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TPP
 
| | #1 posted October 27, 2009 at 11:15am (EST) |
I was never really any big into PC gaming so while I've seen mention of Steam all over the place, I never really bothered to check it out. I was considering trying to get into some PC gaming and I just had a question that they didn't seem to answer on their website. Why is Steam so widely used? It doesn't seem like hteir prices are really any cheaper than if I went to Best Buy and actually had a hard copy of the game too. I'm sure I'm missing something so I was hoping someone could just fill me on why Steam is so great. Thanks in advance. |
RagingShadow07
| | #2 posted October 27, 2009 at 11:28am (EST) |
There's a number of reasons.
Probably the main one being that 99.4% of Steam games have no DRM or install limits. As long as you know your account info, you can install the game on any PC at any time, as many times as you want.
Two is that you don't need a disc in the drive to play, and you don't need to install the game. Not counting a DirectX setup, once the game is downloaded, it's ready.
Three is that the Steam application isn't really tied to anything. You could copy the whole Steam folder, games and all, to any removable drive or HDD, and then go play it on any other PC without having to reinstall the games.
Four is because of the ton of deals and sales they have. Every weekend, no exception, they have a deal on something, and they'll randomly have sales on games throughout the week (Like last week's Assassins Creed for $5)
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Jeffro
 
 
| | #3 posted October 27, 2009 at 12:06pm (EST) |
Yeah, what he said.
Just make sure they're games you'll want forever because you wont be able to trade them. I have some terrible ones that I'll never install again for as long as I live.
Steam is the best game download service out there.
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TPP
| | #4 posted October 27, 2009 at 12:29pm (EST) |
Is there any kind of membership fee or do you pay strictly for the games? |
RagingShadow07
| #5 posted October 27, 2009 at 12:31pm (EST)
edited October 27, 2009 at 12:32pm (EST) |
Strictly for the games. The program and platform are free. The only exception are the MMOs, which, of course, have their own respective pay-to-play fees, but that's not through Steam.
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GREENKILLA
| | #6 posted October 27, 2009 at 7:48pm (EST) |
The only crap thing about steam is that they won't let you install the games to another drive |
DefaultGen
 
| | #7 posted October 27, 2009 at 7:50pm (EST) |
GREENKILLA wrote:
> The only crap thing about steam is that they won't let you install
> the games to another drive
Why don't you install Steam on the drive you want the games on then...? Unless you're trying to split them up?
Buy a bigger HDD!
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GREENKILLA
| | #8 posted October 28, 2009 at 8:16pm (EST) |
cause I have vista and XP on one computer, and Games on my vista tend to crash so I just put steam on the XP drive. |
guncrazy90
 
| | #9 posted October 28, 2009 at 8:45pm (EST) |
Lots of information on the GameTZ Steam Group Thread 
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sinnie
 
| | #10 posted October 29, 2009 at 10:34am (EST) |
My biggest love for Steam is the ability to download games and have them almost immediately, without going to the store, waiting in line to pay, or waiting for a shipment to get here. Although that has led to some impulse purchases.
Steam: looneypumpkin |
antwaan
| | #11 posted October 29, 2009 at 1:26pm (EST) |
and its easy to re install games like the other day when i did a clean os install. just selected which games i wanted and was done; no cds, no clicking and waiting for each game.
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DefaultGen
| | #12 posted October 29, 2009 at 1:31pm (EST) |
antwaan wrote:
> and its easy to re install games like the other day when i did a clean
> os install. just selected which games i wanted and was done; no cds,
> no clicking and waiting for each game.
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No install limits, no CD-keys, third party DRM removed, some games will have your old configs and key mappings saved.
Valve understands that the key to getting people to buy games instead of pirating them is to treat them like consumers, not pirates.
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Grenadier
 
| | #13 posted October 30, 2009 at 4:59pm (EST) |
You can make "junctions" to point Steam at different folders.
http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showpost.php?p=2245...
The above link is for not having to reinstall UT3 when registering it with Steam, but it seems like you could do the reverse....move a game out of Steam's folder to your other drive, then replace the folder with a junction (like a symbolic link in UNIX). Problem solved.
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