Steam has THQ games now

[Inspector Jihad]

Pretty cool, CoH is only 27 bucks which is a pretty sweet deal.

 

[gregor7777]

SUpreme Commander on there? That's THQ right?

 

[lupi]

Do you still need to be connected to steam to play single player?

 

[Noema]

Originally posted by: gregor7777
SUpreme Commander on there? That's THQ right?

Supposedly they'll add S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Supreme Commander and the Warhammer 40K games soon.

This makes me very happy

 

[mnikkel55]

CoH for $27 over STEAM? Sold!

 

[Shyatic]

I have to say, Steam is one of the best ideas in a long time.... it finally releases development companies from high cost publishing. I don't think Steam is cheap, but it's cheaper than going to publishers if you want to make any money

 

[gregor7777]

It's funny how things have changed. Remember the uproar over Steam when HL2 was released?

Now that everyone's cards on on the table so to speak, Valve comes out looking really good. IMO at least.

 

[matas]

that's great news, more games the better.

 

[KeithTalent]

I like Steam. I like reasonably priced games even more.

Thanks for the heads up!

Cheers,
KT

 

[BladeVenom]

It's $29.99 in store last time I checked, and with the box you get discs and the instruction manual. Not to mention not being locked to your Steam account.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
It's $29.99 in store last time I checked, and with the box you get discs and the instruction manual. Not to mention not being locked to your Steam account.

Retail products have become laced with Starforce and SecuROM, steam is usually a safer bet, even though it is DRM laced... it is less prone to messing with your system and when you uninstall it it is gone, unlike Starforce and SecuROM that require special tools to remove after you uninstall all of the games that use them. (not sure what kind of DRM these titles use).

 

[coloumb]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
It's $29.99 in store last time I checked, and with the box you get discs and the instruction manual. Not to mention not being locked to your Steam account.

2 biggest advantages of using STEAM:

- If you misplace your game, you're out of luck. With STEAM - you log in and download the game [and back it up if needed]
- Environmentally sound - no boxes, docs, cd's.

 

[Modelworks]

I like steam.
I can reinstall the games when I want without worry if I have a scratched disc.
I think the future will be more and more like steam.
All I think that stands in the way is not everyone having broadband.

 

[Noema]

Originally posted by: coloumb

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
It's $29.99 in store last time I checked, and with the box you get discs and the instruction manual. Not to mention not being locked to your Steam account.

2 biggest advantages of using STEAM:

- If you misplace your game, you're out of luck. With STEAM - you log in and download the game [and back it up if needed]
- Environmentally sound - no boxes, docs, cd's.

Don't forget you can buy the games from anywhere in the world, and you can use the account from any computer.

BladeVenom mentions that the boxed copy costs $29.99 at a store. That's true only in the United States. Where I live I can't just go into a store and buy CoH. I'd need to pirate it in order to play it. Steam is the only legal access I have to many games and the more, the better, specially since now Direct2Drive, the only other major online distributor, only sells games to Canada and US residents.

Steam also streamlines the patching procedure. I :heart: Steam.

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
It's $29.99 in store last time I checked, and with the box you get discs and the instruction manual. Not to mention not being locked to your Steam account.

Retail products have become laced with Starforce and SecuROM, steam is usually a safer bet, even though it is DRM laced... it is less prone to messing with your system and when you uninstall it it is gone, unlike Starforce and SecuROM that require special tools to remove after you uninstall all of the games that use them. (not sure what kind of DRM these titles use).

Steam uses friendly DRM, but its very hard to crack. I knew people that cracked all sorts of DRM systems and they always said that Steam was the hardest.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: Noema

Originally posted by: gregor7777
SUpreme Commander on there? That's THQ right?

Supposedly they'll add S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Supreme Commander and the Warhammer 40K games soon.

This makes me very happy

yeah, i hope they come thru with that. it's really awesome that they got such a big name publisher on board.

Originally posted by: lupi
Do you still need to be connected to steam to play single player?

nope...there's an offline mode. i played half life 2 once offline and it worked well, but thats the only time i've had to play without an internet connection.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: coloumb

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
It's $29.99 in store last time I checked, and with the box you get discs and the instruction manual. Not to mention not being locked to your Steam account.

2 biggest advantages of using STEAM:

- If you misplace your game, you're out of luck. With STEAM - you log in and download the game [and back it up if needed]
- Environmentally sound - no boxes, docs, cd's.

for me, not have cds is a plus because i dont have to keep track of them. it's really great to reformat a system and just fire up steam and let it do the downloading. the free demos and automatic patches are great too.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Can you sell what you purchase on steam? Or is it just a license to play the game?

I kinda like retail from a cost standpoint. I don't play stuff right when it comes out.

Like if I buy CoH for $30, play it, then I can sell it for say $22 or so. I'm never going to go back and play it again most likely, so just sell it. Net cost is $8, compared to $27 on Steam.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: potato28

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
It's $29.99 in store last time I checked, and with the box you get discs and the instruction manual. Not to mention not being locked to your Steam account.

Retail products have become laced with Starforce and SecuROM, steam is usually a safer bet, even though it is DRM laced... it is less prone to messing with your system and when you uninstall it it is gone, unlike Starforce and SecuROM that require special tools to remove after you uninstall all of the games that use them. (not sure what kind of DRM these titles use).

Steam uses friendly DRM, but its very hard to crack. I knew people that cracked all sorts of DRM systems and they always said that Steam was the hardest.

That means its good.

Not invasive, but hard to crack, is what companies have been striving for for years.

 

[lupi]

I still vastly prefer steam, which is why I've done about $10 worth of Valve purschases since STEAM was announced.

I like having a boxed product. I hate having to have an internet connection if I need to install something. And I'm still not sure what happens in say 10 years when Valve goes belly up taking steam down with it.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Can you sell what you purchase on steam? Or is it just a license to play the game?

I kinda like retail from a cost standpoint. I don't play stuff right when it comes out.

Like if I buy CoH for $30, play it, then I can sell it for say $22 or so. I'm never going to go back and play it again most likely, so just sell it. Net cost is $8, compared to $27 on Steam.

that is true...thats probably the biggest negative. its illegal to sell accounts but it would be great if there was a way to sell individual games.

 

[Noema]

Bought Company of Heroes last night...

Darned thing won't run on Vista x64 :| Apparently this is an issue with Steam and UAC, not the game itself. The only work around is to disable UAC to play the game. No way Jose!

Dual booting to XP back while they fix it

 

[Daverino]

People who are afraid of Steam are also afraid of ITunes. Those people that ignore the fact that you can burn your content on your own CDs and have it forever. . .

 

[JAG87]

The day EA goes on steam, I will never need to go to a game store ever again. They really need to get BF2 on steam already. I CANNOT stand installing that game and having to flip through 5 CDs. I back up my steamapps folder to my exterrnal regularly, and whenever I format my steam is up and running again in no time. With all my configs and everything. No wasting time.

Please Valve sign a contract with EA, get rid of gamespy, its such trash. Sigh, why bother, I already know this will never happen.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: JAG87
The day EA goes on steam, I will never need to go to a game store ever again. They really need to get BF2 on steam already. I CANNOT stand installing that game and having to flip through 5 CDs. I back up my steamapps folder to my exterrnal regularly, and whenever I format my steam is up and running again in no time. With all my configs and everything. No wasting time.

Please Valve sign a contract with EA, get rid of gamespy, its such trash. Sigh, why bother, I already know this will never happen.

EA has their own steam-like service called EALink. personally i think it sucks and it would be awesome if EA would publish its games thru steam.

Originally posted by: Daverino
People who are afraid of Steam are also afraid of ITunes. Those people that ignore the fact that you can burn your content on your own CDs and have it forever. . .

it isnt the same thing really...with itunes if your songs are lost, then you're screwed. but with steam you can download it anytime you want. basically once you buy it, you can get it anywhere you want, ofcourse provided you have broadband.