EA Scales Back 'Internet Required' DRM > Steam

Steam

Steam blows. They send you 6 CDs and then tell you to d/l another 500megs. Then you need to find patches for your video driver. And meanwhile, a million others are trying to get on Steam and it lags.

Nice try.

As far as EA/BioWare go, maybe they are listening. But when you read that a title (Rockstar games) like GTAIV just raked in $500M in first week, crying "we need DRM to protect us from pirates" is just a joke. Consoles have less theft (stil lthere but marginal) so just leave your titles on consoles if you are so inclined. But PCs will always have hacks and thieves as it's the mentality. But that should be factored into the cost of the game, no?

reply to anonpomy
Steam is a PITA --- For the reason that I have to go through hoops to play all my games in Steam at the same time. You can only log in to your Steam account on only one machine at a time. That sucks.

Fileplanet's Direct-to-drive (D2D) is better IMHO.

How many times do you really need to play your games in Steam on more than one computer at a time? Frankly, I'd find that a little disconcerting, trying to focus on two different computers (or more) playing my games. Steam is probably the best choice out there for buying games online. I've dealt with D2D, and had nothing but issues with Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and Chronicles of Riddick. I detest D2D completely.

Steam - on the other hand - has only caused me grief one time; Steam Community with the OB games (HL2:E2, TF2, Portal). Their forced use of SC in those three games caused me nothing but headaches. Though they finally listened and allowed SC to be disabled for all games, including the OB games, so they're back in my good graces again.

I never had any problems with HL2 when it was launched (started playing at 4:30am Central on the day it was launched). Never had problems with Bioshock. I've never had problems accessing or playing any of my numerous games through Steam. Sorry you had such a bad experience, but not everyone has issues with Steam. I like it.

Ok...It is enough to be annoying. I have had no problems with D2D. I also don't like the fact that every Steam game seems to have an exception to modding or patches. If Steam works out for you, great. With me, not so much.