aimeeandbeatles
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I assume Steam would put out a patch that turns off the activation thing. Once the company goes out the patch would probably still be available on all those download sites.
Gabe went on record to say that if steam ever goes out of business he would personally make sure that you would get all your games.. I am not sure about the logistics of that, but the company is doing so well financially that I don't see it ever folding.
I have 150 games on there and I spent maybe $400 on them, max. That's like $2 a game and I have some big titles. It's convenient, more convenient than piracy (its main appeal, really), more convenient than other game distributors, and they sell the games for SUPER CHEAP.. if you know when to buy
Oh, and by the way? You have no idea what a straw man is. In fact, in my last post, a straw man was physically impossible.
One thing the gaming industry could do if it is so concerned is stop punishing non-pirates. All the DRM, especially the terrible "have to be online to play" garbage simply pushes legit people to pirate.
I love these two paragraphs, back-to-back. I was going to post a list of companies that were apparently doing great things and then folded, but I just don't want to ruin it.
Awesome! First reason to support Obama since he said he would close Gitmo.
Oh hey, only English Wikipedia is being blacked out. This are some of the advantages of multilingualism.
One thing the gaming industry could do if it is so concerned is stop punishing non-pirates. All the DRM, especially the terrible "have to be online to play" garbage simply pushes legit people to pirate. Same thing with the movie industry which forces advertisements down your throat and forces you to double pay if you want a physical and digital copy.
Global English Wikipedia blackout.
Would it be too much of an effort to block US IPs ? I use the English wikipedia more often than the German one. It's just much more comprehensive.
I've already decided that even if I buy Mass Effect 3 and Diablo 3 I'll need to crack them to get rid of Origin and artificial limitations (10 D3 characters per battlenet account).
The good thing about crappy DRM is that there's always a crack .
If steam folded I would just go back to piracy. I'd get all my games back, and it'd be a bit more annoying.. but right now the only reason I use steam is that it's more convenient than anything else out there (including piracy) and I actually enjoy giving money to companies that treat me with respect
I don't have any beef with Steam though. I was annoyed when I had to install it last year for Civ5, but it's user friendly and after the installation it can be ignored thanks to offline mode. Plus, I don't need to change the disc when I want to play another game and if I lose or break the disc I can download the game from Steam. The only downside is that I can't borrow or rent games any more, but that doesn't bother me (it would have bothered me ten years ago when I had less money to spend on games ).
Guys... if you want to get around the blackout, go to an other language page and translate it on google.
See, you can still procrastinate, granted, with odd english!
They're saying they're against it. Doesn't mean they're actually against it. Any CEO who publicly says he favors SOPA/PIPA it is going to get flamed to a charcoal crisp.
Of course there is. If everybody who has a pirated copy had a legit copy instead, the profit would be higher. Always. I've heard the old saw that "people who pirate were never going to buy it anyway", and that doesn't mean what most people think it does.
Oh, and by the way? You have no idea what a straw man is. In fact, in my last post, a straw man was physically impossible.
you can just use the wayback machine tomorrow, that should work
I hope this site is allowed to post, but this is to bypass the Wikipedia blackout:
http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-access-wikipedia-during-the-blackout-120117/
I still disagree with the blackout. A banner or a click-through is one thing. But blacking it out, especially for international users who have no say over U.S. politics, is wrong. If a smaller English-language country was having these issues, I doubt Wikipedia would blackout for them. Why do [some] Americans feel the need to control everything?