[citation][nom]k-K-ZoN-no[/nom]K-zon:Given the idea of downloading games online, if to say xbox live is in lack of this is any guess why for the idea. Think there are demos to download for the ideas of content within them given what it would probably cost to access to things given the ideas of pricing. .... And with Newell Wanting the Doors to Xbox Live Thrown Open, there will even be more.[/citation]
I see that you got banned and are back in a new avatar...wtf are you like part human and part bot? "The Spaminator"?
[citation][nom]neon871[/nom]I hate Steamworks I will never ever buy any game that has the Steam logo on it. I don't want third party software installed on my PC. when you pay $49.95 for a game and it is not even on the CD steam must be instaled and it downloads the game. Then what the hell did I just pay for? If you uninstall steam then you can't play the game and that is Bull S***! So I hope Microsoft blocks the hell out of steam. Down with Steamworks you B*****ds.[/citation]
Well yes that's irritating. I bought the disc for portal 2, but have to keep waiting for steam to start, connect, then update itself, update the game (first update was 2GB) and then it lets me play it. There should be a way to avoid opening steam for a single player game, it makes no sense (i can't play when my net's down).
Steam is great for parts of Europe, North America, South Korea and Japan maybe, but for the rest of us it's annoying. It's cheaper to buy a game locally than on steam (most newly released PC games sell for $21 here) plus i don't want to sit and wait for hours to let the download complete.
Having said that, what they're trying to do here is great, cross platform gaming raises the value of all platforms.