JoesshittyOs said:
This is the very definition of "jumping the gun".
That does not in any way foreshadow that they are going to start a subscription service. I'm assuming they do it because it gives people a chance to try the games.
It's a nice thing. People like nice things.
good god this.
seriously, this is borderline zeel on how much you are jumping the gun/making connections when there is nothing there.
it's a free weekend (sample as put) to get people enticed into buying their games that have long past had their glory days and/or have DLC for them (such as with Civ V)
not to mention, it's not like everyone is dependent on steam, the masses would just flock to GoG or other sales platforms, not to mention, i can't see valve ever actually doing that.
viranimus said:
Look this isnt some fear driven paranoia.. .its looking at what they are doing and following that to a logical conclusion.
Today they are giving away allotments of time for a game.. And people are comparing it to a crack dealer giving out free stuff? WTF? You realize that these games already had demos to do that right?
Its not out of irrational hatred for steam. Its very specific hatred for what they are doing to the industry. And I try to bring this to peoples attention because the general gamer community lacks any foresight to see how its actions hurt everyone else. In 20 years I would love to be able to purchase a physical disc for a game and install/play it and sell it if I didnt like it. However because everyone is all bent on digital distribution people are effectively removing that as an option for me by supporting companies like steam that are in effect taking that ability away from me in the future and supporting organizations that are removing legally protected status today. Calling me a wingnut for trying to get you to see exactly what they doing? Really?
But whatever. Ive tried to warn people and in a few years when you have to pay your weekly access fee to access a game you have already bought and paid for, and cant access it because your internet connection is down, no one will ever think for one second that some guy on the escapist a decade or two ago told you it would happen.
1) some of them don't have demos, nor do those demos actively reflect the whole games capabilities/aspects, so it's easier for the publisher and steam to just release the whole game for a weekends worth of time, especially at critical moments when "steam sales" happen, therefore advertisement and *gasp* sales go up!
2) so your blaming everyone for liking digital sales over physical copies? don't blame just steam for that, all digital stores should be receiving flack about it then. I could talk about why i prefer digital quite a bit, but that is a whole nother topic, so i'll stick to this for now.
3) err....have you not paid any attention to what is happening with blizzard and D3? it has been getting shit smeared for weeks (hell for a few months before it came out too) for people not being able to access their product, and there are tons of customers (including me) who are pissed off that they made all of it as such as server side, which is why a ton of us didn't buy the game in the first place. (other reasons, but to each his own, that was just the majority reason)
if I felt like trolling, I could swear you are a sleeper agent for zeel in the form of hatred against steam instead of EA
