should steam rule the gaming world?
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I think there is an xbox live market place or something... I guess like GFWL, only it works? I dunno. But anyway, competition is always good for the PC market. Mostly because competition means more sales, more sales mean cheaper games, and being a poor college kid... yah, cheap shit!Jester00 said:
Fuck no.
Steam is great, imo.
But having competition is best. It spurs innovation, and sales.
Is this site so brainwashed and in love with Valve to really think that making money isn't #1 on Valve's business priority list? Without competition, they'd have no need for the Steam sales, and interface updates.
Steam is great, imo.
But having competition is best. It spurs innovation, and sales.
Is this site so brainwashed and in love with Valve to really think that making money isn't #1 on Valve's business priority list? Without competition, they'd have no need for the Steam sales, and interface updates.
While it's never good to have one company holding a monopoly, there are a lot worse companies to pick than Valve. For all the mishaps that have gone on (Portal 2 before Episode 3?), they're still pretteh cool guys. Especially the sales.
Wait, scratch that. Steam should definitely not get a monopoly. If it does that, then bye-bye sales.
Wait, scratch that. Steam should definitely not get a monopoly. If it does that, then bye-bye sales.
No way. I think it's ludicrous to give one company the power to deny you access to all your games if you're not in good standing with them.
I heard tell of someone who went to buy some games on Steam at the weekend, but his wife queried the transaction with Paypal.
Because of this query Paypal halted the transaction and because of this, Steam suspended his account and he couldn't access any of his games on Steam, not just the new games he tried to purchase, but all his existing games (including retail games which he had the discs for but which used Steam as DRM).
Apparently it took over 2 weeks of back and forth correspondence to Steam customer support before the guy finally had his account back and was able to play his games.
Your access to the games that you own, that you've already bought and have the discs for, should never be dependant on your current credit rating, financial status, or whether you're on good terms with Valve.
As convenient as Steam is, they already have too much power over suspending your account and cutting you off from all your games, to let them extend this power over every single PC game you ever buy is just madness.
I heard tell of someone who went to buy some games on Steam at the weekend, but his wife queried the transaction with Paypal.
Because of this query Paypal halted the transaction and because of this, Steam suspended his account and he couldn't access any of his games on Steam, not just the new games he tried to purchase, but all his existing games (including retail games which he had the discs for but which used Steam as DRM).
Apparently it took over 2 weeks of back and forth correspondence to Steam customer support before the guy finally had his account back and was able to play his games.
Your access to the games that you own, that you've already bought and have the discs for, should never be dependant on your current credit rating, financial status, or whether you're on good terms with Valve.
As convenient as Steam is, they already have too much power over suspending your account and cutting you off from all your games, to let them extend this power over every single PC game you ever buy is just madness.
Steam would rule the world if it offered the exclusive content that you can get with disc versions of games. I'm currently torn between getting Deus Ex: Human Revolution on steam for a (probably) cheaper price or from play.com for £59.99 but with a shit ton of extras. This is something thats really grateing on me since i have a laptop that i use away from home to game on and the conveniance of having steam on that and not having to cart around a bag of disc's is great. Yes i know save games dont come with me but thats really here nor there.
Steam is great - haters gonna hate. But it's really good. I would have never known about Warband: Mount and Blade if not for Steam. And that's reason enough.
Of course I don't want a monopoly by any means. I wish there was a Steam2 that challenged Steam and forced it to get better and cheaper. Maybe GoG.com will do it. I doubt it.
Of course I don't want a monopoly by any means. I wish there was a Steam2 that challenged Steam and forced it to get better and cheaper. Maybe GoG.com will do it. I doubt it.
I haven't bought a PC game without steam for ages. Steam is so awesome for multiplayer (built in AIM ftw) and it makes everything much more efficient if you have more than one computer.
Explain how quoting the funniest person on the internet and telling about my own experiences is trolling.Tubez said:
Steam only got as far as it dead because it's the best in it's class.
And that's the point, removing "the class" and replacing it with steam may seem good, but then they could do anything and just be all "deal with it"
And that's the point, removing "the class" and replacing it with steam may seem good, but then they could do anything and just be all "deal with it"
Methinks you're a little unclear on the definition of the word "fact".Souplex said:
Also, I just noticed this is a 4 month old thread.
Rule the gaming world?
Absolutely not. Steam is good, but it's a far cry away from the ideal.
Not to mention that whole notion of "competition".
Absolutely not. Steam is good, but it's a far cry away from the ideal.
Not to mention that whole notion of "competition".