Convenience, no need to fumble with cd cases all the time, trying to find out where you put one. Actually another reason lack of a dvd drive. My windows machine has no dvd reader, so now I can't play games I bought that are on CD's... Even though its an official copy.
Why Do People Still Buy Games From STEAM??
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steam is portable. you can just drop it on an external hard drive, then run steam.exe from the new pc (it'll install a few basic steam things), then you can play instantly after logging in
Forgot to make that point. Did exactly that for my second pc and laptop
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Wow I must have missed a meeting, Steam are actually selling games instead of renting them ?
I was always under the impression that if the steam online service closed tomorrow
my games would stop working , glad to hear its not like that.......
I was always under the impression that if the steam online service closed tomorrow
my games would stop working , glad to hear its not like that.......
Yup, you missed quite a few meetings evidently as Valve has always maintained that if they ever did close shop they would send out a last update that would allow you to continue to play your purchases without contacting Valve.
But guess you would not be able to download your games.
Being fair by the time they do, most of your games you would find in 10 games for a £ bin, or be playing WoW: 2030 in your 3D goggles wrapped in soiled blankets in the darkest corner of some abandoned building.
I really couldn't care tbh. The convenience, efficiency and portability of Steam, along with the weekend deals and offers, far outweighs the price overhead imo.
Steam overall is a great place to buy games, instantly download them and not have useless boxes DvDs and pamphlets lying around.
The frequent offers and weekend deals offer superb bargains for older games that you may of not wanted to purchase for a full price.
For me Steam is all about convenience, i can download and play any of my games on any PC anywhere i want and i dont have to worry about where game dvd's are, nor do i have tons of clutter.
New releases are quite expensive since Steam converted from USD over to GBP however but most games are priced £29 compared to £25 on internet sites, i therefore dont really mind paying an extra £4-5 for the convenience but each to their own!
The frequent offers and weekend deals offer superb bargains for older games that you may of not wanted to purchase for a full price.
For me Steam is all about convenience, i can download and play any of my games on any PC anywhere i want and i dont have to worry about where game dvd's are, nor do i have tons of clutter.
New releases are quite expensive since Steam converted from USD over to GBP however but most games are priced £29 compared to £25 on internet sites, i therefore dont really mind paying an extra £4-5 for the convenience but each to their own!
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So true. I would either have to drive into town (costs money) then park my car (costs money) and then go shopping (not cool) or wait 5 days for my game to be delivered (lost in the post). Call me lazy, but i would much rather sit on my arse and do nothing even it does cost me a couple of quid extra.
You can back up your games to CD/DVD/HDD and as such you only really need to download them once
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I just see Steam as another online store, sure I'd love to buy all my games there for the benefits already mentioned. But I'm not going to spend £10 more for that benefit, if you're buying 3-4 games a year from Steam you're spending something like £40 more, and with more and more games activating on Steam, buying from the cheapest place is the best option.
That is one thing against the Steam download model IMO, lack of a printed manual. Fancy downloading Falcon 4.0 off steam then printing the 200 page manual?
I have over 70 games in my Steam account, and not a single one of them rots away. I agree, some people prefer to complete a game and move on, but I like to replay almost every game I own at some point.
And tbh, £10 is peanuts. I'd rather have the chance to replay a game I enjoyed at a later point, than enough cash for a few beers.
Many Steam games have a digital manual. For example, Empire: Total War;
http://store.steampowered.com/app/10500/
Take a look down the right hand side of the page, you can view the manual there - or, right click the game in your Steam games list, and choose 'View Manual'.
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Weekend deals, some older games are available easier.
It's a great application, just the store prices are a bit pricey for new titles.
It's a great application, just the store prices are a bit pricey for new titles.
I like Steam, but i don't buy their products online - i buy retail copy cheaper and link it to steam account.
Steam are always insane on prices, which is a laugh really! Yet they don't have all the distribution costs others have.
Steam are always insane on prices, which is a laugh really! Yet they don't have all the distribution costs others have.
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Strange you say cheaper as I have been finding out the opposite that its a lot dearer.
HAWX £34.99 on Steam. £24.99 online.
DOW2 £34.99 on Steam. £24.99 online.
Fallout3 £26.99 on Steam. £17.99 online.
Bioshock £13.99 on Steam. £9.99 online.
As you can see Steam is pretty expensive for some games which is why I am confused about PC gamers liking their services as surely £10 more on some games is a lot to pay for a digital download
I got DOW2 for £16 online, it installs onto steam anyway, so im happy.
Id be quite happy for all retail games to be on steam, my only caveat would be that they must make it more secure, as it appears pretty easy for people to steal accounts.
My biggest problem with physical copies is space. I simply do not have enough space to store any games, as I'm running out with console/films/music cases. Simply having them digitally available means that I can have lots of games but no cases. Boxes/Cases don't impress me at all, I'd rather get everything digitally if I could. Plus I'd rather have the ability to redownload anywhere should I need to.