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Zkuq on 25 August 2010
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Rhonin the wizard said:

There is a DD store that allows you to trade-in your games online and buy second hand digital games, it's called Green Man Gaming.

What, they have games available? Last I checked, there were way too few games. And if that trade-in value is what I get for selling the game, it's definitely not good. I get what, a maximum of 50% of what I would get if I sold a game in an online auction (like eBay).

ssj12 said:

1. Here is the thing. Its all digital so obviously used games or selling your games went out the window. Its what happens when things modernize and become easier for the general user. Things must be sacrificed which I would much rather lose the ability to sell and buy used games rather then keep the ability to lose a physical disc or damage it.

2. Also lack of competition is a joke. There are at least 3 other services that offer similar to Steam and tend to have the same publishers of titles. First party titles stay exclusive and so does some 3rd party titles, but overall the majority stays open and competitive like the console market.

1. I've never lost or damaged a disc of mine. If one is careless enough to do so, he fully deserves it. Also, I'm not ready to throw my rights out of the windows no matter what everyone says.

2. This guy mentioned this as a way towards having one standard, and that standard is Steam. That's the future I don't want. Like you said, now there is competition.

blunty51 said:

1. The way I see it is, like XBL & PSN, you have one standard area for everything to be implemented. This would be achievements, leaderboards etc.

2. When you have an exclusive title on either XBL or PSN, then there's no competition there too isn't there? So I see it being no different when you have one service for PC. If you have a multiplatform title, there really should be no reason to charge higher on the PC just because there's one online service there. If you DO have an exclusive PC title, the reason for charging higher there should be no different than a reason to charge higher on an exclusive title for PSN, or XBL.

1. I'm fine with that as long as I'm not forced to use that system. Especially if that system also includes mandatory DRM. It would be pretty good if they made it so you get the game when you buy it but you can register it on Steam (using CD-key like always) and get all the benefits from Steam, as well as DRM. If Steam really is so great everyone should use it, then obviously piracy would disappear because everyone would want all those neat extras. Right?

I didn't think so either. But it would be a good system nevertheless, much better than current system. Retail titles forcing me to use Steam = EVIL.

2. Competition goes beyond prices. I'm more than a bit concerned about what happens to my games in the future. Also, I don't buy too much stuff on consoles either.

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Also, I don't want useless software running in the background all the time. I don't want to use some useless piece of software every time I want to play my games. That's one reason why I prefer Impulse over Steam if I want to buy something digitally. And GOG.com is the best thing to have happened to digital distribution, only it's a bit limited. I get what I pay for, and only what I pay for - the game. No DRM, and if I want something else, for messaging for example, I can grab it somewhere else.