Rumor: id to go with Steam [update 1]

I wonder that too,Isnt time for ID to develop a new engine?.I loved the Quake engine back in the time.

Since when ID is a crappy DEV?.Doom 3 kicked ass.

I like ID and Steam toghether they could be my Bread and butter or in the worst case Dead skunk and Dog shit.

Agreed

Like i said before, Fuck Steam! and now Fuck iTunes!

You must be pretty fond of floppies, eh?

Steam, while not actually, uh, streamlined, is definitely helping the industry, showing that digital distribution is not only viable, but the future: it's cheaper for them and it's, ultimately, cheaper for you.

And, it lets old games get a second wind. Psychonauts, for a classic example, is out of print. They're done making CDs, it's not going to show up on shelves. But you can still buy it on Steam or GameTap. Not only is it cheaper for the developers, it lets their games continue to sell ad nauseum. Really, the only party that theoretically loses out is publishers, but they've got their own categories on Steam, so they're not at a complete loss. (And retailers, but start selling Steam Prepaid Cards or something and they're back in the game.)

Sorry I happen to like packaging and all the goodies that come in a box product. I dread the day that digital distribution is the norm. I will probably buy less games when that happens beacuse it will no longer be 'collecting' them.

Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if Steam was using DRM, but they've got a superior DRM scheme that actually allows for fair use.

I dunno using online to to make the game fully playable is a DRM,you can crack steam games like any other to get them to kinda work in SP mode but in order to get updates or fixes or anything you have to join.

I admit to not understanding Steam, but the problem I had with it (which may or may not be my own fault) is that it wouldn't shut off once I installed it. It was interferring with other programs and there seemed to be no way to quit the program.

I just got rid of it altogether and haven't messed around with it since (I have a Mac now, so I don't even have a choice anyway).

Please feel free to enlighten me if I was just not doing it right or something.

It will run in the Windows system tray by default. If you right-click the tray icon and choose "Exit", it will close. I could see how that would be annoying if you didn't know.

Hmm... it seems like I would have tried that, but this was over a year ago, so I don't remember.

Anyway, thanks for pointing it out.

1. On Steam you don't really "own" the game, if you delete it, it's gone.

Wrong. The games you buy are permanently tied to your Steam account. You can download your games as many times as you want to as many computers as you want. And each time you do it, the game is downloaded, installed, and patched automatically. It's much less hassle than changing disks and looking for patches.

**1 - Wrong once the company removes those games from the server you can no longer download them.

2. With Steam you can't "hold the game in your hand" like you can with the store bought version.

Wrong. Steam lets you back up your game files so you can burn them to disk.

**2 - Wrong. People are talking about a real box product not a fucking burned DVD.

3. You have to be signed into Steam to play your Steam-bought games.

Wrong. The program always prompts you to login, but you can bypass that and still play your games offline. There's also a "Go Offline" option in the menus.

**3 - Wrong. You do have to be singed in to play online.

4. You don't get a manual with Steam games.

Yes and no. For most of the games I've purchased I have an option to call up a full digital manual, so long as I'm in online mode. I wish that Valve enforced full manuals with every game, and made them part of the game download.

Wrong and Fucking Wrong. I don't want a digitally distributed manual.

Damn Shag, you have to sign in to play online? What a burden.

When are lazy/evil developers going to let you play online, except offline?

Its all a scam i tell you. The voices I hear on the radio in my teeth told me.

I think you can do better with your punctuation and grammar.