Massive Steam updates coming soon!

http://www.totalgamerzone.com/story-482-Massive-Steam-Updates-Coming-Soon.html

Is this awesome or what?! :D I can't wait to see what else they have planned. :)

Great things liek this make me shake my head at the people who claim that Steam is complete crap..

Looks like they are going the route of Xbox Live....only free.DarKre

Of course MS would never do that, but just once I'd like to see them forced to come hat-in-hand and admit they were wrong in how they're approaching PC gaming.

You all seem to like flaming M$ for what they did with Windows Live... so I'm gonna do the same thing :P.

You just can't make someone pay 2 minimal salaries for a game (I'm in Bulgaria) and then ask them to pay extra 1 minimal salary per year just to get online play. This is simply ridiculous. :evil: Online gaming is meant to be free of charge (except MMORPGs).

I'm going to stick with Steam, as I always have. And with these new additions, I'd be running around the block screaming like a madman from happyness :P. And it's free!

Halo 2 was my most important game on the calendar for this year, but when I saw what it is (with LIVE and such paid crap), it convinced me to stay with Steam (and Battlefield 2 of course).

You just can't make someone pay 2 minimal salaries for a game (I'm in Bulgaria) and then ask them to pay extra 1 minimal salary per year just to get online play. This is simply ridiculous. :evil: Online gaming is meant to be free of charge (except MMORPGs).

m14a3l

This is a common misperception regarding Live for Windows. Live for Windows comes in two services: Gold and Silver. The Gold service costs $50/year to use (unless you already have an XBox Live Gold account). Silver is free and allows you to play online just like we always have been able to do...except now, it has the Live for Windows name stamped on it. Now, the primary difference between Gold and Silver is that Gold has accomplishments, matchmaking, and cross-platform online gaming (for the games that have/will have it).

So yes, online gaming is meant to be free of charge (except for MMOs)...and it is free of charge even under Live for Windows.

So yes, online gaming is meant to be free of charge (except for MMOs)...and it is free of charge even under Live for Windows. Ein-7919

[QUOTE="Ein-7919"]So yes, online gaming is meant to be free of charge (except for MMOs)...and it is free of charge even under Live for Windows. sircyrus