Are you happy when a game is only supported by steam?

I personally am not at all happy because steam does not work well on the school connection where I spend most of my time in the year, and if I have to go through steam for a game (even if I can buy it in stores and then run it through steam) then it is a huge hassle.

IMO Steam is a neat idea, but I absolutely hate having connection issues keep me from playing an offline game.

I absolutely hate having connection issues keep me from playing an offline game.

Acemaster27

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Steam is my prefered method of getting games, but if it is only on Steam I feel that is bad.

Digital distribution is definately the future, but I dont think it is quite ready as the only option.

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I absolutely hate having connection issues keep me from playing an offline game.

JackBurton

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[QUOTE="Acemaster27"]

I absolutely hate having connection issues keep me from playing an offline game.

JackBurton

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Oh, and, to answer the title.

ABSOLUTELY. No doubt.

Very happy. I prefer Steam as my purchase option.

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I absolutely hate having connection issues keep me from playing an offline game.

JackBurton

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[QUOTE="Acemaster27"]

I absolutely hate having connection issues keep me from playing an offline game.

call_of_duty_10

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mmmmmmm not sure about that

ive gone without internet for a coouple months before; when you boot your PC, steam will say something like "Cant connect, want to go offline?" and you click "yes" and, lo and behold, you can game!

Very happy. I prefer Steam as my purchase option.

Johnny_Rock

As do i.

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mrbojangles25

mmmmmmm not sure about that

ive gone without internet for a coouple months before; when you boot your PC, steam will say something like "Cant connect, want to go offline?" and you click "yes" and, lo and behold, you can game!

so like if my friend logs into my account, he can play my games offline forever?

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[QUOTE="call_of_duty_10"] Even in offline mode,you need internet to connect to steam's servers and log into your account.True_Sounds

mmmmmmm not sure about that

ive gone without internet for a coouple months before; when you boot your PC, steam will say something like "Cant connect, want to go offline?" and you click "yes" and, lo and behold, you can game!

so like if my friend logs into my account, he can play my games offline forever?

provided he did not log back in, yea I think he could.

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[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

mmmmmmm not sure about that

ive gone without internet for a coouple months before; when you boot your PC, steam will say something like "Cant connect, want to go offline?" and you click "yes" and, lo and behold, you can game!

mrbojangles25

so like if my friend logs into my account, he can play my games offline forever?

provided he did not log back in, yea I think he could.

hmm I will tell him to play in offline mode from now on. He installed GTA 4 on my steam account I dont know if on purpose or because hes an idiot, and he sometimes logs me out to play it which is a bit annoying.

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pretty sure that is against the ToU for Steam; one account, one player.

so like if my friend logs into my account, he can play my games offline forever?

True_Sounds

provided he did not log back in, yea I think he could.

hmm I will tell him to play in offline mode from now on. He installed GTA 4 on my steam account I dont know if on purpose or because hes an idiot, and he sometimes logs me out to play it which is a bit annoying.

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mrbojangles25

mmmmmmm not sure about that

ive gone without internet for a coouple months before; when you boot your PC, steam will say something like "Cant connect, want to go offline?" and you click "yes" and, lo and behold, you can game!

These Steam threads are starting to get irritating.Levrar

You can say that again...

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[QUOTE="call_of_duty_10"] Even in offline mode,you need internet to connect to steam's servers and log into your account.call_of_duty_10

mmmmmmm not sure about that

ive gone without internet for a coouple months before; when you boot your PC, steam will say something like "Cant connect, want to go offline?" and you click "yes" and, lo and behold, you can game!

That's odd... I've never had that problem.

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[QUOTE="call_of_duty_10"] Even in offline mode,you need internet to connect to steam's servers and log into your account.call_of_duty_10

mmmmmmm not sure about that

ive gone without internet for a coouple months before; when you boot your PC, steam will say something like "Cant connect, want to go offline?" and you click "yes" and, lo and behold, you can game!

Steam rocks but I only ever buy games on sale. Never full price.

I am currently trying to wean myself off steam and use other DD services simply because I do not like the direction Valve is taking. I imagine this will be an unpopular view but I feel Valve is quickly becoming primarily a console developer and I don't see why I should fund a company that appears to be losing interest in the PC market.

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[QUOTE="call_of_duty_10"] Even in offline mode,you need internet to connect to steam's servers and log into your account.True_Sounds

mmmmmmm not sure about that

ive gone without internet for a coouple months before; when you boot your PC, steam will say something like "Cant connect, want to go offline?" and you click "yes" and, lo and behold, you can game!

so like if my friend logs into my account, he can play my games offline forever?

Now days I only buy games on Steam. I hope they eventually become STEAM exclusive so they will get tighter steam cloud support etc.