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I'm not sure that I would say "non-existent". I'm a pc gamer (albeit not much of one these days)...but I also own a console (xbox360). I've enjoyed my console very much. With the console I don't worry about 1). compatibility 2). upgrades to my hardware 3). hard drive space 4). having to seclude myself to the basement away from my family to play my games. And coupled with the advantage of not having to worry about whether my console is capable of playing the latest games at an acceptable frame rate....i'm also at ease with the fact that compared to my PC gaming components that console is pretty darn cheap. And also makes a nice media streamer and netflix streaming device in my living room without adding a HTPC.
True, EA doesn't get a cut off private sales, but I'm still unclear where there's been any "theft"?
This is greed, plain and simple. That copy of the game has already brought EA exactly what it wanted and expected in terms of payment... any and all "online fees" were made the day of initial purchase... that "other fingers" are doing the movements seems so irrelevant.
.. and yes, EA can bite it!
There's no way in the 9 levels of hell I'd EVER trade my PC for a console. I don't like consoles and I wouldn't use one anyway.
As for having to "pay to play"? Hell no. I only want to buy it once from the store, not pay some monthly price just for a game. It's why I refuse to play WoW.
I know I'm off topic, but don't these two paragraphs seem kind of at odds with each other? It is all within your right to disagree with me--but for the very same reason why you don't like physical discs is the very same reason Steam is so good.
I buy the game once and have access to it on every single pc I own--without any disc to load the games. And to further that point, if I had discs to install games, then installing that game on another computer is not allowed--one active install allowed at any given time.
My Windows 7 PC... Steam with all of my games. My Vista PC... Steam with all of my games. My XP PC... Steam with all of my games. Hmmm... All of my PCs have Steam therefore all of my PCs have all of my games. I don't have to miss a beat on whichever PC I'm on!
Download Steam = access to all of my games on all of my PCs. What's so bad about that? So you have to install a program to access your games... According to your own words you don't like discs as they have the tendency to get damaged. Discs only allow one active install at any given time. So, what's so wrong with Steam?
I'm thru... Sorry Lordbob
Oh, I forgot... If I ever fell down, busted my head open and lost my good senses and decided to by a Mac , then I could still download Steam and have access to my games!
I don't use steam, so I can't speak from experience - but going by anecdotal evidence, I've heard plenty of people complain about Steam just not working.
Steam versions of some titles take longer for game fixing patches, horrible download speeds, failed downloads at X% requiring a complete start from the beginning, Non-US customers getting ripped off pricing wise etc
This is the reason why I don't ever want Steam. As if I really want to have to activate my games through friggen Steam just to make sure it's a real key. Oh yeah, lovely. More annoying than anything else. And even then, some games on Steam only allow you to install it once, and what if you gotta format your drive? Oh, that's right, you often have to buy another game, simply because they don't let you reinstall the game onto the same computer, even though it has the same hardware. Yeah, lovely program. Thanks, but no thanks. I'll stick with my games that won't go through that awful program. If the games I get say it needs Steam at the store, I just say "forget it" and put it back on the shelf.