| Soleron said: Any possible future class action. The big hypothetical one being, what if Steam shut down and deprived everyone of their bought games. |
I am 100% baffled to the ignorance in this thread. The idiot posted this(with all due to respect) has no understanding to what this added peice to the TOS means, and the amount of misinformation in this thread is staggering. So let me correct almost all of you.
1. If steam goes under do I lose my games?
- NO!!!!!! You DO NOT lose your games, it's specificially said in the FAQ a special website for your login is designated and you can download / keep your games.
View the steam FAQ before you all make such bold accusations that the new TOS is so people don't sue them, if they don't live.
2. The new legal agreement is to stop people from suing when bad things happen!!!!!!
FALSE. The point of stopping class auction suits, is to stop greedy lawyers. For example, some person needs 2 million in reperations for some product that didn't work as it was suppose too. Instead of taking this to arbitration, a class suit is opened. Therefore more people are brought into the case. So let's assume there's 10 people involved within the case now. The lawyers take the company to court, and say that reperations need to be 20 million (10x2). (Sounds good right?) Now when the lawyers win the case, THEY TAKE 15-19 MILLION and then have the people divide up the rest of the cash.
DOES THAT SOUND FAIR? This change is what's preventing this. People ARE STILL allowed to take Valve to arbitration over disputes.
3. But... if he doesn't agree to TOS his account is gone!! BAD VALVE!!!
Is everyone blind or what? This should just be common sense. YOU'RE DISAGREEING TO USING STEAM. That's what the TOS is saying, in order to use steam you must agree to these following components. Why would you get to use Steam but disagree to every rule it gives you? Why should you get to avoid all rules.
Let's use a real world example. Let's say you went to buy a Car. You find the one you like, and go to sign for it. Yay the car is yours! Now let's say you need a loan to help you pay for the car, you go to the location and you're asked to sign a paperwork. You read it, and say "No I don't want to sign it!!!" -- Therefore you don't get the money.
It works just the way this does. Why should YOU get to keep using Steam, if you disagree to Terms and conditions... This isn't a program where you get to pick and choose what you believe in. It costs Valve money to run the service, they're allowed to make any rules they want.
4. But.. if you get banned, YOU LOSE ALL YOUR GAMES!!!
ONCE AGAIN FALSE. If your account is locked, you lose digital access rights to your game THROUGH STEAM. If you still have a valid CD code / Retail discs that have alternative download means, (Disc / Download backup) YOU THEN STILL HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR GAMES.
Stop being so picky people, and actually learn about the topic.
/end rant
