Should I ditch steam?

[doggyfromplanetwoof]

Use Steam and download games.
Copy your cd-keys on paper or a .txt and email it to you.

If you reinstall or change hardware, reinstall all your games from one simple place.

No need for CDs, no need to re-enter your cd-key every time you install a game.

If Vavle goes the way of the dodo, download your games via iso and use your legit cd-key.

Oh, and if even that did happen. There are too many companies that invested into the steam technology, I am sure they will keep it up.

Fixed to your fears.

Whats not to love?

 

[TestedAcorn]

No.

 

[Dorkenstein]

How exactly does steam provide a key? Never knew about this. Either way, I'm going to keep steam.

 

[QueBert]

I love Steam, they save me the time of driving to my BB where the game I want might not even be in stock. And even if it is, between driving and waiting in line there I've wasted 20-30 minutes on the round trip. I'm amazed how I can have a dozen games that are 4+ gigs and Steam will let me re-download them whenever I need to. But on iTunes I'm SCREWED if I need to re-download songs/videos/movies due to a PC crash. iTunes could learn a thing or 2 about digital distribution from Steam.

 

[PingSpike]

As I understand it, there are already plenty of cracks for steam that let you plan the game without connecting to the servers. I'd imagine they are of more marginal usefulness then other cracks right now, since steam is updated constantly...but in the event steam disappeared and valve pulled a dick head exit, I'm sure that this would be your option.

That said, I don't see them going anywhere in the near term at all. And with all the other games requiring CD checks and online activation with limited numbers of installs...frankly, the valve games are some of the last ones I've thought about not being able to play a few years down the road. As mentioned, since new games are constantly being released on the platform it isn't going to just get shelved at some company warehouse to be forgotten any time soon.

 

[KeypoX]

yes steam sucks, you cannot resell your games when you are done...

 

[shingletingle]

Originally posted by: PieIsAwesome
The only thing I have against buying games on steam or digital distribution in general is not being able to resell them.

That's the one thing that bothers me but I'm starting to ease up on this. The resale value of a PC game isn't much anyway. Almost to the point where there's no benefit to selling your used games.

 

[Bateluer]

I never sell my old games. You never know when nostalgia might hit and you'll want to fire up one of those older titles.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: doggyfromplanetwoof
Use Steam and download games.
Copy your cd-keys on paper or a .txt and email it to you.

How?

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: Navid

Originally posted by: doggyfromplanetwoof
Use Steam and download games.
Copy your cd-keys on paper or a .txt and email it to you.

How?

i didn't know you could do that either.

 

[40sTheme]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
I never sell my old games. You never know when nostalgia might hit and you'll want to fire up one of those older titles.

Same here...
Dunno how many times I've reinstalled RCT3...

 

[Piuc2020]

Steam is awesome for what it is and it's unlikely to ever go the way of the dodo.

However, I can't stand paying full price for just bits and bytes, I like to have boxes, and manuals and nicely pressed discs, there's nothing like the smell of a new game.

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20060405

 

[TheVrolok]

I'm going with no. I'll be using Steam for new releases (and old releases). The odds of Steam going belly up AND you not being able to play your Steam-tied games (in the near, or even semi-near future) are slim to none.