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  • #9008
    keith with the teefkeith with the teef
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      @thinktank
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      Remember when M$ was not pulling its weight with game support, back in 2012/13.

      http://www.alienware.co.uk/steammachine/

      Gabe Newell ex employee of M$ talked about walking all over M$ with the all singing and dancing steam machine.

      Well,  would you buy one now. I bet allienware sell next to none.

      Still M$ did get shaken up and we are in abetter place?

      Steam wise I am curremtly playing a heavily modified source engine game being Titan fall 2.

       

       

      #9046
      Wheels-Of-FireWheels-Of-Fire
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        @grahamdearsley
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        Dont know keith. But i do know i dont like steam. Almost every time i try to play a game i have paied for steam wants to do a massive update first.

        #9047
        The DukeThe Duke
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          @sgb101
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          Love steam. They have kept pc gaming at the hr forefront of gaming. It’s way out of bigger than Xbox and ps. Also it makes pc gaming so much more simpler than pre steam. It does all the hard work.

          There are other library / pc distributors, but non come close for me.

          Ms want Xbox /pc co-lab market place (metro) to moth in to a steam competitor. Usually I’d welcome Compition, but I don’t like the way ms can through their weight around. Making using 3rd party distributors that bit much harder to run etc, isn’t beyond them.

          No doubt metro games store will also be on this win steam box. Though don’t we already to own win steam boxes. We just use to call them gaming pc’s.

           

          #9269
          Wheels-Of-FireWheels-Of-Fire
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            @grahamdearsley
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            Sorry Duke Steam still  stinks.

            Only wanted to continue my game of £42 Doom this morning and got Update for Steam. Update for Doom. Account not found.

            After a reboot and half an hour account is ok, game is ok and now i can play again.

            Rubbish.

            #9271
            SpedleySpedley
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              @spedley
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              I like Steam as much as I hate it.  I love not needing to swap DVD’s and the simple key system for buying games from many sources.  Installation and re-installation is usually straight forward and downloads are always fast.

              I don’t like updating when I just want to play but I accept that because updates are part of what makes (made) PC gaming better.  What I don’t like is the threat that Steam has control of several hundred pounds worth of games which it can deny me access to – all my eggs in one basket and the like.

              i7 4790s / 8GB / 480GB SSD / GTX 980 / 34" UltraWide : i3 4170 / 8GB / 480GB SSD / GTX 770 / 24" Samsung : i3 4130 / 8GB / 500GB Spinner / GTX 1050 / 23" Acer : Q9550 / 8GB / 1TB Spinner / GTX 580 / 22" Acer : i7 720QM / 8GB / 1TB+2TB+500GB Spinners (server) : i5 4570 / 8GB / 60GB SSD / 1TB / GeForce 210 / 22" Dell It's getting warm in here!

              #9296
              DrezhaDrezha
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                @drezha
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                I like Steam, but I’m beginning to look at other services – specifically Good Old Games. DRM free downloads and an optional client. And they do fair trade pricing, so as the £ stinks at the minute, they’ll give you cash back for your next purchase!

                "Everything looks interesting until you do it. Then you find it’s just another job" - Terry Pratchett

                #9330
                TipponTippon
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                  @tippon
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                  Sorry Duke Steam still stinks. Only wanted to continue my game of £42 Doom this morning and got Update for Steam. Update for Doom. Account not found. After a reboot and half an hour account is ok, game is ok and now i can play again. Rubbish.

                  Couldn’t agree more with this. My computer is running 24/7 with Steam logged in, but I still get random occasions where I have to log in, or update a game before I can play. What’s the point of a permanently running client if it doesn’t keep the games ready to play? ?

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