Steam is Breaking New Ground

Steam, Valve digital online platform, is incredibly popular. No, really, at almost any given time, there are over a million gamers playing some sort of game, and it’s usually much higher. There are so many things to love about Steam, whether it be the convenience of having your games available to you whenever you need them, having your saved games follow you around, or simply making it easier to keep in contact with your gamer friends!

This, however, is NOT the best thing about Steam. No sir, people flock to Steam like the i on Apple products because of the deals that you can get on games.

[CrimsonEngage]

I like how everyone loves steam but when it first came out people bitched and moaned all the time.

[evileyevileye]

Yeah, it started off REALLY bad. They really did a good job improving it though.

[JsonHenry]

It had an incredibly horrible start.. those of us that were there trying to unlock our "pre-loaded" HL2 on launch day knows just how bad it was.

Now, however, Steam is awesome. :)

[Redgehammer]

I love Valve, but I consider Steam to be cumbersome, and something I use only if no other choice. I have spent more hours of my gaming life playing Valve games than I have any other developers. From: TF2, HL, CS, HL death match, Portal, I have played and loved them all, but Steam, no thanks. Alas, no choice.

[vandal GAB]

What just as they did with the PSN and Xbox live? lol. Steam is awesome!

[Ravenor]

I started using Steam when CS 1.6 was released (It's first release) and later when the Counter Strike Source beta came out before HL2's release. When 1.6 launched it was a mess, but I think that had more to do with the amount of people trying to download CS 1.6

The Source beta launch went much smoother. I also ran into no trouble getting my Half Life 2 installed and registered to my account. I never understood all the bitching simply because I was there and experienced almost no problems with it.

[smoothdude]

I have to admit that Steam is fantastic. It actually brought me back to the PC gaming. It is just so easy to buy and play games.

[-Alpha]

Steam is by far the best service out there-- cheap games, huge library, free, very accessible and easy to use.

[trancefreak]

Im on it right now playing some good ole garys mod

[Bluemaster77]

Steam is by far the most Wallet Friendly way to game , its inter face is smooth and accessible and its linkage abilities are second to none

[vandal GAB]

steam rules

[Rageanitus]

pc gaming is "dead"

[BeastlyRig]

prove it!

[newn4gguy]

I'm pretty sure the quotation marks mean he's being sarcastic.

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[the_best_player]

@Rageanitus
nope just your soul

[vandal GAB]

Rageanitus your a fine example on a complete troll cockface!

[Rageanitus]

I guess a majority of ppl on the inetz does not know how to read english text.... sigh

[a08andan]

I check steam every day for deals, and also gamersgate.com and direct2drive.com :) Its good way to get games for a good price :)

[CYBERHATER]

Steam is simply awesome :)

[newn4gguy]

Steam is one of the greatest things ever created!

The deals!

I buy like twenty games every Christmas...because they're so ridiculously cheap on Steam!

Here are some games I bought and the price I paid for them:

Borderlands:GOTY Edition - $7.50
Bioshock - $2.50 (That was two years ago.)
Half-Life - $1.25
Half-Life 2 - $2.75
Portal - Free
Left 4 Dead +Left 4 Dead 2 - $7.50
Bully - $2.50
Prey - $2.50

Nobody beats Steam.

[Chnswdchldrn]

Steam takes a steamy crap on XBL

Fact.

[Redgehammer]

Sorry m8, but maybe that is a reality in your one bubble world.

[Ravenor]

He's being crass, but it doesn't change the fact that he's right. Steam as a service beats both console online services, both in features and Store content.

Can't argue with fact.

[Redgehammer]

Since we are all a collection of disparate opinions, likes and dislikes, and attitudes, I can argue that I prefer XBL over Steam. Also, Steam should be miles ahead becasue it is on the PC, but is it really miles ahead? The only place that I see Steam as a clear cut winner is in the day 1 purchase potential for new titles. I will reiterate that I love, and I mean Love Valve games. If I am a fanboy for any developer it would be Valve; moreover,I am glad Steam is a success, but that doesn't mean I have to like it though.

[jwk94]

Steam is almost perfect, they just need to get pre-paid cards like PSN Cards and Live cards for people who don't have CC =(

[Ravenor]

Pre paid credit cards work, they have them in Canada I'm sure they have them in the states or elsewhere.

[jwk94]

I know that, maybe I didn't specify, like PSN and Xbox LIve and the Wii all have their own dedicated cards for their services, steam needs one.

[Pandamobile]

Why, all my friends that don't have credit cards just go to Shoppers Drug Mart or something and grab a $50 pre-paid, or use Paypal.