Haven't Logged Into Steam For Over A Year...

Kassen

Kassen

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...and I can still play all of my games. It's an offline pc for most of the time, unplugged from the internet. Whenever I start up Steam on this computer, it asks for my password. I type in any random password I want (as it will not matter when offline), and after it fails to verify the password through Steam servers due to the obvious lack of internet connection, it tells me if I want to "start in offline mode." And ask I do. Offline mode gives you full access to your games and simply lacks connection to Steam's service. But very occasionally, I connect this PC to the internet, and this eventually triggers Steam to want to go online and triggers it to ask for the password again (since the one I entered earlier was completely bogus), and so I enter another bogus password and get a message, "sorry! Try again! Did you forget your password?" So meh, I hit cancel on the login, and Steam exits out. After my PC is disconnected from the internet again, I just start up Steam in offline mode and continue playing like nothing happened.

Steam is very laxed about this because no one can stand to have a PC not connected to the internet or because developers don't care to acknowledge the PC platform as their money-making machine for software, I guess. Which also may be why developers don't mind that Steam deals massively discount the prices of their games. I'm not exactly sure why honestly. But whatever the reason, the DRM is extremely user-friendly. You can't ask for anything better in the digital realm. But I have seen people compare Steam to the Xbox One's original DRM policy. And when they make this comparison, I wonder to myself what Nazi spy did they hire to get this extremely inaccurate information. I would think anyone who ever knew what Steam is would understand just how user-friendly it is as a digital platform. I just wanted to correct this misinformation. Heck, to put it in even more perspective, I even have a PC that has been playing in offline mode since even before Windows 8 released. I hope this was somewhat informative of the uniqueness of the Steam platform for people who weren't aware of it.
 
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Kassen said:
But whatever the reason, the DRM is extremely user-friendly. You can't ask for anything better in the digital realm. But I have seen people compare Steam to the Xbox One's original DRM policy. And when they make this comparison, I wonder to myself what Nazi spy did they hire to get this extremely inaccurate information. I would think anyone who ever knew what Steam is would understand just how user-friendly it is as a digital platform. I just wanted to correct this misinformation. Heck, to put it in even more perspective, I even have a PC that has been playing in offline mode since even before Windows 8 released. I hope this was somewhat informative of the uniqueness of the Steam platform for people who weren't aware of it.
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I mostly agree, except in regards to the bolded part - anyone who has ever made a purchase from GOG.com will see the absolute pinnacle of DRM-free software - you buy the game, it's in your account, you download it and install it to your computer or another computer or any other computer. You can re-download it any time, and it often includes things like the manual (to older games where that existed), soundtracks, etc. No activations, no license checks, no online requirements. I love Steam, mind you, but for the past couple of years I've made a conscious effort to use GOG when they have the games, and then Steam only for games that aren't there.
 
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Steam was not this friendly way back when it first started. Not even close. Also, drm is up to the game publisher. If they want to have online checks, cd-keys, etc they still can through Steam. Plus, PC publishers have backed off drm as cracking even the most complex drm systems is still very easy. Steam evolved because their games all got cracked anyway.

DRM on consoles was likely aimed much more at the used game market.
 
I don't think Xbox one is there just yet.

If I have played a game while online, I then have to connect to the internet, if I'm in offline mode.

I've not moved yet, and thus don't have the internet. Which means if I want to play any of my existing games, I'd have to download the OS updates before loading games I've already finished!

New games however, don't need to go online.

Quirky.
 
So you're saying Steam lost its steam for you? Well, you don't seem to be alone. PC gamers play up the platform but they always break down and buy the consoles and spend most of their time and money on consoles at the end of the day.
 
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So you're saying Steam lost its steam for you? Well, you don't seem to be alone. PC gamers play up the platform but they always break down and buy the consoles and spend most of their time and money on consoles at the end of the day.
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The most played games are PC games. For example, one of the most played console games outside of CoD right now, is BF4. Between all 4 consoles, it has at this very moment as I type this, less than 100k people playing. CS:GO on pc at this very moment has over twice that. DOTA 2 also has over twice that. The amount of pc gamers playing concurrently smash console gamers, and I'm talking about real games, not social crap games. So no, at the end of the day, pc gamers are playing up their platform....BECAUSE they are playing on that platform.

GAMERS play both pc and console. It's not a race. It's not one over the other. We can enjoy various games on various platforms.


But I know your trolling gimmick, it's cute, but old.
 
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The most played games are PC games. For example, one of the most played console games outside of CoD right now, is BF4. Between all 4 consoles, it has at this very moment as I type this, less than 100k people playing. CS:GO on pc at this very moment has over twice that. DOTA 2 also has over twice that. The amount of pc gamers playing concurrently smash console gamers, and I'm talking about real games, not social crap games. So no, at the end of the day, pc gamers are playing up their platform....BECAUSE they are playing on that platform.

GAMERS play both pc and console. It's not a race. It's not one over the other. We can enjoy various games on various platforms.


But I know your trolling gimmick, it's cute, but old.
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Kassen said:
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You guys are funny. Some troll pc gamers on a regular basis. Some comes in to defend with truth, and then told to chill.



Like I said, I know he's just playing, it's his shtick, just saying....it gets old after awhile.
 
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