Is PC gaming Being Done Away With?

Richardc269 said:

Even if said game is only digital, it'll still be cracked. Doesn't really matter to them, they'll just find out a way around it, even if you took out DVD/CD usage.

I'm not downrating steam. I just don't want a game manager.

Btw, some people can't get higher ISP. DSL/Dial-up is all you have in some areas (or none at all if the town's small enough).

Anything can be hacked or cracked if thieves want it bad enough so...

In the meantime, Steam, and all those wanting to be Steam (cough cough... Origin) will continue to grow as this is the future of game/software delivery… DRM and all.

As for the slow ISP of some services, that's the only legitimate complaint I've heard concerning Steam, or any other download service.

I don't recall getting nausea while playing Half Life, is it the bobbing that I can no longer handle? I couldn't play for more than 20 minutes.

PC Gaming dying? Maybe certain games due to critical updates and well, people get older, the same generation who played Diablo 2 almost 'grew' out of it, basically found something else.

It's an evolving platform along with the fact all games are developed on the PC anyway.
It's never really going to die as long as there's an interest.

bobafetthotmail said:

Richardc269 said:

Even if said game is only digital, it'll still be cracked. Doesn't really matter to them, they'll just find out a way around it, even if you took out DVD/CD usage.

True. A lot of pirated games around were assembled with files from a Steam legit copy (probably because if you know how to crack one you can crack all as the DRM is the same). As far as I know, the best DRM measure (that isn't playing through a server like a MMORPG) lasted a full month after release. Most get cracked within weeks, or even before friggin release (for high-profile games like Starcraft 2 where you get leaked copies).

Whining about it like Ubisoft does isn't an indication of anything, because games for consoles are pirated at the same rate.

Btw, some people can't get higher ISP. DSL/Dial-up is all you have in some areas (or none at all if the town's small enough).

So true. I'm locked at my sucky speed because no ISP doing serious business gives a damn about my area.
Still, even if blatantly lying about the actual download speed and time left, Steam does use up 100% of my available bandwidth when downloading. Since my cap is at around 80-ish kbit/s that's weeks of downloading 24/7 (especially for biggish games like TF2).

Same here on the last part. I'm only slightly faster than you (125kb/s) and it takes me 8 hours to download 2 gigs.

As for Ubisoft...they can honestly just shut up. They really aren't getting my money after a stupid comment like that. 95% of their sales are pirated? Really? Wow. What a thing to say. You just went to 0 on my scale.

also the thing about piraters, is they likely wouldn't buy the game even if there wasn't a pirated copy available, so the companies aren't losing money, as sales aren't being stolen.

Richardc269 said:

Btw, some people can't get higher ISP. DSL/Dial-up is all you have in some areas (or none at all if the town's small enough).

then you have EA pulling things like this,



Hope no one in that situation was considering this game and getting the physical version, as there isn't one.

Dang. That's really BS. EA's really fallen down the hole. That really makes me NOT buy the game. But even if it did have the discs, I wouldn't buy it.