What do you mean? I'm a PC gamer and I can use complex and frightening words, but the name Impulse isn't going to catch on as much as steam did.TheRealCJ said:Ah, but you forget, these people are PC gamers, and they, unlike you, have the ability to use polysyllabic words in everyday conversation.L33tsauce_Marty said:Impulse is such a stupid name. Who the hell is going to ask their friend if they have a 'Impulse account'? Steam is 1 sybil and easy to say.
Me too, but I have to say I do the bulk of my buying on Steam - Steam links everything up for me, something that Impulse doesn't do currently... and I'm sorry to say, its already too late for them in my case, because having 2 accounts with different companies creates a barrier between the games on each one. So even if Impulse introduce, say, Impulse Achievements, I won't switch to them.Furburt said:I buy from both myself. I'm glad Digital Distribution is taking off though. It's very convenient and, you save a lot of money with offers and such.
very true. before impulse and their weekend deals the sales over steam were few and far between, now you have them every week like clockwork.CantFaketheFunk said:While I'm certainly not buying into the Randy Pitchford school of Steam-bashing, I think it's important that even the most ardent Valve fanboy recognize that despite Steam's dominance, having competition like Stardock's Impulse is a good thing. A total monopoly on digital distribution would mean that A.) the service could charge whatever its operators felt like and B.) the operators would have little reason to improve.
I could care less what it's named. So long as I can get good deals and efficient, reliable purchases, I'll use it. Trust me, the addition of a syllable isn't going to make a difference to anyone.L33tsauce_Marty said:What do you mean? I'm a PC gamer and I can use complex and frightening words, but the name Impulse isn't going to catch on as much as steam did.TheRealCJ said:Ah, but you forget, these people are PC gamers, and they, unlike you, have the ability to use polysyllabic words in everyday conversation.L33tsauce_Marty said:Impulse is such a stupid name. Who the hell is going to ask their friend if they have a 'Impulse account'? Steam is 1 sybil and easy to say.
Why is it nearly every article about PC gaming has piracy brought up?Donnyp said:Guess what. The Gaming Companies Don't care what you both think.
OT: This really isn't that amazing. Its more understandable that people would want to get digital Games due to the fact that its more organized then a pile of games sitting on a Shelf or floor. Now lets tally the people who pirate the games lol.
Depends on the answer we're looking for here. This article is dealing with revenue gained from digital distribution, which is something that cannot be gained from pirated copies, and claiming each pirated copy is a "lost sale" is merely speculation.Donnyp said:Cause if your going to factor in all percentages and get a correct answer you have to factor the 3 major Outlets. Digital Downloading such as steam. Buying from a store like best buy. And lastly downloaded illegally.JeanLuc761 said:Why is it nearly every article about PC gaming has piracy brought up?Donnyp said:Guess what. The Gaming Companies Don't care what you both think.
OT: This really isn't that amazing. Its more understandable that people would want to get digital Games due to the fact that its more organized then a pile of games sitting on a Shelf or floor. Now lets tally the people who pirate the games lol.
I think most of the reasoning behind that is that it is purely speculative (and 99% guaranteed to be wrong) if you assume each pirated copy is indeed a lost sale.Donnyp said:true. I guess Money Earned compared to possible earnings would need to factor in Torrents but as is doesn't
So basically your fear is that Steam or some component thereof will eventually cease to be and thus all online play for those games will stop. Nevermind the fact that Valve is amazingly good about putting out SDKs for just about everything they make so that, if someone needed to futz around with Steam architecture to spoof an internet server to continue playing a 10-year-old game, they would find an SDK from Valve that could help them with that. Nevermind the fact that many games have dedicated fanbases who make their own Internet server components in order to keep playing old games, and thus this fear is mostly unfounded because of precedent.Khell_Sennet said:Most of you gamers out there don't care. You play a game once and either trade it in, or shelve it. But people like me who love to replay games, who don't give up on a title just because something newer and shinier is out, don't support things like Steam. Bad enough that digital distribution has taken hold, and that future releases may become unavailable in-store, but to tie in a retail-bought copy to some online fucking service, no way. Fuck Steam, fuck Valve, I don't want it.