Now has never been a better time to try Blender because now it is on steam.
I saw it a few days back. I cant figure out why I should install Blender via Steam? Perhaps the auto updates might be interesting… Or is it pure marketing from/for Blender it self?
Besides the auto-updates & even easier to access notifications, having Blender on Steam will open it up to an even greater audience & should allow development on Blender to increase + improve 10 fold over the coming months & years especially when it comes to Quality Assurance Testing the many components of Blender + squishing bugs hopefully much faster.
And with that being said, I think that is pretty AWESOME SAUCE
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Very good! I’ve moved to Blender from 3dsMax (after like ~5 years of using 3ds) and after getting used to it (it’s not too intuitive and it’s one of the main flaws), i can honestly say, that for me, it’s better in almost every aspect of making 3d game assets. Really. Not to mention the price 
Therefore i’m glad that it’ll become more popular after putting on Steam… = more tutorials, more useful plugins, more integration with other softwares like UE4! 
This will blow the web. Goodbye NOK200/month MayaLT (and sorry Autodesk)
personally I don’t see how this will make any real difference.
Hope they don’t go Steam exclusive. They probably won’t, but I am one of those paranoid people. 
But seriously, I think it’s pretty cool. Now more people might get into it!
P.S. If any Blender Devs are reading this… NEW GUI!!!
I don’t think we have to fear Steam exclusivity for a piece of free software!
I’m hoping for better update management, through Steam.