Dismantling the so called STEAM benefits one by one

A STEAM LOVER just listed the so called benefits STEAM brings...
Again STEAM LOVERs want to completely wipe out the true reality
in PC Games and give a FALSE impression about STEAM, specially
to new comers and newbies

Ok, lets dismantle the so called "benefits" one by one...
Here it goes:

> 1.) No need to go out to buy. I live more than 20 miles
> from any Games shop.

First one dismantled...
No one needs to "go out" to buy a PC Game cause there are many
mail order and etailers that bring you any PC Game you want
right at your door...
One dismantled... 4 to go...

> 2.) No need to insert the DVD or CD every time I want to
> play the game.

Next one to be dismantled...
Since the start of PC Games and way before STEAM ever appeared
not every PC Game title has the need for disk inserted when
playing... want some names?
Retail PC Games (NOT INFECTED WITH STEAM) and with no need for
disk inserted when playing and released in 2006:
.. Call of Cthulhu
.. Utopia City
.. Liquidator 2
.. Shadowgrounds
.. War World
.. Prey (patch to remove will be released soon)
.. Dangerous Waters
.. Keepsake
And many more exist released prior to 2006
Another dismantled... 3 to go

> 3.) No laborious multi-disc installs any more. I just
> leave a game installing and carry on using my PC without
> interruption until its finished.

You are british so why are you pretending being an American?
Americans have that problem but the rest of the world doesn't
DVD-ROM disks are now almost the only medium available in Europe
for Retail PC Games and no game that I know of needs more than 1
disk...
Another dismantled... 2 to go

> 4.) No need to store games and game boxes/case. I have so

If after all these years installing and playing PC Games you
still don't know, then I will teach you something...
Try this... it will work in 99% of the PC Games released that
have no need for disk inserted when playing.
.. Install the game from the original disk or disks
.. Before running it for the first time backup the full directory
were the game was installed to a external USB Hard-drive.
.. Next time you need to "install" the PC Game just connect your
USB external Hard-drive and do a simple copy of the backup you did
when you first installed the game to your local hard disk.
.. Run the game from your local hard disk and you will see it will
play perfectly and you only needed 5 minutes to make the copy and
no need to search for the game disks or even store boxes or cases

Another one dismantled... now only one left to go

> 5.) No worry about hardware or software conflicts that
> are due to copy protection. I have had quite a lot of

This one dismantles exactly the same as number 2...
Ok but I will list again some Retail PC Game titles released in
2006 with NO COPY PROTECTION so no possibility of conflicts:
.. Call of Cthulhu
.. Utopia City
.. Liquidator 2
.. Shadowgrounds
.. War World
.. Prey (patch to remove will be released soon)
.. Dangerous Waters
.. Keepsake

Finished... all 5 STEAM benefits dismantled...
So now with the "benefits" all gone what does STEAM have left?
Only the many inconvenient procedures it forces PC Gamers to do
only to buy, install, patch and play a simple PC Game.

Rob írta:
> STEAM has all of the things listed that are of a benefit to *me*. I
> see value in those things for *myself*. That's why I said they're what
> *I* like about STEAM. But as usual you ignored that bit and set off on
> yet another kook rant.
>
> I have made it perfectly clear that these things can never be anything
> other than objective. Do you even understand what objective means?

LIQUID HILARITY.

Laszlo