Is PC's Steam the BEST Gaming Service in the World?

Absolutely not, the service is COMPLETE crap. Xfire renders it OBSOLETE.

Mozelleple112

Its a store that occasionally doens't allow me to play the games I buy, i havn't been able to play black ops all week because it just says game not available, its not a gaming service, its a store, stores have sales, you can buy retail games at dirt cheap prices if you find a sale, those retail games i'm not effectively locked out of if something is wrong, so is steam convenient for buying games... yes, is it always better.... nosavagetwinkie

So you're saying Steam charges almost twice as much for each game? Are they the only ones that do that? If so then you win. I wouldn't buy from them either. MrSelf-Destruct

Games that cost 50 dollars on steam usually are 50 euro as well, same goes with cheaper games, though there are exceptions to this rule. There is a thread with over 8000 posts on this. Unfortunately, Steam is not the only one guilty of this and most online stores do the same :( This is because games in europe are in general more expensive than they are in the states.

the only game over £20 i have bought was Dead Space 2, and that was even down to £24.99 a week after release.

but the rest of my games have all been bought for under £20, a few months after release.

and a lot of them are big titles.

I like it a lot better than Xbox Live or PSN. Some incredible deals on Steam too. But I admit I don't buy most of my games from there. Service-wise, though, it's the best in my opinion.

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Absolutely not, the service is COMPLETE crap. Xfire renders it OBSOLETE.

DragonfireXZ95

Bnet is the best

Steam itself sucks. I hate it, just another form of lame ass drm. The deals on steam however I love. But you can find similar deals on pretty much all the DD services on the net.i5750at4Ghz

Same here. The sales are amazing but don't suddenly make it the best gaming service in the world.

I rarely buy on steam anymore since they made €=$ , it's crazy to pay €50-€60 for games when I can get physical copies for €20 cheaper in a store ...

Bnet is the best

HFkami

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Bnet is the best

Birdy09

it host my games

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Bnet is the best

HFkami

it host my games

its obviously PSN

/sarcasm

Nope. It had far too many problems with interface, game issues and prices.Secret-Face

[QUOTE="Secret-Face"]Nope. It had far too many problems with interface, game issues and prices.Crimsader

[QUOTE="Crimsader"][QUOTE="Secret-Face"]Nope. It had far too many problems with interface, game issues and prices.Danm_999

The thing Steam is really lacking is game support...The only way you get that real support is if you buy/download the game off of Steam. Thats why I also have Xfire and Raptr installed.

Xfire supports almost 2000 games and most of those aren't even being sold on Steam.

For sure, I just bought GTA1, GTA2, GTA3, GTA-VC, and GTA-SA for $7.50. Unfortunately none of them have Steam Achievements, and the first game crashes upon start-up, neither of which would happen on a PS3 or 360. Yet still freaking awesome. Problem is, I just prefer disc based games though, so that's why I have about 20 Steam games and around 60-80 PS3/360/Wii games...

paradigm68

Of course it doesn't, you can't even play it on ps3 or 360.

I don't really game on PC, but I've heard the deals are great on Steam.

I would like to thank Steam for not only the AWESOME price that they were selling Max Payne 1 & 2 but for reminding me of these two great game. I didn't quite finish Max Payne 1 & 2 and had sound issues with Max Payne 1, which thanks to Steam forums for Max Payne someone made an app to fix it (another benefit of Steam where they have forums where you could find fixes for pretty much any games).

This game brought back so much memories from when I was a kid. Playing through Max Payne 1, LOVE the gritty style, and the cutscenes with his commentary that is very poetic, it feels like reading a mystery novel mixed with an action movie.

Thank you Steam for reminding me of this great game and selling it an awesome price. Brought back a lot of nostalgia.

Don't you just love Steam? It's sales remind you of the great games that you always wanted to play and never got around to it.

Steam is AWESOME!!

i love steam deals, but the program itself, not so much.

I gave up on steam when they changed the prices to euros and screwed us europeans out of monies. I havent bought off them since.Secret-Face

[QUOTE="Secret-Face"]I gave up on steam when they changed the prices to euros and screwed us europeans out of monies. I havent bought off them since.MrSelf-Destruct

Steam has gotten so cheap in the past that I simply bought several games for myself, then the same games for my girlfriend, and still managed to pay around the average price of one console game that has been heavily reduced. Brilliant.Hexagon_777

LOL. GTAIV for $4.99 and GTAIV Complete Edition with Episodes from Liberty City for $9.99:

http://store.steampowered.com/

Can Xbox Live and PSN beat this? Didn't think so.

i love steam deals, but the program itself, not so much.

khanabyss25

LOL. GTAIV for $4.99 and GTAIV Complete Edition with Episodes from Liberty City for $9.99:

http://store.steampowered.com/

Can Xbox Live and PSN beat this? Didn't think so.

Xtasy26

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i love steam deals, but the program itself, not so much.

Karnage108

I don't see the point in comparing Steam with XBL, they are different services, with different purposes.

no its not, take away the sales, and no one would care about it

Steamworks is not Steam

no its not, take away the sales, and no one would care about it

Steamworks is not Steam

gamer-adam1

I don't see the point in comparing Steam with XBL, they are different services, with different purposes.

padaporra

it is a pretty good online servis . But i do think the prices are over rated. They have great sales but other then that they are on par with everyone els .

Yes it is

Steam only has one thing missing if you ask me. It should tell you the download size of a game before you buy it.Marka1700

Well, on the game's Steam page, it does provide the game's system requirements... which includes the HDD/SSD size requirement.

no its not, take away the sales, and no one would care about it

Steamworks is not Steam

gamer-adam1

Lets not forget the following features:

Steam Cloud

Valve provides a service called Steam Cloud. For supported games, Steam Cloud stores various amounts of game data, such as keyboard shortcut settings and single-player game saves, on a central server. Any changes to relevant game files are uploaded to the main server, and newer files are automatically downloaded and used when a game is started.

Browser

Steam includes a tabbed Webkit based browser which can be accessed in-game.

Steamplay

SteamPlay, the Mac OS X client will allow players who have already purchased compatible products in the Windows version to re-download the Mac versions at no cost, allowing them to continue to play the game on the other platform

Automatic Driver Support

"Steam represents an evolution for PC and online gaming, and the availability of ATI Catalyst graphics driver updates directly on the Steam platform can help further enhance the PC gaming experience for users of ATI Radeon products," said Ben Bar-Haim, corporate vice president of software for AMD. "AMD now has the opportunity to helpdeliver an even better experience for PC gamers."

Screenshots

Upcoming features:

• Steam will get video recording "soon"

• Steam might come to iOS/Android

• Source Film Maker will be made public "soon"

someone is mad:lol:

^^

You forgot about the upcoming built-in video recorder for Steam.