Metalmurphy
Member
And here's why,
- Consoles are an ~$400 investment you make on a hardware device with the sole purpose of playing games, and with XBL still need to pay an additional $50 a year on top to play online. Steam is not, and that includes playing online, voice chat, text chat, take screenshots, streaming (even if through 3rd party apps, is still free) or whatever the hell you want to do.
- Steam is a digital distribution platform. No one really expects to sell or trade in digital purchases, we use steam with that already in mind, however when I buy a freaking game console disc, no matter where I bought it, I sure as hell expect it to work.
- Games are cheaper, much cheaper. Even with these restrictions in places games won't be getting cheaper, and with the used game market about to be controlled, prices for those used games will go up, not down.
- Steam has sales that XBL/PSN will never be able to compete, ever. Bringing up the occasional XBL/PSN sale with more expensive prices isn't really a good rebuttal.
- Steam, being on PC, means games are open to free user generated content, aka modding, both through integrated or non integrated means.
- You can also install games on an infinite number of times in as many machines you want and it'll just work. No work required rather then just logging in. (Thanks eznark)
- Steam has also a guarantee for how long their services will be running. (Thanks Septimius)
- Steam doesn't foce DRM on you. There are more than hundred titles that work without the steam client. (Thanks moonstone)
- You can switch to DRM-free alternatives (or just alternatives) without the need to replace hardware. (Thanks kSt)
- "Backwards compatibility.", being a PC there's never the fear of everything you bought becoming unplayable come "next generation". (Thanks SparkTR)
- Steam improved and unified what was just going on an existing trend, Xbone is changing the status quo in consoles into something way worse. (Thanks KingSnake)
- You are not restricted to buying your steam content at the official steam store. You can go through many other online outlets such as amazon, green man gaming, gamefly etc. etc. The point being, all these different shops can compete, thus bringing the regular/sales prices down potentially lower. (Thanks Baleoce)
- Steam, even though it is primarily an online digital distribution platform, it still doesn't require you to login even every 24 hours. If my ISP goes down for 2 days, I can play all my games. If I take my laptop to the freaking woods, I can play all my games. Oh, and just because it didn't work for you for some unexpected reason, you still can't compare it to an actual intentional restriction. It was a malfunction, simple as that.
- Hats
- And fuck you I just bought Alan Wake, Trine, Trine 2, Orcs Must Die 1 and 2 for like 2€
Now GAF, can we PLEASE stop using Steam as an escape goat and actually deal with the shit storm that's about to hit us in the console universe?
- Consoles are an ~$400 investment you make on a hardware device with the sole purpose of playing games, and with XBL still need to pay an additional $50 a year on top to play online. Steam is not, and that includes playing online, voice chat, text chat, take screenshots, streaming (even if through 3rd party apps, is still free) or whatever the hell you want to do.
- Steam is a digital distribution platform. No one really expects to sell or trade in digital purchases, we use steam with that already in mind, however when I buy a freaking game console disc, no matter where I bought it, I sure as hell expect it to work.
- Games are cheaper, much cheaper. Even with these restrictions in places games won't be getting cheaper, and with the used game market about to be controlled, prices for those used games will go up, not down.
- Steam has sales that XBL/PSN will never be able to compete, ever. Bringing up the occasional XBL/PSN sale with more expensive prices isn't really a good rebuttal.
- Steam, being on PC, means games are open to free user generated content, aka modding, both through integrated or non integrated means.
- You can also install games on an infinite number of times in as many machines you want and it'll just work. No work required rather then just logging in. (Thanks eznark)
- Steam has also a guarantee for how long their services will be running. (Thanks Septimius)
- Steam doesn't foce DRM on you. There are more than hundred titles that work without the steam client. (Thanks moonstone)
- You can switch to DRM-free alternatives (or just alternatives) without the need to replace hardware. (Thanks kSt)
- "Backwards compatibility.", being a PC there's never the fear of everything you bought becoming unplayable come "next generation". (Thanks SparkTR)
- Steam improved and unified what was just going on an existing trend, Xbone is changing the status quo in consoles into something way worse. (Thanks KingSnake)
- You are not restricted to buying your steam content at the official steam store. You can go through many other online outlets such as amazon, green man gaming, gamefly etc. etc. The point being, all these different shops can compete, thus bringing the regular/sales prices down potentially lower. (Thanks Baleoce)
- Steam, even though it is primarily an online digital distribution platform, it still doesn't require you to login even every 24 hours. If my ISP goes down for 2 days, I can play all my games. If I take my laptop to the freaking woods, I can play all my games. Oh, and just because it didn't work for you for some unexpected reason, you still can't compare it to an actual intentional restriction. It was a malfunction, simple as that.
- Hats
- And fuck you I just bought Alan Wake, Trine, Trine 2, Orcs Must Die 1 and 2 for like 2€
I'm kidding about the fuck you part don't ban me
Now GAF, can we PLEASE stop using Steam as an escape goat and actually deal with the shit storm that's about to hit us in the console universe?