Why Steam?

[aaatoysandmore]

Yeah, steam is more for the gamer who plays casual games. Most of the good strategy games you can still get and play without steam except Total War games and I'm not sure about the Civilization franchise now. But, Civ V did it for me anyways. I care not for another edition of Civilization. I like II the best and always will. IV is pretty good also but I didn't like they took out the rare resources in certain countries and you had to go fight for them. So, I'll play III from time to time to get that part of the play back.

It does have a lot of junk on it now since they started that greenlight thing and I can't believe all those platformers I keep seeing. It looks like we went back 30 years.

I still buy the occasional bargain bin priced game and the free to plays but that's about it. Scares me enough that my Total War games are in the hands of Steam. Still got Medieval I though and that's the only one I really care enough about to not want to lose it.

[zakblood]

i bought the whole game collection on offer once, in a massive sale, was less priced than one full game so couldn't miss it at that price, now have every game they have made in one collection, apart from the newest, but don't like it anyway so that's fine




was on offer at £29.99 for the whole set[:D][;)] was $50 but used a money off voucher code and got more off[:D]

all games, plus every DLC / addon[X(]

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[demyansk]

Just like Zakk showed, you can get some good deals. I think the best method is to use both and be careful about your personal information. I like Steam and it will come in handily when I move to another machine. Plus, I got a real good deal on the war game titles.

[lordhoff]

This may not go over well (especially my following example) but I for one will not use "steam". Too many horror stories of games on steam that were not compatible with their system. They had to know this but sold them anyway without any kind of warning. I just don't support sharp business practices. Probably the most famous one is "Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines". It won't work unless one moves the whole thing to a new folder and change the target location of where the game looks for it away from steam. Then the short cut needs to be adapted. While a modder fixed this in his patch/mods, unless one knew this (and most new buyers do not), the game simply would not work. Sure, they got a refund but nothing for the headaches.

[zakblood]

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[radic202]

I like Steam, it auto-patches, has a great variety of games plus I can us the Steam Cards that don't force me to use my Credit Card. I have been a Member for years and never have had a "bad moment". Plus it keeps all my games in the same launcher which is a bonus for me. I love the fact that I can access their Forums for all kinds of info not on only one game but on all that I own. I have transferred all my Matrix/Slitherine games (that are on Steam) over to their system and don't regret it one bit. Only thing I do not like is that you basically are at the mercy of Steam if they ever decided to "fold" as all your game are basically a "rental" even though you own them fully. Bonus also is that some members form these Forums are "friended" with me on Steam.

Also, and I have said it before, I absolutely love that Matrix "moderators/managers" make a strong presence on their Forums answering Steam members questions (looking at you Erik). That is just amazing and shows how dedicated Staff are to all the gaming platforms.

[Rising-Sun]

Back then when Steam was release, there was few games I wanted that require Steam to work and I wasn't happy with that at all. Back then I was living out in the country and didn't have the internet. Believe it was Empire Total War and cant remember what else. So that put me in position to move if I want the internet. Most satellite or dish internet are too costly and unreliable.

One thing that Steam does provide discount time to time, usually the holidays, wish that is good news. Auto patching and keeping up to date on things.

The only thing that bother me is that, what if something happen and all those programs are gone or wiped. So that why I don't pay full amount on those programs or software. Anyway even if your account get hacked, they cant delete those games or software and they will help you to restore it. But on the other hand, don't keep your credit card records on that account, if they manage to hack it, imagine they bought so much craps and put you in dept.

Around four years ago I bought few games on sale, unfort it didn't work at all, too bad I couldn't get a refund for it until now. Had to get that game didn't work from Gamersgate.

There is one site got me screwed big time, something to do with Gamefly that took over another site and almost all my games got lost. Tried to contact them about it, wasn't much can do about it. So I had to start all over by looking for another solution.

[demyansk]

I know I have brought this up before, Steam - we only pay the money for the right to play the game. Sort of a lifetime lease of the product. This one aspect of Steam is the part that troubles most of us. I am sure if they ever folded, one of the gamers would start a class action suit. I wonder if anyone has challenged this. I like Steam and do you guys know why most people get banned? Do they have an appeal process?

[hellfish6]

Technically, you only pay for the right to play a lot of (most? all?) of the media you own - including music, tv shows, movies, games, etc. I'm not worried about some far-off hypothetical future where Steam/Valve collapses so completely that I no longer have access to the games I bought - certainly not enough to avoid the savings, convenience and ease of use that Steam presently offers (and has offered for something like a decade now). I'm reasonably sure something else will come along to take their place.

[76mm]

While it's true that all of our computer games are only licensed, I'm pretty confident that I'll be able to play the games on my computer for as long as I care too. With steam, while I doubt they will collapse in the foreseeable future, it is certainly more than a theoretical possibility, as is the risk that they will change terms somehow. Anyway, probably not a critical factor but one more issue to consider, at least for me.

My big constraint is time, so the ability to buy more/cheaper games is not a big draw for me--I don't have enough time to play the games I have already.

[demyansk]

I agree 76mm. I only have certain time as well, too many distractions

[wings7]

ORIGINAL: demjansk

I like Steam and do you guys know why most people get banned?

From being dishonest (to alot of people it's called knowing right from wrong)! [8|]