ExiusXavarus said:
SnowBurst said:
ExiusXavarus said:
Not everyone wants all of their games to be digital. I prefer my physical games. As long as people like me exist, I don't think Steam will take over the world. It'll become a big big service, but won't take over the world.
I used to be like you wanting the disc but then i realized discs break then your fucked whereas on steam I can royally bone the crap out of it and then re download it for free which seems to be the general opinion i can see physical games dying out in the next 5-10 years because of stuff like on live (i know it died its just the concept it had) and steam
I don't have to worry about my games getting broken. I am what appears to be one of the few people in the world that actually takes care of their games. Treat your equipment well, it'll treat you well.
I treat my discs well, but I have on several occasions bought a game, received the sealed copy and the game had disc error straight out of the box. Luckily one of those games were for PC and gave me the chance to register it online and download it. As for "Retailer is supposed to be responsible for this" I bought most of these from GameStop and all they could offer me for broken games was the trade in price. I guess the guarantee that games are supposed to work is bogus...
OT: I doubt Steam will take over the gaming world. There's really a whole lot to get in charge of. There's Nintendo, there's Sony, there's EA, there's Ubisoft, there's Activision, I could go on, but you know these companies as well as I do. I don't know the sizes of all of these, but I doubt Valve is big enough to take over for all of these. Partly because Valve is a software developer who has preferred digital releases for a long while. They didn't even publish the physical copies of The Orange Box themselves. Then there are people in the world without high speed internet connections. There are those who feel safer having a physical product rather than just the data.
Finally, the EU has made a law that prevents monopoly. If Valve was ever aspiring to accomplish such a thing they could end up having to pay some severe fines (talking billions here) and so would any other company trying to do the same. This has happened to Intel already in case you think it's unlikely that anyone will care about EU.