Is Steam becoming the main way for pc game distribution?

[calyco]

Steam is OK, very convenient to purchase and download games. Only thing I dont like is having always to run the app just to play a game, especially for singleplayer its gets annoying. But for MP I do like the auto updates and not having to search for patches.

 

[AmberClad]

I don't think Steam is going to become a viable replacement for regular media until they can reliably keep their servers up and running, so that customers can actually play the games that they've purchased the way they were meant to be played...

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: AmberClad
I don't think Steam is going to become a viable replacement for regular media until they can reliably keep their servers up and running, so that customers can actually play the games that they've purchased the way they were meant to be played...

tell me about it! trying to get some L4D in tonight and the damn servers are down

 

[AmberClad]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: AmberClad
I don't think Steam is going to become a viable replacement for regular media until they can reliably keep their servers up and running, so that customers can actually play the games that they've purchased the way they were meant to be played...

tell me about it! trying to get some L4D in tonight and the damn servers are down

Heh, yeah, that post was basically my circuitous way of ranting that this is the second extended Steam server outage in the past two weeks (the first one affected the Steam Store), and that L4D is unplayable except with the braindead bots.

 

[Joemonkey]

yet i can still play TF2 without issue...

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
yet i can still play TF2 without issue...

Due to Valve's UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLY dumb matchmaking service. See my drunken rant post from when the game went live for more on how I feel about the idiotic, stupid, dumb, silly, WTF-were-they-thinking?!?! decision to use the matchmaking. I can't even connect to a dedi on my own machine!

 

[nerp]

Steam store busted tonight. Wanted to buy GTAIV. Couldn't. First time I've ever had a problem like this happen. Oh well. I once drove three hours to get to an Egghead Software for a copy of the original Simcity for PC and all they had was the c64 version. That was a lot more inconvenient.

 

[zerogear]

same, i don't buy from steam unless its discounted. No reason for digital distribution to cost the same as boxed copies. If I have to pay the same, I rather have the packaging.

 

[Onita]

I prefer steam. I don't need boxes/cds as I'll lose or scratch them anyways. If Steam is comparably priced to B&M, I'll buy from Steam.

 

[Red Storm]

Originally posted by: rpkelly
I prefer steam. I don't need boxes/cds as I'll lose or scratch them anyways. If Steam is comparably priced to B&M, I'll buy from Steam.

Agreed. It used to mean something when games shipped with big boxes and nice, thick manuals plus any other extra content. Now these are relegated to "Collector Editions" for vastly increased prices, so I've lost all interest in obtaining physical copies and packaging.

I'll take the flexibility and ease of use of online buying then downloading over B&M stores every time now.

 

[Genx87]

For me yes. I am not going to buy games that dont come out on Steam. Too many discs lost or scratched for me.

 

[4537256]

pretty irrisponsable to have lost or scratched disks. no execuses for that, i still have all my segaCD disks and packages and like new.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: 4537256
pretty irrisponsable to have lost or scratched disks. no execuses for that, i still have all my segaCD disks and packages and like new.

That's nice but I'm not really into Pokemon.

 

[idiotekniQues]

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: 4537256
pretty irrisponsable to have lost or scratched disks. no execuses for that, i still have all my segaCD disks and packages and like new.

That's nice but I'm not really into Pokemon.

lol

isnt it irresponsible to not be able to spell 2 words out of 2 sentences also? we should let him know