Stormz said:
lacktheknack said:
Souplex said:
lacktheknack said:
samwd1 said:
Souplex said:
Grey Walker said:
Well I guess this means Steam'll be next on their list, they've hit all the console devs.
Hopefully they actually do something to Valve instead of getting their info just to prove they can.
Valve needs to be taken down several pegs, then have sharp pegs driven through them.
whats your problem with valve?
He never bothers telling us. All I've ever got out of him is "digital distribution is the enemy, Valve runs the biggest digital distribution service, thus Valve is the enemy".
I still don't know why he hates digital distribution, especially since I think I remember him saying he's a PC gamer...
I've explained it countless times. You just don't listen.
I hate having to repeat myself, go look through my posts until you find it. My posts should be treated as gospel and memorized by everyone anyway.
And I'm a
Reformed PC gamer. It just stopped being worth it, and I've never looked back.
I HAVE gone through your posts.
You've NEVER explained it.
"Digital distribution is evil" is NOT an explanation. It's a statement.
"I prefer hard copies" is NOT an explanation for "Digital distribution is evil".
Some gospel.
I'll explain with my own opinion. Steam is basically rental service where you get to rent games for 60$ I say rent because it's linked to your account. They can take away your account for any reason, and guess what, they won't even allow you to share your games with family members or you'll be banned. That's right. They expect your family members to have there own accounts and buy there own games even if you already paid for it. I can understand a little more if it's a friend, but they'll ban you for letting someone in your family play on your account. It's just greedy. Not to mention the fact that you have to run steam to play the games in the first place. I don't think everyone enjoys having to have another program taking up space on there computer just so they can play a game they supposedly "own"
Granted I'm mostly speaking of steam here, but most other forms of digital distribution are exactly the same.
Let me break this down...
Steam is basically rental service where you get to rent games for 60$ I say rent because it's linked to your account.
A rental service that sees you downloading the full game to your PC and giving you the ability to play it offline hence making the game yours virtually forever. Rental my arse.
They can take away your account for any reason, and guess what, they won't even allow you to share your games with family members or you'll be banned. That's right. They expect your family members to have there own accounts and buy there own games even if you already paid for it. I can understand a little more if it's a friend, but they'll ban you for letting someone in your family play on your account. It's just greedy.
What a load of nonsense. How would they police such a policy? Would they expect you to e-mail and tell them your little sister played a game on your account so they could ban you? Ridiculous.
Not to mention the fact that you have to run steam to play the games in the first place. I don't think everyone enjoys having to have another program taking up space on there computer just so they can play a game they supposedly "own"
Yeah DAMN that MAMMOTH 1.5mb program. That's just too big! I'll say again, you DO own the game. Your argument here would work for OnLive, not for Steam.