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There are VERY few games I'd buy on Steam over a console, since consoles don't have any DRM. That being said, Steam is going to look like the Second Coming if the rumors about Sony's and Microsoft's new consoles are true. I'd MUCH rather buy a game through Steam than on a console that outright tells me I can't play used games and that I MUST be online to play anything I do buy.
I'm in the retail disc camp, though -- You'll have to pry my retail games from my cold, dead hands if you want me to give them up. The ONLY digital service I've been 100% okay with is Good Old Games. In every other situation, I'd rather buy a retail disc, even if it's more expensive.
I'm in the retail disc camp, though -- You'll have to pry my retail games from my cold, dead hands if you want me to give them up. The ONLY digital service I've been 100% okay with is Good Old Games. In every other situation, I'd rather buy a retail disc, even if it's more expensive.
@pedrovay2003
Can't blame you there, in fact I pretty much agree with you, I can understand loving a physical copy if you only need to play off one medium, since I frequently however access my games off a laptop, steam is a godsend, especially the prices. More or less though i'm more excited to see exactly how many 'secrets' we're going to see exposed in the coming months, or if something new and highly original is going to appear, but we'll see.
And yeh I've heard good things about GOG never really bothered checking it out though as steam is also a pretty effective IM for me.
I can also understand if you don't mind paying a bit more, but... seeing as consoles are trying to go downloadable media, with DRM, based off what we've heard and the fact Iwata is trying to price match, (Iwata is really just talking out the A but anyway) this is the most likely thing going on and what will probably happen based off what I've connected as logically as I can.
Being honest since I'm also a PC Gamer, I'm not a huge fan of retail since you often require the product key to enter the game again, and well usually after a year or two I've lost the instruction manual.
Can't blame you there, in fact I pretty much agree with you, I can understand loving a physical copy if you only need to play off one medium, since I frequently however access my games off a laptop, steam is a godsend, especially the prices. More or less though i'm more excited to see exactly how many 'secrets' we're going to see exposed in the coming months, or if something new and highly original is going to appear, but we'll see.
And yeh I've heard good things about GOG never really bothered checking it out though as steam is also a pretty effective IM for me.
I can also understand if you don't mind paying a bit more, but... seeing as consoles are trying to go downloadable media, with DRM, based off what we've heard and the fact Iwata is trying to price match, (Iwata is really just talking out the A but anyway) this is the most likely thing going on and what will probably happen based off what I've connected as logically as I can.
Being honest since I'm also a PC Gamer, I'm not a huge fan of retail since you often require the product key to enter the game again, and well usually after a year or two I've lost the instruction manual.
I'm with Pedro, I do not like the concept of digital distribution as I don't feel I own anything, I merely rent it.
@Kyousuke
Even GOG games have that pesky EULA that say we're just licensees. If I feel enough like I own it, though, I'm game. I downloaded The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition from there, and I don't have a single problem with it.
Sometimes you get lucky with Steam, too: Through GamersGate.com this week, everything SEGA is on sale. I downloaded Sonic 4 Episode 1, and to my surprise, you don't need to run Steam to play it, even though it's a Steam code that you have to redeem. I zipped the installed folder and brought it to a friend's computer that NEVER had Steam installed on it, and Sonic 4 ran straight from my USB flash drive without any issues. Super Meat Boy did the same thing. In those cases, I'm 100% fine with Steam, too.
Even GOG games have that pesky EULA that say we're just licensees. If I feel enough like I own it, though, I'm game. I downloaded The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition from there, and I don't have a single problem with it.
Sometimes you get lucky with Steam, too: Through GamersGate.com this week, everything SEGA is on sale. I downloaded Sonic 4 Episode 1, and to my surprise, you don't need to run Steam to play it, even though it's a Steam code that you have to redeem. I zipped the installed folder and brought it to a friend's computer that NEVER had Steam installed on it, and Sonic 4 ran straight from my USB flash drive without any issues. Super Meat Boy did the same thing. In those cases, I'm 100% fine with Steam, too.
I have long since accepted there will come a day where I outlive my games in one form or another. I consider possibilities such as one day all of my devices that are compatible with my games will die or go the way of the dinosaurs. Even my games can be taken away from me in an instant by a house fire, tornado, or theft. I love the feeling of a physical copy as much as the next guy, but I understand the claim I lay over it is ephemeral. Hell there might even be a day I move on myself, even before my games are rendered unplayable.
My point here is many of the things we feel we "own" are not permanent fixtures in our lives. Having accepted that, I am okay with digital copies of games. Sure I do not get the same "physical" feel and joy of that experience, but I also no longer I have to get that feeling to enjoy my games as they are. Sure, if I can get a physical copy of a game over a digital copy, I will usually go for the former.
This is easier for myself to accept than others since I have had two incidences where stuff was stolen from me, games and game systems. I have also had a time in my life where I sold every single game related thing I had and took a break. Between these two experiences, I understand the urge to feel like I "own" something is usually due to wanting to have something tangible I can point to and say "see, that is my game". The other consideration, is had I had digital copies of these games that were stolen and the other games I sold, then chances are likely that I would still have them today.
Anyway, I completely understand other people's position on DRM, particularly Steam. In honesty, people are justified in feeling the ways they do towards Steam, but as for myself, I have just come to a point where as long as I get to play the game and I enjoy it, then at the end of the day I do not care at all where/how/why it came to me.
My point here is many of the things we feel we "own" are not permanent fixtures in our lives. Having accepted that, I am okay with digital copies of games. Sure I do not get the same "physical" feel and joy of that experience, but I also no longer I have to get that feeling to enjoy my games as they are. Sure, if I can get a physical copy of a game over a digital copy, I will usually go for the former.
This is easier for myself to accept than others since I have had two incidences where stuff was stolen from me, games and game systems. I have also had a time in my life where I sold every single game related thing I had and took a break. Between these two experiences, I understand the urge to feel like I "own" something is usually due to wanting to have something tangible I can point to and say "see, that is my game". The other consideration, is had I had digital copies of these games that were stolen and the other games I sold, then chances are likely that I would still have them today.
Anyway, I completely understand other people's position on DRM, particularly Steam. In honesty, people are justified in feeling the ways they do towards Steam, but as for myself, I have just come to a point where as long as I get to play the game and I enjoy it, then at the end of the day I do not care at all where/how/why it came to me.
