Comments on: Where There’s Smoke…

By: Benoit

Benoit — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:33 +0000

Steam has reminded me of games that I forgot I owned.

Which means you can download them and install them and not play them to your heart’s content.

By: Brett Douville

Brett Douville — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:58:46 +0000

I’ll send you my copy of ToEE — I’ll never play it again, and you can go nuts. Email will not be published but I assume you see it.

By: grs

grs — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:34:59 +0000

Here’s one even better. I wanted to try the original Fable. I bought one off NewEgg. Brand new – factory sealed. When I tried to install, it said my CD key was invalid. I’ve come to find that *everyone* buying the old game is having the same problem. I found a warez key that works but WTF?

I hated Fable & bought Mass Effect off Steam for $9.99. That was the best ten bucks I’ve ever spent.

By: peterb

peterb — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:37:52 +0000

I can never resell games because by the time I want to, I’ve already lost the disc.

By: Nelson Minar

Nelson Minar — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:33:11 +0000

I’m with you on this one. Steam copies are less valuable in some ways. You can’t resell them, and you’re subject to Valve providing a reliable service. OTOH the lack of hassle in installation and the way it maintains your old library is really fantastic. Also, you’re giving a big FUCK YOU to Gamestop, always a good feeling.

By: psu

psu — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:22 +0000

As has been documented before, Steam let me play HL2 again after my purchase of the game in *2004*… on a different machine, running a completely different operating system.

It still takes too long to launch. But I can forgive it the small things.

By: peterb

peterb — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:21 +0000

I thought of an even better variant: you still have the goddamned disc, but you have lost the goddamned CD key.

I love that one.