Comments on: Steam: Thanks A Million (Or Fifteen)

By: Eamo

Eamo — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:27:29 +0000

Whoa, I just checked and I have 72 games on Steam. I have bought games on steam that I never played and even bought games that I already own (mostly because they were part of some sort of package deal).

I don’t mind saying that I simply refuse to buy any PC game until it appears on Steam now. It just isn’t worth the hassle. Once their method for storing save games online goes through it will be perfect.

By: Al3xand3r

Al3xand3r — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:30:42 +0000

Well, since this popped up again, here’s a reply:
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3159/steamzorlh0.gif
Some games from the last couple of panels were cropped :(

Bob, I thought US dollar has different value to Canadian, just using the same name, but as different as say, the Euro or the English pound in practice. So I imagine the price difference isn’t as bad as that makes it sound. Unless you mean they offer it for $70 Canadian on Steam as opposed to the local insane prices? In which case, ignore me.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:51:57 +0000

My god $70 is cheap for cod4 hear in australia its like $120 off shelf!

By: Kadayi

Kadayi — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:40:24 +0000

nimble says:

“I still haven’t used Steam, but I suppose it’s just because I’m too cheap. I usually wait until games are around $30, which usually happens in sales and such within a year of their release. And for that $30 I’m getting a game that I’ll be able to lend to a friend, and one that I’ll be able to play as many times as I want, even in 10 or 15 years. Steam asks me to pay twice that price for a game I won’t be able to do either with.”

Seems to me that you haven’t even looked at Steam at all, because your wildly off with your comments. Firstly the prices of the games do go down over time from their original retail price and are fairly competitive, secondly unless the actual Steam service went completely belly up (v.unlikely) then you’ll always be able to redownload the games (there are no limitations on reinstalls).

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Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:50:11 +0000

[...] Steam nets 15 million users Valve sleep on beds made of gold [...]

By: EMPty=IRL=

EMPty=IRL= — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:12:45 +0000

Valve Games:
HL2 (HL2, CS:S, DOD:S,…)
HL2 Episode 1
Orange box(EP2, Portal, TF2)

Other:
Sin Episode: Emergence (Sadly not EpisodeS)
Bioshock
Peggle
Gish
Rockstar Collection (10 games, LOVE this!)
COD4

Plus 4 or more free mods…
TOTAL: 39 Games…
Damm… I might be addicted to steam…

By: Benjamin Barker

Benjamin Barker — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:47:57 +0000

I got it to play Vampire: Bloodlines, which I don’t think anyone mentioned above. It’s a game you’d have a tough time even finding anywhere else any more. I was delighted to find that you can patch and modify games off Steam just fine– Bloodlines is a game where you definitely need the unoffical patch. Then I had to get the Orange Box (and then Peggle, hooked by the demo) and I’m planning to get S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and maybe X3 ($20 games, like Bloodlines– good deal!).

It’s also great when you upgrade to a new system. Just log on and start installing– no need to find and fiddle with disks.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:31:59 +0000

Colin: isn’t it more like game rental, like video rental?

These are quite different services, of course, Steam allows you to buy and since there’s no sub you’d never need to cancel.

By: Colin

Colin — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:28:26 +0000

I have one fundamental problem with these download services – if you cancel your account,you can’t play what you have paid for. Does a game shop stop you playing a game you bought if you don’t go to it any more?

By: Fumarole

Fumarole — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:33:50 +0000

@Shanucore

So far my Steam version of Opposing Fronts works perfectly with my retail version of Company of Heroes. And when Soulstorm arrives I’ll be purchasing that via Steam to go along with my retail versions of Dawn of War and its two existing expansions.

Come on in, the water’s fine!

By: Leelad

Leelad — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:37:42 +0000

@Rich Powers
The only thing your account can get banned for is VAC bans, this only prevents playing Valve games online on protected servers.

Never heard of an account being closed.

By: Edgar the Peaceful

Edgar the Peaceful — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:32:03 +0000

I’ve just subscribed to Metaboli in order to play Neverwinter Nights 2 & STALKER. Instead I seem to be playing DIRT and Tomb Raider: Legend – games I never would have conventionally bought in a million years.

I’ve found it excellent as I have a 22mg connection with BE* and no download cap (for £18 a month!). If I was on pay-as-you-go bandwidth or a slow connection it would really suck.

There are some annoyances – e.g. Neverwinter Nights 2 is not patched up to date which makes multiplayer virtually impossible, plus occasionally there are problems starting programmes up.

220 odd games for £13 a month is pretty good value I think, with World in Conflict due to come ‘on stream’ soon.