installing left for dea without installing steam

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Red Irish

Originally posted by: rudder
Next time read the box.

Certainly good advice; however, we could also ask what business a company has selling a boxed version of a game that requires online activation. Wouldn't it avoid any confusion if games that require an Internet connection were released exclusively on the Internet?

You would lose a lot of potential customers. Some consumers are more apt to make an impulse buy walking down the software aisle when they see the box.

Plus I got my copy of L4D as a Christmas gift. Not sure how that would have worked as a download.

 

[Red Irish]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Red Irish

Originally posted by: rudder
Next time read the box.

Certainly good advice; however, we could also ask what business a company has selling a boxed version of a game that requires online activation. Wouldn't it avoid any confusion if games that require an Internet connection were released exclusively on the Internet?

You would lose a lot of potential customers. Some consumers are more apt to make an impulse buy walking down the software aisle when they see the box.

Plus I got my copy of L4D as a Christmas gift. Not sure how that would have worked as a download.

What you say is true; however, I am more concerned about the people who buy without reading the requirements rather than the companies. These people have been criticised above for failing to read the small print and that is a fair comment. For their part, as I have stated above, the companies could and I believe should make "Internet Required" warnings much more conspicuous, at the very least.