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Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 4 days ago (11 children)

I remember Steam's launch and understand completely.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 days ago (10 children)

I hated Steam for a long time because of Half-life 2.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 4 days ago (9 children)

I mean yeah.

I had to install some program and connect online to PLAY A SINGLE PLAYER GAME? I have the CD already and entered my CD key. Why does it need validation?

This is surely the death of PC gaming.

me in 2005

[–] IHawkMike 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Same. I think Civ 5 was my gateway game.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

TF2 here, when Microsoft laughed at the idea of continously updating one game instead of doing sequels or paid expansions, ya know because that used to be unusual, and shit-canned all updates for the Console verison I moved to PC... and... then switched back to playing the console version because my PC couldn't play online games worth a damn back then.

Then I abandoned my Steam account to rot... until Portal 2 came out and paying full retail price for a Portal sequel felt silly, so I just got the Steam version since if I recall that was not only cheaper but came with a bunch of other games in this thing called a potato pack that also gave me Super Meat Boy.

Then I realized that playing on consoles, paying for Xbox Live, and risking my physical media getting lost or damaged.. was kinda silly.

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