PC owners you guys were right, Steam sure is something

Oh oh i gotta say what everyone been saying about Steam sure is true, after getting a new PC i thought i'd look at Steam for once and i was blown away by the collection of the games in there and the prices, some of the games there were pretty cheap. i got Portal and Left for Dead 2. cant believe this but i think im going play on my PC from now on.. so its both PS3 and PC now! :o... this may sound more of a blog material i know :P but to make it intresting which you guys think is faster in terms of downloading games.. Steam or PSN? after donwloading from Steam it feels like Steam is much slower than PSN...also im loving the idea of how you can send a game to a friend as a gift

Any suggestions? any recomendation for someone new to Steam?

Gamer on PS3 and PC 8)

Well, most of the games on steam are 6+ GB. Most of the games on PSN are under 1 GB. Naturally, it would take longer to download a full fledged game.

But yes, Steam is quite nice. Personally, i think one of the best features of steam is never needing a disc to put it. Its nice to just press one button and launch a game.

I belive Steam just recently upgraded it's servers ahead of the holiday sale.

Good on them.

And don't forget to setup your Steam community stuff too. And join some groups!

I don't know if I should consider you lucky or misfortunate for missing the Christmas sale, but welcome to PC gaming!

Now go buy Amnesia.

Edit: For speed, both seem the same to me, though Steam fluctuates more. Then again, there's not a crazy sale going on in PSN when I download from there.

Slashkice

Steam has sales most days. but the relaly big sales usually happen along a holiday or some type of theme. Like last year there were great summer sales, but the fourht of july sales (it ws the whole week) were awesome!

Steam has sales most days. but the relaly big sales usually happen along a holiday or some type of theme. Like last year there were great summer sales, but the fourht of july sales (it ws the whole week) were awesome!

Kinthalis

Wasn't awesome for my wallet :(.

I don't know if I should consider you lucky or misfortunate for missing the Christmas sale, but welcome to PC gaming!

Now go buy Amnesia.

Edit: For speed, both seem the same to me, though Steam fluctuates more. Then again, there's not a crazy sale going on in PSN when I download from there.

Steam is legendary. It's like having all of your console games preloaded and ready to start on demand without disk swaps.

Just one of the many reason to convert to PC gaming.

Now that you're in PC gaming you should learn what fps and Anti-Aliasing is Butters. :P

As far as PSN vs Steam speeds, I get 2-3 mbps on Steam, don't know how fast PSN goes for some people.

I hate Steam. Its the serpent with an apple. Its the devil in a red dress. She walks over to you all sexy, sticks her hand in your pants, grabs your wallet, and leaves you standing there hopelessly naked. Yea something like that.

Steam is legendary. It's like having all of your console games preloaded and ready to start on demand without disk swaps.

Just one of the many reason to convert to PC gaming.

haberman13

Now that you're in PC gaming you should learn what fps and Anti-Aliasing is Butters. :P

As far as PSN vs Steam speeds, I get 2-3 mbps on Steam, don't know how fast PSN goes for some people.

tagyhag

i get 1.2 mb's on PSN. But that was after I upgraded my internetz. :P

[QUOTE="haberman13"]

Steam is legendary. It's like having all of your console games preloaded and ready to start on demand without disk swaps.

Just one of the many reason to convert to PC gaming.

dc337

Apparently so is plugging an HDMI cable from the PC to a TV with the way so many console gamers go "I prefer playing games on my 60" TV!"

[QUOTE="dc337"]

[QUOTE="haberman13"]

Steam is legendary. It's like having all of your console games preloaded and ready to start on demand without disk swaps.

Just one of the many reason to convert to PC gaming.

XaosII

Apparently so is plugging an HDMI cable from the PC to a TV with the way so many console gamers go "I prefer playing games on my 60" TV!"

pc does not work well with many tvs

[QUOTE="XaosII"]

[QUOTE="dc337"] Yes because putting a disc in the console is such a tremendous effort.

Apparently so is plugging an HDMI cable from the PC to a TV with the way so many console gamers go "I prefer playing games on my 60" TV!"

pc does not work well with many tvs

[QUOTE="dc337"]

[QUOTE="haberman13"]

Steam is legendary. It's like having all of your console games preloaded and ready to start on demand without disk swaps.

Just one of the many reason to convert to PC gaming.

XaosII

Apparently so is plugging an HDMI cable from the PC to a TV with the way so many console gamers go "I prefer playing games on my 60" TV!"

The PC is a second-rate console in the living room. No local multiplayer, no buying movies and games with the same account, and it also gets skipped on some major exclusives like Red Dead Redemption and the EA Sports series.

which you guys think is faster in terms of downloading games.. Steam or PSN?

finalstar2007

For me it's Steam. PSN sucks on my connection, it can honestly take twenty minutes to download a 16 Mb patch sometimes. It's bizarre. With Steam, I'd say my average download rate is probably 1.8 Mb/s.

I'm a person who play games on the computer but I can tell you I do not care much for Steam. Steam is just one of the many digital download game portals available on the internet. Sometime Steam is cheaper than the competition, most of the time it isn't. Instead of blindly praising steam, check out the other sites such as GamerGates.com (I downloaded my Mass Effect 2 Dux edition here), GOG.COM, Direct2drive.com, implusedriven.com and boatload of other sites. This winter holiday, Amazon had many games available for download that beats Steam prices and without Steam's heavy DRM.

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"] which you guys think is faster in terms of downloading games.. Steam or PSN?

psn8214

For me it's Steam. PSN sucks on my connection, it can honestly take twenty minutes to download a 16 Mb patch sometimes. It's bizarre. With Steam, I'd say my average download rate is probably 1.8 Mb/s.

dam! :P You need to check that out man.

Going by your posting history I can recommend you Recettear and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 along with Vietnam.

I wish I could recommend you more, but I dont know you as well as you know yourself

1. What genres do you like?
2. How important is accessability to you?
3. Would you enjoy playing a highly flawed/buggy game that is otherwise a lot of fun?
4. How important are graphics to you?
5. Any genres you havent tried yet, like mmorpgs and tbs's?

By the way welcome to PC gaming :) Oh and if you want to add some fellow gamespotters so you can see what we are playing and what games we have recommended. There is also a spreadsheet that allows you to see any PC games that have scored above a 7 on gamespot.

dam! :P You need to check that out man.

theuncharted34

The annoying thing is, though, it doesn't do that all the time. Like it was fine downloading the Gran Turismo 5 patches when they came out, but the other day my brother goes to play Burnout Paradise and it took about a half hour to download a 23 Mb patch. :|

Well, it depends where you are, and apparently how many squirrels are partying in your backyard at the time...

My cable internet can potentially get around 1mbps download speed, but I think the squirrels in my backyard use the neighborhood cable box (conveniently located in my backyard) as a dance club, and it can drop down to around half that speed, or less occassionally :(

You did just miss the HUMUNGOUS sales though... :( The next time they do sales that big is the Summer sale, so stay tuned for that 8)

But each week they usually do the Midweek Madness, and then the Weekend Deal as well, but those are usually just one or two games. :)

PSN is definitely the slowest of the three for me. XBL is usually pretty darn fast. Its hard to judge really cause I dont know if you can check latency on XBL. I never have.

Now that you're in PC gaming you should learn what fps and Anti-Aliasing is Butters. :P

As far as PSN vs Steam speeds, I get 2-3 mbps on Steam, don't know how fast PSN goes for some people.

tagyhag

lol you still call me that :P >_>... tho yeah guess little by little..anti-alising.. hmm sounds somehow..complicated :/..:P

[QUOTE="XaosII"]

[QUOTE="dc337"] Yes because putting a disc in the console is such a tremendous effort.

dc337

Apparently so is plugging an HDMI cable from the PC to a TV with the way so many console gamers go "I prefer playing games on my 60" TV!"

The PC is a second-rate console in the living room. No local multiplayer, no buying movies and games with the same account, and it also gets skipped on some major exclusives like Red Dead Redemption and the EA Sports series.

[QUOTE="XaosII"]

[QUOTE="dc337"] Yes because putting a disc in the console is such a tremendous effort.

dc337

Apparently so is plugging an HDMI cable from the PC to a TV with the way so many console gamers go "I prefer playing games on my 60" TV!"

The PC is a second-rate console in the living room. No local multiplayer, no buying movies and games with the same account, and it also gets skipped on some major exclusives like Red Dead Redemption and the EA Sports series.

LOL, What?

You have heard of Amazon on demand, Netflix, HULU, Cinemanow, Youtube, right?

A PC can be your Blu-ray player, your gaming console, your DVR, your internet stream portal all in one.

And unlike consoles it'll be playing at true 1080p 60+ fPS and better graphics overall.

Welcome to the light. Enjoy your stay. ;) Seriously though, there's certainly a lot to enjoy on steam and with PC gaming in general. I hope you get your money's worth from all the fantastic titles on offer. Be sure to check out a few mods too.

The PS3 is certainly the console that compliments a nice PC best, I feel. 'Tis the combination I have myself and I couldn't be happier.

I wish Steam would sell PC hardware. I dream of that to happen.

AMD WEEKEND SALE:

Buy 3, pay for 2for any of the HD 6900 series gpus.

buy 3 HD 6970s and pay for 2 :twisted:

woohoo u finally got out of ur dam playstation 3 box 8) dont it feel good???? I agree steam has some amazing game deals and they just released assassins creed 2 deluxe edition on there recently :D sucks u missed a year of free stuff, like i got Portal for Free, and Alein Swarm for Free :D then paid 2.99 for Team Fortress 2 which is like the CoD of Steam :P :lol: finally hooked up my DS2 to my PC as well so im all set ;) 8) PC gaming gen ftw!!! Remember the good old days of counterstrike? Cant miss em' on steam either :D

my recomendation is get GARY'S MOD!!! :P

and welcome to the PC community, your going to have a great 2011 as far as gaming goes owning both a PS3 and PC. I wish I had a PS3 for its 2011 exclusives :cry:

Going by your posting history I can recommend you Recettear and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 along with Vietnam.

I wish I could recommend you more, but I dont know you as well as you know yourself

1. What genres do you like?
2. How important is accessability to you?
3. Would you enjoy playing a highly flawed/buggy game that is otherwise a lot of fun?
4. How important are graphics to you?
5. Any genres you havent tried yet, like mmorpgs and tbs's?

By the way welcome to PC gaming :) Oh and if you want to add some fellow gamespotters so you can see what we are playing and what games we have recommended. There is also a spreadsheet that allows you to see any PC games that have scored above a 7 on gamespot.

Maroxad

I own BC2 on PS3 and kinda regret buying it for full price, i only played that game for like a few games then before i know it i was back to Call of Duty, thing is all my friends play call of duty :P tho i will look around and see about Recettear as for your questions:

1. Im into everything now, i used to only like JRPGs but after owning the PS3 for a couple of years now it pretty much changed my taste, i play everything now from FPS's to platformers to anything.
2. A bit important
3. Sure no problem at all, i mean MW2 was too buggy but i still played that for so long
4. Not important
5. have yet to play an mmo and a wrpg

Thanks and will check it out

Steam is great, but people shouldn't forget that there are a multitude of digital retailers. I myself enjoy GOG a lot for example.

have yet to play an mmo and a wrpg

finalstar2007

EDIT and the Witcher (enhanced) is only $20 but if you wait and watch it will prob go on sale at some point (not sure if the wait is worth saving $5 though)

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

have yet to play an mmo and a wrpg

blue_hazy_basic

EDIT and the Witcher (enhanced) is only $20 but if you wait and watch it will prob go on sale at some point (not sure if the wait is worth saving $5 though)

Mass effect 1 is also a good start for a WRPG. Did you get Oblivion on the console? If not, or even if you did and liked the game, the PC version + mods is an ENTIRELY new experience. Definitely give that a shot.

And I'd lik eto second the suggesiton above about other download services. Love Steam but don't forget about Impulse (Great strategy games), GOG.com (Good old games. Lots of amazing old school games avialable there for a great price), and Driect2drive.com. I tend not to pick them over Steam in most cases, but they usually get some games from EA first (or exclusively, like the Sims).

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[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

have yet to play an mmo and a wrpg

finalstar2007

EDIT and the Witcher (enhanced) is only $20 but if you wait and watch it will prob go on sale at some point (not sure if the wait is worth saving $5 though)

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]

Now that you're in PC gaming you should learn what fps and Anti-Aliasing is Butters. :P

As far as PSN vs Steam speeds, I get 2-3 mbps on Steam, don't know how fast PSN goes for some people.

finalstar2007

lol you still call me that :P >_>... tho yeah guess little by little..anti-alising.. hmm sounds somehow..complicated :/..:P

You should be proud, I only give worthy people nicknames. :x

More anti-aliasing: Edges look smoother.

Steam is evil I buy games even though I can't play all the games I have now. Welcome to the darkside TC.

I donwload from steam with 3.1 MB/s. For me my steam download seems to max my connection speed, and PSN doesn't. PSN speed fluctuates a lot but usually downloads around 700 kB/s i think.

The Steam holiday sales were crazy this year, you are both fortunate and unfortunate to have missed them.