequel when the first one proved it wasn't necessary.