Originally posted by Z3R01

 

So you strictly play MMOs then right? or F2p like LoL? Because there are a whole mess of games that require steam even if you buy them from another dstributor. 

Im also assuming if you dislike steam you also dislike Origin GFWL Uplay, PSN, XBL, iOS and other closed platforms? 

I feel bad for you tbh.

There are tons of games that don't 'require' Steam.

+ Steam is one way to play some games, you can always buy them from the developer online stores or in normal shops and bypass Steam alltogether......but noooooo, "I am gonna buy it from Steam anyway: . :)

I feel bad for the players that buy stuff they know they're not gonna like.

Originally posted by miguksaram

Originally posted by sudo

Steam is about to support Linux soon. The only gaming business with lots of money that will support Linux on any serious level.

Steam lets you buy, manage and share the progress of your games easily.

Steam connects you with your gamer friends. Let me tell you, playing Skyrim without steam, when I can upload a screenshot to steam cloud and show it off to my best Skyrim buddy instantly or talk with him about yet another great dungeon experience I'm having in the game while in-game, just isn't the same for me anymore.

Steam workshop? Best thing to enchance your Skyrim without having to manually deal with tons of mods or third-party programs.

And more importantly: Why hate on a software you personally dislike or find unfitting for you needs, instead of just ignore it and choose not to use it? Buy your games directly, without Steam and enjoy your steamless gaming without hating on a system (a community, if you wish), that tons of other gamers worldwide love and use every day.

Because some people are just "Drama Queens'?  

Must be it :)

Originally posted by Scorchien
  Love Steam .. great paltform great deals .. great way to lose the clutter of boxes and such

I totally agree with this. I would also add..

Installing on multiple computers is EASY!

Just log in, autheniticate new computer and bam, games downloading. Great for those of us that DO understand computers and upgrade regularly.

I have a friend that just HATES Steam. I really don't understand why. Of course, he refuses to play modern FPS games because they are not Medal of Honor... the original one... he still plays it... UGH!

Haha, I seriously LOL at people bashing and hating on steam. 90%+ of the people hating on steam don't know how to use basic functions of a computer. Ive been using steam for years, never had a problem or bugs that prevented me from playing...

Besides you can launch a lot of games with steam not even running, including skyrim. 

Originally posted by DancingQueen
Here is a link to a six page thread on the Steam forum: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=b578c3409819b9a703ba656ccfd5dda4&t=1965959

Wouldn't it just be easier to say, 'yeah I'm dumb when it comes to computers' rather than blame a product that had nothing to do with your issue. Swallow that pride instead of this futile attempt to piggyback off of other peoples complaints and drag this embarresment out any further.

Originally posted by DancingQueen
Here is a link to a six page thread on the Steam forum: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=b578c3409819b9a703ba656ccfd5dda4&t=1965959

if i find 3 websites saying you are crap. is it a fact then?

seriously, use it or not, but stop comnplainaing about things you dont understand.

we told you (in your last post) what we think, so why start a new one? because we didnt agree with you?

steam is workingh fine for me for YEARS now. end of discussion.

Originally posted by muffins89

here's a link to why steam doesnt care if you like it or not.

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

Of course you're not the only one that thinks steam is crap, it's impossible to make a product that everyone loves.

However, going by the numbers, it's a 6 page thread, so assuming everyone posted just once and that every single post is saying that steam is crap (which isn't true, in a quick peek at the first page I can see people posting more than once, supporting steam and tryign to help the OP troubleshot what's causing his problems with it), that means it's 90 posts total (6 pages x 15 posts per page)... let's also assume that those are only 1% of the people hating stream, which I think it's generous given the assumptions I made before, and that people having a bad experience tend to be much more vocal than those having a good experience, make it 9000 people....

Which means steam would be a huge success taking into account the nearly 6 million peak concurrent users linked in the stats post, since it would mean less than 1.5% of the users are having a bad experience.

Personally I love steam, and having a steam version is a huge plus for me when it comes to buying a new game, not to mention that I feel that I've learnt about more indie titles there in the last couple of years than in the rest of my computer gaming life (got my first computer 25 years ago).

There are plenty of valid reasons not to like Steam. Like not being able to trade your games or give them to your friend when you are tired of them, or being partially responsible for more companies and gamers embracing day 1 DLCs (remember I said partially) and a nightmare to get refunds from not to mention support if you get hacked. Or if you are a minimalist that just want the bare necessities to run in the background without having a piece of DRM software like steam running just out of principle

However linking to other threads with other peoples issues is quite frankly as dumb as it gets. Get some opinions of your own, even halfway based in something logical and then come back for a better discussion, because this is frankly pure idiocy

Some people hate the weirdest things.. Steam... EA... kittens..... PvP.... freedom of speech...

opinions are like ........, everyone has one