Rekrul
join:2007-04-21
Milford, CT Reviews:
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| said by Woody79_00:I am not saying steam is perfect. It has its own faults. However at least it does have an "offline mode" so you can authorize all your games and then play them offline. Its not perfect mind you, but at least it has that option. My objection to Steam is that you're still required to rely on Valve to give you permission to play the games that you supposedly own. And if Valve ever decides that you're done something to violate their terms of service, they can brick all of your Steam-crippled games in a single shot.
Also, if Steam ever goes out of business, everyone will be screwed. Yes, I know they've said that they would release some kind of a patch if that happens, but unless they're willing to put that in writing, it's just an empty promise. If Valve were to go belly up, giving the programmers more work would be the last thing on anyone's mind. Besides, would they even have the legal right to remove the protection from all the third-party games that they sell?
Or maybe there might be a management shakeup that results in Steam or even the entire company being sold to someone else, like EA. If that were to happen, then the new owners would have the final say over what games are still supported and which ones get dropped. Valve would have nothing to say about it.
Anything that requires online authorization is a bad idea. And yes, that includes Windows. |
