What if Skyrim Requires Steam? (Thread Part Deux) : V - Skyrim

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:54 pm

If it requires steam I refuse to buy the game.............. mostly because they don't have steam for xbox
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» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:19 pm

Steam does not behave that way. Don't make stuff up.

Excuse me, but it does, and I've seen it with my own two eyes. Block the Steam client from verifying your game, you can't play, period.

You only need to activate the game once with Steam and it's no hassle to do so on more than one computer. You can play Steam games offline.

Sorry, but again, I've seen it firsthand. It does not behave this way and quite frankly I think you steam fanatics know this to be fact and are willfully deceiving people about it.

Are you confusing it with Ubisoft's horrible system? Or how about Securom which used to install itself as malware without letting the user know?

Nope. Not at all. I'm well aware of what Ubisoft DRM does. I'm also equally aware of what SecuROM can do. I'm also aware that only in the worst of worst cases does SecuROM do as you say. Most companies who use it don't use the full package. Like, oh, Bethesda with Fallout 3.

Oh, and I'm also fully aware that Ubisoft style DRM is not the only thing left if Steam goes poof - and you'd be naive to think that impossible.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:47 pm

It still gets to me when I hear Steam described as the future, yes it is likely that digital distribution is quite likely to become the favoured model over the years to come, the advantages and disadvantages can be debated endlessly. Steam however is just one of these distribution platforms, I'd love to see services such as GOG, Impulse and Sprocket go from strength to strength, the more options we as consumers have the better deals we'll get, slavishly following Steam is just going to be counter productive to competitive pricing in the long run.

The sooner we get word on what the requirements and restrictions will be regarding Skyrims DRM will be the better.

The price cap of games is not decided by the companies that sell them, but by the developers. No one is going to buy a game that is sold for $100, so the developers ban it. Lack of competition won't effect prices. That's not the way the gaming world works. That being said everyone should have choices which is why no game that isn't sold by Valve should require Steam. I like it but people shouldn't be forced to use. Not because it's intrusive, which it isn't, but because people should have choices. Obsidian made New Vegas require Steam out of convince, Bethesda is a much more mature and capable developer, they won't take the easy way out, which is to dump Skyrim on Steam. They'll run it them selves.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:09 pm

On a fundamental level, it is wrong to me for single player games to require an internet connection. Many people play these games without having one. Steamworks for Skyrim would break many hearts. Not only is it a hassle to install the game, but every time Steam wants to update, you're forced online to even start the game. That's [censored].

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:13 am

I am not a fan of steam. As a matter of fact i only installed it to play FNV.

It's the only program that once i install it and tell it to STAY in offline mode, after EVERY restart, reboot its the only program that insists on putting up an annoying window asking me if i wish to stay in offline mode....
well duh yes i told you that the first time i started you you idiot program.

Well the short answer is i want SKYRIM so bad ill deal with steam inconveniences, just gimme gimme SKYRIM

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:47 pm

Of course. But I am buying it for 360 so it doesn't really affect me

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» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:41 am

This is well over the 200 post limi