btw, steamworks is not just for selling through steam, i spoke with Mike Dunkle of steam and got this:
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To use Steamworks you do not necessarily need to have your game distributed on Steam. An example would be that you use our DRM/CD key solution and you sell the product through traditional retail. Customer takes the product home and Steam is used to verify and unlock your product.
We will be shortly post more information on the new Steamworks website. This is for all developers large and small.
Mike
as you can see he assured me that steamworks is for indie and bigname developers alike, and that you don't have to publish through steam, it would just verify that you bought the game, and you'd never have to open steam again...
