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[Final-Fan]

naznatips said:

Final-Fan said:

naznatips said:
Hrmm, I concede your point. Joining a server from an instant message should be possible with a changing of a disc on consoles. I have in no way described all the features of Steam though. If you do have interest in them let me know and I'll break down all the advantages (and setbacks) for you.

That would be nice but you don't have to do that. I could probably find it all out pretty quickly on my own ... right?

Eh, yes and no. I'm not sure you can click something and get an organized list of steam's features, advantages, and disadvantages (especially when it's constantly updating and adding new features). But, if you are willing to do the reading, obviously the information is available in various forms. Just not well organized.

Well for a decent overview there's always Wikipedia.  (Thinking of that site reminded me of a quote from a book:  "Sure he's honest.  You just have to watch him.") 

The one thing that stood out to me as inseperable from DD was the ability to log in anywhere and play, provided you download the game to the computer you're at if it's not already there.  (Can multiple users "share" a game or do they all need to download separately?  The former would make more sense but you never know.)  The game update feature, it seems to me, basically already exists on consoles, on a game-by-game, voluntary basis.  Mods, of course, are consoles' Achilles' heel, and I freely admit that I don't know enough about them to speculate on whether DD for mods on a mainly non-DD console would get too unwieldy (big).