Steam Sets New Concurrent User Record

[Ravenas]

There is no need to download anything if you have a physical copy. Anything else?

I want to know the voodoo magic though!!

Anyway, glad you didn't try to defend that statement. I asked you if your definition of owning a game is having a physical copy? You could have just replied and state yes, rather than stating some nonsense.

Games being physical copies kind of sucks in my opinion. Why?

1. You are limited to the capacity of the physical format.
2. Most times, the disk must be grabbed to play the game.
3. Physical copies lead to more pirating, worse for developers.
4. I like to be able to download my games when and where I want, without bring my case of physical copies along with me.

To each their own.

The same way bing or duck duck go are competitors of google. Sure.
There is "competitors". There is no real competition and that's what's important.

The definition of monopoly is the the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service. In this case control.

The definition of monopoly would be if Google purchased Bing and DuckDuckDuck to block them from the market, or if they didn't allow any others search engine on Android. That doesn't support anything you just said. You're stating Google is a monopoly because of market share, which doesn't make them a monopoly.

People prefer Google because it provides the best service. People prefer Steam because it provides them the best service.

 

[Ravenas]

Easy tiger. You said and I quote:

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Ravenas said:
False. You can play the games offline (unless the games require internet connection or has a launcher, nothing to do with Valve).

Steam Support :: Offline Mode (steampowered.com)

The distribution of the games is via internet. Is your definition of owning a game having a physical copy?

It's not false at all. If Steam is down for whatever reason, you can't install any game from your library.
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Steam is an internet distribution platform among many things, I want to know the voodoo magic of being able to install a game on Steam while not being online.

Are you blaming Valve for not allowing you to download your games while not online? If the traffic light is red, you can't go.

 

[Deleted member 215115]

You're really not getting it. How is this so difficult?

It's a simple concept: If Steam is down or Valve shuts it down for good, you lose access to your games. If you have a physical copy or a GOG installer, you get to keep that game forever. Ok?

Plus some other bonuses such as devs releasing finished games because they don't have the luxury to update them via the internet later.

 

[Ravenas]

You're really not getting it. How is this so difficult?

Your argument has literally progressed like this:

-> I can't play my Steam games offline (You can Steam Support :: Offline Mode (steampowered.com))
-> I can't install my Steam games while offline. (Really? Are you blaming them for this? Would you also like to be able to use TPU while not online?)
-> I want physical copies of games. (This was the first question I asked you.)

Hard to imagine why following you is difficult.

 

[windwhirl]

There is no need to download anything if you have a physical copy. Anything else?

You know you can just back up the install elsewhere, right? Steam literally has a backup option for that.

 

[Deleted member 215115]

You know you can just back up the install elsewhere, right? Steam literally has a backup option for that.

Sure, but then why do I even need Steam in the first place?

 

[R-T-B]

Really? Are you blaming them for this?

Yes (I would if it was relevant). Some of us like to locally host our game libraries.

However, steam does allow offline backups and offline mode, as many have pointed out.

 

[Ravenas]

Yes. Some of us like to locally host our game libraries.

How is it Valve’s fault that publishers don’t provide physical copies? The market has spoken as Steam has evolved over time.

It’s not different than saying well every game should be released on Mac or Linux, Native. The user base requirement is too small.

There is always consoles?

 

[R-T-B]

How is it Valve’s fault that publishers don’t provide physical copies?

I wasn't talking physical. Downloadable/archivable is fine.

See edit.

 

[Ravenas]

-> I can't play my games if I'm UNABLE TO INSTALL THEM, DUDE. I don't keep 300 games installed on my PC just to play them offline. Get a fucking grip.
-> Yes, I'm blaming games as a service for this. There is no need for internet if you have physical copies of things.
-> Yes, physical copies are great.

You can't follow me because you're slow. It's as simple as that. Your location checks out too, unfortunately.

They make storage capacity to enable the installation of large game libraries. 5TB HDDs are very affordable if you don’t want to spend money on SSDs.

Valve has nothing to do with publishers not providing physical copies.

 

[freeagent]

Maybe quote my entire post next time. It's nonsense to you because you lack the capacity of grasp it. (AKA maybe you're dumb. Are you?)

Be nice.

Stop bickering.

 

[Bomby569]

The definition of monopoly would be if Google purchased Bing and DuckDuckDuck to block them from the market, or if they didn't allow any others search engine on Android. That doesn't support anything you just said. You're stating Google is a monopoly because of market share, which doesn't make them a monopoly.

People prefer Google because it provides the best service. People prefer Steam because it provides them the best service.

i just quoted you the definition, it's not just possession, it can be control. It's not a pure monopoly but it works as a monopoly

 

[Readlight]

Boiling 1.5 liters water costs 7 cents. Do you want to play games?

 

[Ravenas]

i just quoted you the definition, it's not just possession, it can be control. It's not a pure monopoly but it works as a monopoly

Market share doesn’t equate to monopoly, nor does it work as a monopoly.

 

[arni-gx]

The most popular titles over the weekend included
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at 800,000 players,
Dota 2 at 650,000, and
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS with 320,000.


..... from top of the 3 on STEAM, i have only playing CS GO, sometimes, not to much....... because that game finally has full support of ultrawide screen .......

 

[Bomby569]

Market share doesn’t equate to monopoly, nor does it work as a monopoly.

sure that's why i said control, it seems we are not on the same language.

 

[Ravenas]

sure that's why i said control, it seems we are not on the same language.

I agree with you in regard to control, but it's important to point out that they aren't a monopoly based solely on market share. The word monopoly gets thrown around too much in American society, but that's just a consequence of capitalism.

 

[R-T-B]

Boiling 1.5 liters water costs 7 cents. Do you want to play games?

Yes?

In other unrelated news, inflation is skyrocketing. Gamers still want games.

 

[windwhirl]

Boiling 1.5 liters water costs 7 cents. Do you want to play games?

Yes?

In other unrelated news, inflation is skyrocketing. Gamers still want games.

30-50% YoY inflation over the last decade hasn't stopped people over here from buying games.

And from conversations, people just don't wanna even bother pirating if they can get it on Steam in a sale or something

 

[Caring1]

Do you want to play games?

You wouldn't happen to be riding a tricycle would you?

 

[MarsM4N]

You know you can just back up the install elsewhere, right? Steam literally has a backup option for that.

Exactly. All your games are stored in 1 folder, the "SteamLibrary". Which btw. you can have multiple of them on differnent drives.
You can move them around like you wish, move games from one library to the other, put them on a external HDD & plug it in different PC's.

And the best thing, you don't have to "install" games on C:, so it doesn't get you into store space problems.

The only thing I do not like is that some games store their game saves, mods, etc. in the "Documents" folder on C:.
So you need to backup that from time to time.