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• I guess they have a lot of time to play video games since 3DRealms no longer ships games. DUKENUKEM... : tums
• Thank you for posting this : dognose
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  3DR usually retains publishing rights outside of retail, afaik : Maarten Goldstein
  • George has said here that they reserve the right to sell direct. : kevp
• I had almost thought Scott wasnt even a part of 3DR anymore... : johnny rotten
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  god I hope companies stay away from things like steam. : dilutedq
  • I'd prefer to see them stay in business : sammyl
  • It's the inevitable way forward. And I like it. : nomaad
  • Instant purchases? Instant access to purchased products? No visits to B&Ms? More of the money back to the... : zyklonbee
  • Steam is awesome : Katarn3279
  • god I hope companies don't listen to you. : JHelgie
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    I agree. Software that makes it easier to the consumer should be federally banned. We should come up with... : armybob
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      It caused more problems then needed, costed the same amount. Until it's improved, I don't want any more g... : dilutedq
      • There's no reason the games shouldn't have "costed" the same amount, be glad they're not charging you mor... : al9000
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    I don't get all the hate for it. Unless you were one of the 20000 folks who were banned for warezing, it... : FormerHPB
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      why would that make me hate steam in the first place? that has absolutely nothing to do with what I said.... : dilutedq
      • downloading doesnt cost as much. Bronze off of steam is $5 cheaper than best bey, eb games, gamestop etc... : johnny rotten
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        That is not Valve's fault. : Ebu
        • What part isn't valve's fault? the cost? cause the problems certainly ARE. I never said the cost was dir... : dilutedq
  • Steam is great, I don't see what all the complaining is about. I've liked it since they fixed it earlier ... : Serpico74
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    lol : genjuro
    • ^^^ sums it up : Katarn3279
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    Steam gets my money for not needing the stupid CD in the drive to play a game. : xstatik
    • hopefully when Valve breaks away from Vivendi, they'll patch it so the rest of us don't need a CD check e... : the archvile
  • IAWTP : Eratik
  • steam was a dream! would purchase from again! : johnny rotten
  • NO problems with steam, VERY nice : byorn
  • what. : aaarrrgh
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    the only problem i have with steam is that i really like having physical copies of my games from the publ... : virus
    • Use the steam backup util to get HL2 onto a DVD Rip the paper off a free AOL CD in DVD case Print out y... : rosewood
    • Steam has a backup function you can use to make physical copies of the game. It'll even make the appropri... : Serpico74
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      I also like being able to actually sell the games I own too. : Chod
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        You can't sell a retail copy og H-L 2 either, unless you sell the steam account with it. : Jimbo Ro
        • Yes I know which is a bunch of crap. : Chod
    • I dislike this, too, because I have a collector type attitude towards games and I like to keep the good b... : SpaecKow
  • online selling DOES NOT require steam... online selling, yes... piece of crap background progs, no sir, I... : thebigbeefsandwhich
  • Despite a few hitches and "WAAHHHH THATS NOT FAIR BECAUSE OF MY RARE SITUATION"... I liked it. : tomservo
  • Steam is awesome. I would have rather gone out and purchased HL2 in a store for instant gratification.... : Gary the Llama
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    Oh look, another thing diluteq hates, that's cute. : forgottenzero
    • SLIMJIM IS THAT YOU?! : johnny rotten
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  Steam sure uses a lot of resources on my system. It tends to bog everything down when it's running. : TwiLyght
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    check the monitor window; is it caching a game? Other than chewing up 32 megs of RAM and taking a while ... : the archvile
    • I agree with the load times and the interface. The interface blows huge and it takes forever to load up a... : Waverider
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  I wonder if valve will be licensing steam, and/or if companies will just develop their own digital distri... : epit
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    I bet we see a mix of both. Smaller companies might goto Valve since it would be hard for them to setup t... : Evil Benius
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      these guys are planning on distributing their game on steam: www.piratesoftheburningsea.com : aaarrrgh
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        So are these guys:
        
        http://www.facewound.com/

        Nov 30, 2004 2:26pm CST
        So are these guys: http://www.facewound.com/ : Gary the Llama
  • It will probably be a mess. Every company going with their own bloated bug-ridden junk. That said, I do... : Lethal01
  • Thats so backwards based on the fact that steam is trying to get rid of publishers :( : snowwolf
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  Would 3DRealms even have the money to invest into a Steam-like service? : Nighteyes
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    Probably. If not, I could sell my car : dognose
    • but then how would you get to their office to mow the lawn and wash their cars and take out the trash and... : alexthegreat2
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  If Valve made Steam a Company in it's own, wouldn't they suddenly be the publisher? : -TKF-
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    Yes, but presumably one with ethics. : SpaecKow
    • lmao ethics and business. that's funny. It's also funny you say that when valve is sucking off ATI for t... : dilutedq