IF steam goes bust?

panyan · 19 Oct 2011 at 17:10

Number_25 said:
Steam is a highly profitable buisness I would imagine.

+1000! VERY Profitable i would have imagined!

Subzero85 · 19 Oct 2011 at 17:39

Fragg said:
exactly!

i have only purchased steam only games.

I like to have a disk anyway - to show off my collection haha

+1 same as

always nice to have it in your hand

Colk71 · 19 Oct 2011 at 19:50

Chances of Steam ever going down are very very slim in my mind. I have over a hundred Steam games. If it ever did go bust I would simply visit The Pirate Bay and download backups of all the games i had legitimatly brought from Steam - problem solved

THE DOC · 19 Oct 2011 at 20:05

can you play steam games without the net

Lunatic Dreyfus · 19 Oct 2011 at 20:40

There would be much lulz from me. Even though I do have a number of Steam games there's nothing better than seeing fanboy's go in to melt down.

Then, the cold realisation that Origin/EA would take over the role would make me weep tears of blood.

Colk71 · 19 Oct 2011 at 21:15

THE DOC said:
can you play steam games without the net

All Steam games require online activation and you must be connected to the net the FIRST time you play them. After that, all the games are available in "Offilne mode" - so yes you can play Steam games without the net, its only needed to activate.

I happen to love Steam after hating it at first. Auto download of patches, friendlists, voicechat, and of course the sales are absolutley legendary! Most of the games I have were brought on a massive discount. Prototype for £5 was the last one I got - and its less than a year old. :cool:

Swi1ch · 19 Oct 2011 at 23:02

Fragg said:
like most gamers, i have bought a few games on steam but what happens when Valve becomes obsolete?

I think at this point, Valve/Steam and PC Gaming are all so intertwined that if one goes down so does the other.

MeMeMeMe · 20 Oct 2011 at 00:23

DisrupTor75 said:
As bad as steam going bust would be it could be worse.....

EA buys them out with an offer thay cannot refuse?)

That's another scenario that does not bear thinking about

It's a scenario you don't need to think about.

We are all used to the images of companies being bought out from under the owners in movies, but that can only happen with publically traded companies. Valve isn't publically traded, it's completely privately held, with no shareholders to answer to.
This is also why they don't declare their revenue and sales figures - because they don't have to.

Engy Benjie · 20 Oct 2011 at 10:19

Hell will freeze over and gerbils will become the dominant species on the planet before Valve go bust. :rolleyes:

Pottsey · 20 Oct 2011 at 10:56

Engy Benjie said:
Hell will freeze over and gerbils will become the dominant species on the planet before Valve go bust.

People used to say that about 3DFX, people used to say that about dozens of other big names that are now bust. Vale could very easily not be here in 10or 15years times. Just because you are no1 now it does not mean you cannot go bust.

Engy Benjie · 20 Oct 2011 at 11:05

I think i'll keep them a float alone by how much I spend on steam

AeoNGriM · 20 Oct 2011 at 11:52

IceShock said:
This is exactly the reason Why i like to buy a game, so you have a disk, a cd key, and something to show for your money.

The only games i own on steam is games that are only available on it.

Counter-strike..

Half life's..

Huge list aint it lol

Stop being old fashioned!

Can see why some people want something physical they can see and touch, but discs get scratched, manuals get dog-eared and tear/get lost.

With a Steam game, you download it once, then backup the folder somewhere for restoration at a later date. The CD-key can be stuck into a text folder somewhere. I've done it many times. Not infallible, but for me at least it's a hell of a lot easier. Obviously you are still tied to the Steam software itself however.