Comments on: The Evil Side of Steam

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:26:22 +0000

I may sound a bit quaint, but I prefer something – well.. solid, and there fore don’t have a steam account. Steam may be great for multiplayer games, especially those with central servers, as it comes with some anti-cheating solutions that game developers won’t have to reinvent fore every single game. It may be a nice online distribution platform – no fuss with shopping, lots of time saved, one place for all games, easy switching between differend physical machines. But I loathe the very idea of online registration, providing emails and personal data, etc, etc – all for games that are otherwise perfectly offline. There are loads of games that I would buy but never will – because they require Steam or use another intrusive anti-piracy system, even when bought on a DVD. I feel insulted by such practices and will never accept them. And note it – where I’ll jest drop the game, many will resort to piracy. Everone loses.

By: mclazyj

mclazyj — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:06:48 +0000

Don't get me wrong. I am huge supporter of Steam. I have dropped a ton of cash during their sales, but I just wish they had a little more flexibility on price. If I am not getting a physical product, you would think they could at least cut the price $5-10 from retail. That said, I have pre-ordered Red Faction Guerrilla, Batman, and soon to pre-order Alpha Protocol from Steam.

By: Aurelio Oviedo

Aurelio Oviedo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:29:45 +0000

Steam is great, I love everything about it. I purchased GTA4, Street Fighter 4, Bionic Commando, Doom 3, Grid, NBA 2K9, and Flatout: Ultimate Carnage. I will soon buy Section 8, Raven Squad, and Red Faction: Guerilla.

By: mclazyj

mclazyj — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:06:48 +0000

By: Aurelio Oviedo

Aurelio Oviedo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:29:45 +0000