Will Fallout New Vegas require steam or will it require a constant internet connection?

The game will require Steam. However, you only need to be online for the initial activation. After that, you can run Steam in offline mode.

*sigh* Well, at least it's not SecuROM.

Honestly the New Vegas DRM doesn't sound that bad except it requires making a Steam account and downloading the Steam client, and I have absolutely zero interest in doing either of those things. I don't want Steam. I know that Bethesda wants to protect the game from piracy, and they have every right to do so, but is it really to much to ask to just be able to play the game without installing a bunch of extra crap I don't want? Why couldn't they have gone the Dragon Age Origins route and used a simple disk check? Oh well. I guess it's the 360 version for me then.

You'd be willing to buy a vastly inferior version of the game because the best version requires slightly more than a regular download?

Yes I would. I have no interest whatsoever in Steam and I don't want to have to install extra software onto my computer just to play the game. Granted this is far and away better then some other DRM schemes out there, but I don't like the idea of being forced to use third party programs to play the games I buy. Like I said Dragon Age Origins did it right by using just a simple disk check and having you enter the serial number when installing the game. So yes I am perfectly willing to settle for the 360 version if it means not installing any extra unwanted programs onto my computer.

I used to be against steam when they brought it out for Empire, but I guess they are just protecting their investment by making sure you cant sell it back to the shops once you've bought it.

Steam's actually pretty cool. you should download and check it out before you decide which version you want. You can just uninstall it if you don't like it.

I didn't like the idea of Steam at first, but then I witnessed my first Steam sale.

I have never looked back.

No thanks. I've heard mixed reviews of Steam and I just have absolutely no interest in it at all. I know that there a lot of people who like Steam, and that's great, but that doesn't mean that it should be shoved down the throughts of people like me who don't want it and have no interest in it. Besides, what if I want to play the game five years from now? If Steam isn't in business then I'm out of luck. Yes I know Steam isn't going out of business any time soon, but big "falesafe" companies have failed before. I don't like games that have to "call home" as it were just to run. It's just a bad idea. So I'll be playing the 360 version, inferior though it will be, because when/if Steam goes out of business the 360 version will still work.

Do tell me which Failsafe companies you have heard about because quite frankly, I cant think of one. There is no such thing as a failsafe company, they dont exist. But your refusing to buy the game purely on the fact that Steam might not be here in 5 years ? [censored] hell mate YOU might not be here in 5 years did you ever think about that.? It's not like it requires a constant internet connection to run it, its a one shot deal.

I think its moves like this that are stopping the PC gaming industry from dying. Just look at Civ V, a game that had never previously touched any form of DRM is now heading in that direction too, its the future of PC gaming get used to it or go to a console.

I AM going console. I'm not naive enough to think that DRM is going to go away, and as a result I have been moving gradually from the PC towards console gaming. I despise DRM. All it does is punish legitimate users wail doing nothing to stop piracy and I see no reason to put up with it when I can play my games DRM free on a console. As far as DRM is concerned Steam is defiantly the lesser of two evils so to speak, but the lesser of two evils is still evil.

And I also know that there is no such thing as a falesafe company, and that is exactly my point. Steam won't be around forever, and when it does shut down at some point the game will be rendered inoperable. That is the problem with online activation, one time thing or not. What if Baldur's Gate required online activation? Black Isle isn't around anymore, which means that Black Isle's activation servers wouldn't be around anymore, which would mean that a crack would be necessary to play the game. Steam might be the best DRM solution out there but it still forces me to install something I don't want onto my computer, and wail Steam isn't going anywhere any time soon it will shut down someday, rendering my game unplayable. I'll stick to the console version, thanks.

Having dealt with both GFWL (Fallout 3) and Steam (beginning with HL2), I'll choose Steam in a heartbeat.

I somehow get the feeling I'm talking to a guy who has 40 fire extinguishers and a "How to build your own nuclear bunker in the event of a nuclear disaster" book in his house.

Meh, i hate steam. It uses up my precious ram

No. It has been stated many times in the past that if Valve ever went out of business, Steam would revert to offline mode permanently.

Non-issue there.

Actually I only have thirty fire extinguishers at the moment, and I sold the book because my nuclear bunker is already built.

Seriously, if choosing the 360 version over the PC version because I don't want to be forced to download Steam makes me some kind of nut then so be it. I know that a lot of people like Steam but I just have no interest in it, I don't want to be forced to use it, so I'll be playing the 360 version.

Besides, a Steam game is a game that I can't buy used or resell later if I don't like it, so if I was going to buy the PC version I would wait until it came down in price. I would never pay full price for a Steam game.

Well then that's good, since they have incredible sales out the wazoo.

You can just buy the PC disk..... Why would you need Steam just to run a game?

Apparently the retail version still requires Steam.

Not really...



You don't have to. I got Oblivion GOTY Deluxe for $9 on Steam. I don't know how that's evil.

Oh, well that doesn't bother me. I already have Steam, I would just rather have a disk version of the game.

Use this thread instead:

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1098592-steam-and-fallout-new-vegas/

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1098592-steam-and-fallout-new-vegas/