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blunty51 on 25 August 2010
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Zkuq said:
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.

Let's face it, we all love the way PC gaming has traditionally had no restrictions whatsoever and offered endless flexibility, unlike consoles. But personally I'm willing to give up some of that freedom (just some!!) to support an effort to curb piracy, which is killing PC gaming. I can live with the useless piece of software in the background, and being tied to an account. If I couldn't play it on other PCs, or copy my save files, then that would surely be a problem (for which I see the competition is good for, to make sure a place like Steam doesn't get carried away with those sort of restrictions). It's just a matter of preference I suppose.