Valve Announces Steam Cloud; Online Network to Store Saved Games Indefinitely

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  I agree. I said the same thing about Unreal Tournament 3. Even if you buy it over Steam you still have to... : Dr_Cube
  • that's more of a Steam Works thing then this new Steam Cloud announcement, but i agree with you none the ... : flasher 907
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  really? is there a file i can backup in case my HDs crash, because i really dont fancy getting the medic ... : Klebold
  • I think the achievements are saved online because I can see them on my Steam ID page. And I can see them ... : raxtor

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• i will agree, circle gets the square. The inevitable future of PC gaming (and the net in general) is blur... : downrightevil

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  It was a hard choice but I skipped Mass Effect for PC because it wasn't a Steam title or a Games for Wind... : Dr_Cube
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    You care if it is a Games for Windows Live title? I think that is the first time I have heard that. Is ... : OmegaRed59
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      I realize that it could be seen as a bullshit argument this early in the game, especially given the poor ... : Dr_Cube
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        If the previous Dawn of war titles are saying anything I bet that DoW2 will come to steam as well. : ysbreker
        • Yes but I want the game to be integrated into Steam like CounterStrike is. For example, when I am playing... : Dr_Cube
      • Christ... By the sound of it, you'd love if there was only one place to get and play games - in essenc... : fffortune
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    Games for Windows Live is the biggest POS ever. I forget which game I played at a friends place that had ... : WarrenCanuck
    • I agree that Games for Windows Live, as it stands right now, is a poor offering. It's even more pathetic ... : Dr_Cube
• Mass Effect is worth it but I agree, all Steam, all the time is OK with me. : IHATEDUST

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• Haha exaggerated but true enough. I'd count Stardock in there too, for their success with Sins. : stevesan

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  Well, I love the convenience of the system. But really Steam is about providing a platform for a) digita... : revolver6
  • I love it too and this "cloud storage" feature is icing on top. Like you say it will improve anti-piracy ... : Dr_Cube
• Not in the future cards. If you are a PC gamer, you're gonna have either Games for Windows titles or Stea... : Dr_Cube
• "Big Brother"? What a ridiculous comparison. The only thing Steam forces you to do is verify the game onl... : SFtheWolf

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• It's interesting to hear someone else compare them to Google. I've always gotten a similar sense from bot... : SFtheWolf

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• That's because it did suck back then. Took them years to make it stop sucking, too, and bits of it still ... : nudel
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  I was one of those, and yes it did suck major ass back then, now its practically perfect, and I love it. : datim
  • I think it's okay to have problems when you're trying something so radically different. : Sturm08
  • I wouldn't say even close to perfect, but now its actually usable and useful. Complaining about peopl... : SlingBlaze
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    I've been using it since the first beta, and it's never "sucked" like I've heard people say. : Trips
    • same here, I've never had any problems with Steam itself, ever. : genocidalrobot
    • The first beta did indeed suck on my system. Remember, different configs = different experience. : OmegaRed59
  • Lol. It wasn't *that* different from now. You are full of it. : rasputinreborn
• You just jinxed it. : Geoffrois
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  Used Steam since Day One and never, ever had any issues. : revolver6
  • same - it ran so flawlessly for me - and has always - that I suspect some people are perhaps being a litt... : seven
• I still find Steam to be slow and unresponsive at times, and a few weeks ago I even caught it at 100% CPU... : finger
• You're high if you don't remember how it, at the time, made load times for games like CS exponentially lo... : synapse19
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  This really is BIG NEWS. It's a huge expense for Valve (all that storage will not be cheap) but if anyone... : Dr_Cube
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    Saved games and config files are usually pretty tiny, but with the talk of demos, they on the other hand ... : synapse19
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      Even a small file size multiplied by millions of users multiplied by millions of games sold over Steam ad... : Dr_Cube
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        Steam has a total userbase of approx 10 million people. This isn't for every game and thus not every user... : synapse19
        • Agreed. It's not some huge database of high resolution medical images but what else will they decide to s... : Dr_Cube
    • I just realized that because of the expense of all these features (and more will surely be coming in the ... : Dr_Cube
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  Gamers bitch about EVERYTHING. They are never happy, most of em, and I can't abide the negativity that p... : rasputinreborn
  • Beat me to saying just the same. You know I actually once heard Counter-Strike fanboys complaining tha... : SFtheWolf
• I still bitch about it as it likes to single me out and ruin my PC gaming experience. : Sgt_Boomstick
• I was one of those people bitching cause it was really bad at first. But now it's easily the best thing ... : AgentPothead

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  i think you're missing the point : lja83
  • He'll get it...eventually. : Dr_Cube
• you probably still buy your games at retail too eh? : flasher 907

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• yes it is : pinion120

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• Steam needs digsby! : packav
• Completely Agree : SlingBlaze
• just give us Jabber/XMMP support ... works with google chat and other clients. We do not need another IM ... : johnhead
• actually, if Valve just opened up plugin support for their messaging client, they probably wouldn't have ... : lja83
• DO WANT. : etherealrhythm
• It would probably be easy as pie to make it jabber compatible : SenorSpine

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• Steam already supports this but it's up to the developer to allow it. : SockMonkeh

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• http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1834 At 15.11 : Zips
• one of our guys Aaron Linde was at the press event where this was announced by Valve. : Steve Gibson
• Shacknews.com IS your source for gaming news. : Hiro

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• spread em' : Sanct1mon1a
• goatse time! : jarek99
• LOL shack goatse'd us. : h0cake

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  seriously, steam should be an operating system..... : mrhankeydinks
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    Give them time. : Wandergeist
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      I was thinking the same thing. When they first started Steam their idea was digital distribution. I think... : Dr_Cube
      • Actually, they said Steam was created so they could automatically patch games. Digital distribution was w... : Wisp!

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  Exactly. Live / PSN should backup your saves. It's so frustrating to have an uncopyable Forza2 save with ... : tcs
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    Do Forza2 saves have the "no-copy" bit set? Or you mean you don't have a memory card? Dunno about Forz... : nudel
    • Got a MC card, buying one for that is a no-brainer if it would actually be possible. F2 has the bit set. ... : tcs

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  They had a few sites out to their office today and held a little mini-conference. : Nick Breckon
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    ahh. do you know when they are going to release more info? I MUST KNOW : mikecyb
    • add http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ to your daily newsround, mikecyb. You'll be a better, more educated ... : ysbreker

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• Just proves once again that it is the indeendant developer studios that still bring most innovation into ... : Lukiopimp
• I approve of this post. : Dr_Cube
• Yes (and Blizzard) : [7]kami

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• Agreed. Go, Valve! Go! : Dr_Cube

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  I don't think this will solve that. Its just syncing them off line. There will still be a local copy I am... : SirX
  • I agree with SirX. Local copies. : Dr_Cube

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  I'm niceguynick and I approve this message. : niceguynick
  • Help me out here... are you internet-famous on this site? : revolver6
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  Steam really is the most effective anti-piracy system i've come across, instead of making it a pain in th... : lja83
  • Not to mention the cost savings on games. These are the kind of prices that I'm willing to pay for games ... : Goblin au
  • I agree. This is an brilliant move. : Dr_Cube
• I agree and this is a fantastic way to combat piracy. It doesn't use invasive DRM. Instead it adds a majo... : Dr_Cube

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  but..but... what about games for windows?! I mean, they already made the logos for that and everything. T... : rustified
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    GfW can suck my big Steamy something. : Rolphus
    • Valve? : rustified
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    Be quiet before Microsoft gets any big ideas about acquisition. I've been getting increasingly worried ab... : jet-poop
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      VALVe isn't publicly traded, there is no worries of acquisition. : Quaunaut
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        There's no risk of hostile takeover. Plenty of private companies have been acquired though. Everybody has... : jet-poop
        • ...except Yahoo, eh? : revolver6
    • You are not alone with your fears. I would bet more than just pocket money that someone at Microsoft has ... : Dr_Cube
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    Valve is accomplishing what MS seems to be unwilling or unable to do. They're turning the PC into a viabl... : carbontree
    • Yup. And by now Microsoft realizes how powerful a service like Steam could be for their PC market and it ... : Dr_Cube
• I completely agree. <3 you steam bff! : kainen1
• In one thousand percent agreement with you but Microsoft will buy Valve if they truly decide to incorpora... : Dr_Cube

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  CLOUDSE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA : Trips
  • haha oh man. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  The moment edgewise made that was the moment he knew he could die having made his important contribution ... : Serpico74
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    It's like watching one of my kids graduate college... /wipes tear/ : edgewise
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      3 cheers for edgewise! : niceguynick
      • Hip-hip hooray! : quadeh
    • seriously, it'll be 2018 and we'll still be seeing this : Postal
• LOL'd big time at this. More satirical headline pics plz. : ZombieAcademy

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• Doesn't it make you appreciate shack all the more. Keepin it REAL. : jigstah
• EEEEEDDDGGGEWIIIIISSSSE : sammyl
• CLOUDSE strikes again : niceguynick
• haha i noticed that too. i was like... no wa y... : Detective Harry Bosch

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• I attended the Google IO conference this week (waiting at airport for flight home right now actually) and... : spl

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• yeah replays are underrated, i wish gta4 had it : Chandler55

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• ^ this. : Begawkiness
• Haha, so damn much. : crummynz
• Totally! ((HUGS)) : Sylvanus

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• Yes! That would be great. I hate how when I install a PC game I have to tell my PC, for about the 300th t... : nudel

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• I could imagine them just saving the entire config folder for source based games : Grimmadog

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• They will probably offer hardware of equal power from each vendor to remain unbiased. : Wisp!