dududf said:
Only a COUPLE of games like thism and OP is extremely overexagerating.
Keep in mind that if Steam ever crashes, or potentially if your computer crashed while Steam is running (and this has happened to me), you will need to reconnect again before you can go back to playing anything, even in offline mode. And sooner or later, it or your computer will crash, or you'll get a new computer, something where you won't be able to play until you connect again.
So, while I don't see Steam vanishing anytime soon, it does carry the same concern as OnLive, where if Steam is gone, so are your games. That's all fairly standard fare for any digital service though, things can't possibly go well once the service itself goes away. My main issue with Steam though, is the fact that you still need to use it for games you bought at retail, I'd rather pirate than pay for a boxed copy of a game that I still don't really "own".