10% sale = 35% increase in sales (real dollars, not units shipped)
25% sale = 245% increase in sales
50% sale = 320% increase in sales
75% sale = 1470% increase in sales

said by Nightfall :

Steam performed like I thought it would when it was first released. There were issues with bandwidth and problems getting games to people quickly. Steam, like any other service provider, listened to its customer base and fixed these issues.

I remember what the outcry was like on this site. People here were already claiming that Steam was a waste of money and time. Many said it was a "crap product". Just read some of the comments.

Steam fixed these issues and now years later, people on this site approve of Steam. I haven't bought many games in the stores in the last few years. The first place I check before I shop is Steam. If Steam has the game, I usually buy it. The convenience factor is just too nice.

Here is to hoping that Steam continues to grow and prosper!

said by james :

To everyone who has any control over the pricing of games (and things like music and movies); Please note the part in bold, "real dollars, not units shipped".

said by Rexter :

Like other copy protection paranoia, how much money have they spent on this stupid system, rather than developing games? How much do they spend per month on their bandwidth bill, again, rather than developing games?

said by Rexter :

Like other copy protection paranoia, how much money have they spent on this stupid system, rather than developing games? How much do they spend per month on their bandwidth bill, again, rather than developing games? Still every one of their games can be downloaded VIA BitTorrent. All this system does is give them a feel-good notion that they are in control. It harasses legitimate paying customers, and does nothing to stop piracy. It fact I would contend it actively promotes piracy, buy pushing away potential customers who don't want to jump thorough their hoops. I bought Half-Life 2 Episode 1. Lets just say I won't make that mistake again.

said by rob_in_chatt :

it appears to be the best thing since sliced bread. no more CD keys to keep track of, no more worries of scratched CDs, you just have to remember one password for everything.

there are some glitches still in a lot of the games, but that is to be expected i guess.

The following applications have been known to cause severe issues with Steam and playing games:

Anti-Virus Applications

* Avast!
* AVG Anti-virus *
* Kaspersky Anti-virus
* McAfee Anti-virus
* Nod32 Anti-virus *
* Norton/Symantec Anti-virus
* VIGuard Anti-virus

Anti-Spyware Applications

* Ad Aware
* CA Pest Patrol
* Spycatcher Express
* Webroot Spy Sweeper *

Firewall/Security Applications

* Comodo
* CYBERsitter
* ESET Smart Security
* Netlimiter
* McAfee Personal Firewall
* Nvidia Network Access Manager/Firewall
* Peer Guardian
* Tiny Personal Firewall
* Verizon Internet Security Suite
* Zone Alarm