Steam is excellent imo. You don't need to check for patches and there is an interface screen you can click and see how long you've been playing the game any DLCs the game has to offer etc... I wish I had all my games on Steam. But at least I'm glad CKII and everything related to it will be through Steam.
Well ok that is a benefit. Will be nice if Steam keeps my game patched rather than me having to sort it out from the forum here.
Secondly, after thinking about it, it works out that Steam is backing up my Gamefly purchase. Of the two, Gamefly is more likely to go belly up or bought out or go down.
Thirdly, if 80% of PI's sales come from Steam then that's that we just have to adjust.
I also wish all my games were on Steam, because my whole point is I want only one online game store library. Originally I went with D2D because the interface was straightforward and simple and I didn't have to use their spam client. So now they're bought out and all we have are the spam client companies.
Ideally for the concept of cloud computing, *storage* should not be tied to *retailer*. Philosophically this bugs me, for one thing the cloud concept is like a storage unit company that prevents you from ever storing your junk in your own home or with another company you're just locked in with them forever, "the cloud" is just a RENTAL and if the company goes belly up (or randomly seized by the government like Megaupload) then poof you just lost everything.
This is the major problem with "the cloud" -- it transforms ownership to rental, which would be fine IF the $40 game license you buy from Paradox could be cross-platform. If my authentication / cloud provider goes bellyup, I really shouldn't have to buy another "license" from Paradox, you know?
Ok I'm going to stop complaining. I've vented, going to forget it now. I was forced into Steam and now I'm stuck with them. But this herding everyone into Steam won't be good, it's a fact about monopolies that prices will go up, all the consumer benefits of a monopoly are on the front end then once they own the market, service, quality and prices go the other direction.
Ok gotta drop this topic now. Must stop posting about Steam so I can forget about Steam. :rofl:
