Thesis Survey about Steam - help please :)

[Mantle]

Done

 

[gothamhunter]

Done

Mine!

 

[KeithP]

If you have a couple of minutes and use Steam, please please answer my survey!!

Done but I have a comment.

Maybe I am not understanding what you are looking to do with this survey but why would you stipulate that a person must use Steam to fill out the survey? Doesn't this introduce a bias in favor of Steam?

For example, your question "Does it bother you that there is no physical representation of the games you buy?" It seems to me, if someone is using Steam they all will most likely answer "No" making that question a little pointless.

A person might have checked out Steam, decided not to use it and continued to shop retail. Wouldn't that persons opinion be useful? Also, by retail, you seem to be focusing on B&M stores but wouldn't an online store like Amazon or Newegg, that sells a retail package also be valid alternative to Steam that offers advantages over a B&M store?

For the record, I use both Steam and retail package purchases.

-KeithP

 

[Aikouka]

Don't forget that Steam is required with certain games. Someone may use Steam simply because they have to after purchasing a game... not necessarily because they want to.

I thought the survey didn't touch enough on people's incessant deal buying during the holiday sales. It's interesting how many people buy a game that they really weren't interested with in the first place, but since it's on sale... it's just too tempting!

 

[Rebel44]

Done, good luck!

 

[sandorski]

done

 

[badb0y]

Done

 

[dfuze]

Done

 

[Rifter]

I'd be interested in he results too. I Completed survey for you, good luck with the thesis.

 

[KidNiki1]

done

good luck with your paper!

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Done.

FWIW, I mostly use Steam for games you can't find in stores anywhere else. (X-COM, Pirates, stuff like that.)

It's better than supporting Gamestop.

 

[JTsyo]

Done. Why I use steam:

-Auto patch
-Steam sales
-steam friends

 

[Underbog]

Thanks for the contributions guys! I'm very happy with the amount of people who answered it.

Just in case you guys missed the OP, results are here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n21XrZwIQlJl8OGCry9q1spFGBaftE4wLFruvOabCjw/edit?hl=en_US

 

[terry107]

Sweet - thanks for posting the results.

 

[gothamhunter]

Whoever put down "In my experience, retail tends to nearly always be cheaper than steam" either doesn't live in the United States or is a moron.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Not at all. I don't care about achievements.

1 of the worst things about modern games, imo. focus on making a good game, not congratulating me for pressing the jump button 100x.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Whoever put down "In my experience, retail tends to nearly always be cheaper than steam" either doesn't live in the United States or is a moron.

Depends. Used Gamestop purchases can be cheaper.

I (finally) bought Alpha Centauri on Amazon for $0.25 + S&H. Maybe they're thinking mail order = retail.

 

[gothamhunter]

Depends. Used Gamestop purchases can be cheaper.

I (finally) bought Alpha Centauri on Amazon for $0.25 + S&H. Maybe they're thinking mail order = retail.

Gamestop does not sell used PC games.