Battl3fr0nt
Limp Gawd
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2006
- Messages
- 186
I like Steam. I think it is a really good idea to have you're account set up like that..
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Yea what Jimmy said
I like my games right here next to me in a drawer or on a shelf, not in some server at some mega-media corporation that can "disable" my account
the odds of a company disabling your account just for the heck of it are the same odds that a person will come and rob your house at night of all your games.
good idea
And, the ? still stands, what do you do with the media you "rented" once you've played it?
you toss it or?
How about this scenario
what about the 13 yr. old kid in Podunk, Arkansas whos grammy gives him HL2 for Christmas
and he's got no intarweb hookup, cause he lives in a trailer on welfare w/ his divorced mom
he's screwed and you think that's an "innovation"?, and I don't understand STEAM?!
that's just so wrong on so many levels
Oh I understand it, and I agree it has some advantages to some people, but overall
some of you guys are still out there in "I love corporate america screwing consumers" land.
Are you honestly trying to tell me you think steam is better than buying a game and being able to install it from the media you bought? you're kidding right?
I know, let's do this the next time you want to "buy" a game ask youself what it is you are buying. I think you don't really understand what rights you have/had and what they are taking away from you
man, I think I may just pull out my copy of Far Cry that I bought and paid for and own and install it, since I can unplug my net connection and it still installs and works w/o it.
Oh gee, that's right, crytek went out of business from all the pirating, err...oops
I mean thay are now releasing the most anticpated game in the last year or so, looks like valve is a little greedy/paranoid/insert description here
geeeeez
Yeah, bringing along that 2 ounce DVD backup is way rougher than downloading 3 gigs..I have never had problems with steam. Other than getting vacc'ed which of course was my own fault. But like others said, it's great to go to someone else's house and logon to my steam account and play my games there without having to lug a bunch of CD cases around. I can also "lend" my account to my friend without him driving 10 miles over to my house to pick up the game.
Yeah, bringing along that 2 ounce DVD backup is way rougher than downloading 3 gigs..
When Valve goes out of business, I wonder where will steam users download their 10+ gigs worth of games from? I'd much ratehr have my 5 usd external hard drives to store my games rather than their servers in WA. And yeah, "use once and then discard" is the AMERICAN WAY!!!!
Get this, I buy S-Episodes, (supposedly Epsode 1 with more to follow, but thats another BS story)
I play it, uninstall it and steam, and about 6 months latter sell it to someone, and the game won't run for him, says it's already registered? WTH?
If this is how STEAM works they suck, you can't sell a game you own, it's worthless to anyone else even after I uninstalled it?
so the DVD is a coaster or what?
...sigh....
Yes, this is another reason why buying games online is not a really good idear.
There is many other reason, like no box and no manual for the same price.
And to abuse some more, look at EA. After a certain period of time, you can't redonwload the games you bought.
If the price was lower online, it would make sense, but it is not the case. I think it was the case in the days when I bought hl2.
the positive effects of steam are good and all but it really should be optional
I for one have never played a STEAM game and I'm proud of it. The more games that fall under Steams boot, the more clout they have to do as they please
You do realize Steam is not a They, right?I for one have never played a STEAM game and I'm proud of it. The more games that fall under Steams boot, the more clout they have to do as they please
I wish people would quit bitching about steam. Stop using it if it is becoming an issue with you. It really isn't that bad of a system, and I like the fact that I can own multiple games and not have to have one damn cd or cd-key to remember for it. just a sign on and password for all of them.
why is that something to be proud of? there are some damn good games on steam. you've never played HL2 or CSS?
the positive effects of steam are good and all but it really should be optional
I for one have never played a STEAM game and I'm proud of it. The more games that fall under Steams boot, the more clout they have to do as they please
Truth is, playing videogames is vital to living.
Backup 5-6 posts
that's the whole point, you DON'T own the games
if by some terrible problem STEAM was down, or valve closed down, your discs aren't worth shiz
now, what exactly do you own?
You buy a DVD of Crysis, and unplug your net connection and guess what?
it installs, and plays fine, like ANY game should
using the STEAM system just gives them the rigth to control you, the consumer
they didn't really sell you anything except a period of time to play the game THEY own, not you
I like owning games, I have a collection from the 80's onto today, and guess what?
99% install and play great, oooh but not the new Valve games,
they have to screw everyone because of their dropping the ball with the leak of HL2
at least that's my take, and like I said in the title....KMA if I can't buy a peice of media and install/use it w/o using some proprietary piece of code that connects me with a companys servers through a paid connection. It's just not right, and anyone who thinks otherwise needs to look at it from a different POV. I'm not saying there aren't benefits, I am saying you DON'T "own" Valve games, but other games you DO
Interesting argument.
When you buy some software, what you're actually buying is a licence to use a copy of that software, the licence isn't a material thing, but for years now we've traded material floppys/cds/dvds so we're kind of used to thinking that what we own is a copy of the software to do whatever we want with. We don't, legally speaking.
On the flip side of that coin, I absolutely hate the power valve have over the users who decide to use steam, I've bought more and more games over steam and actually my account is quite large now, which is getting me a bit worried. Valve is almost a faceless company so if theres ever a problem with my account and it's disabled then I'm screwed out of a LOT of money.
Anyway theres always alternatives which I am more than happy to fall back to should valve anger me in any way, so I guess at the end of the day it's not such a big deal.