Panda_Power
Warlord
I have no idea how big the last patch was, but it took me a wooping 6 hours to download from steam!
It was 74.97MB
Wow! You have the slowest Internet connection on the planet!!...Congrats!!
I have no idea how big the last patch was, but it took me a wooping 6 hours to download from steam!
THAT is what's killing the market and manufacturers more than piracy could ever hope to accomplish. And it should be illegal, just like piracy is.
Obviously, no seller wants to take full "profit" of said statement, as they will put themselves out of business.
There you go! That is why Steam exists - so that you can not BUY a game anymore, but RENT IT!
Have you ever read the EULA of any (older) software? You don't own it, you just have the right to use it, Steam or not.
But you could still re-sell it, due to the first sale, regardless of EULA. Steam is a technology that now removes that possibility. It's not the EULA, it's the technology.Have you ever read the EULA of any (older) software? You don't own it, you just have the right to use it, Steam or not.
That's the case with pretty much all commercial software. "Owning" in the legal sense is owning the code. My company owns all our own products; our users license the right to use those products from us.
But you could still re-sell it, due to the first sale, regardless of EULA. Steam is a technology that now removes that possibility. It's not the EULA, it's the technology.
In the EU an EULA that would prohibit re-selling your software product is un-enforceable.
The question is if it was legal to resell. A contract that had a no-resale clause should be enforceable even if you chose to ignore it.
I always hear this, but I'm curious why. Is it because they don't put all the terms on the box itself or make you sign a contract before purchasing or just something to do with the nature of purchasing something that gives you absolute control over the item no matter what?
You always hear it? Voices talking to you?I always hear this, but I'm curious why. Is it because they don't put all the terms on the box itself or make you sign a contract before purchasing or just something to do with the nature of purchasing something that gives you absolute control over the item no matter what?
You always hear it? Voices talking to you?
Joking apart, the reason why you can re-sell any product, including a software product, is not because the EULA is unenforceable (which it may be, I don't know for sure), but because mandating that a product cannot be re-sold in the EU is illegal. Whether that is in an EULA, a piece of paper or parchment or on the wrapper of the box, is irrelevant. It's an illegal requirement (in the EU), and hence ignored. And so, tens of thousands of computer/console games and other software (including MS Office and Windows) are changing hands every year even in a small country such as Finland. I imagine that in Germany, the number is hundreds of thousands, and millions in the whole EU. And not even the big, bad MS dares to make a peep.
That's true: PearC has been at it for almost 2 years, now, and still selling systems. It seems that Apple has to watch and swallow.Which is why you see products like pearC. Which is a PC with OSX being sold out of germany. Its against the EULA to install OSX on anything but an apple but since the preconditions(in this instance Apples EULA) aren't agreed to prior to purchase they are null and void.
It was 74.97MB
Wow! You have the slowest Internet connection on the planet!!...Congrats!!
The problem was hardly at my end. I have fiber, very rarely any download falls under 1MB/s. I am no steam user and have only ever used it for Civ, but for the few comments about it I have read this is certainly not an isolated case and happens to plenty of pple.
You were probably downloading it when there was heavy traffic on the Steam servers. The only time I've had Steam itself be slow at downloading is when 10000s of other people are also downloading the same update.