I actually prefer Steam now. For many reasons. My favorites are cloud savegame storage, ability to immediately and install to play on any hardware, and automatic updates to assure I am always playing the latest release without ever needing to check. Oh, one other thing. If I restore my machine to out of the box factory condition, all I need to do is log into Steam and press install. Don't need to figure out where I can find that 20 digit software "key" (on a disk, box, manual, email, or online somewhere).
Over the years, my perspective has definitely shifted through experience, and improvements of Steam. I was very skeptical and uncomfortable with some of the control I had ceded when I first began playing games through Steam.
I just looked through my games library and realize I do have two separate versions of a major title. Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 and Football Manager 2014. Same game, different annual releases, different names.
I am very confident all will be fine in my Civ 6 and Civ 5 gaming worlds.
Over the years, my perspective has definitely shifted through experience, and improvements of Steam. I was very skeptical and uncomfortable with some of the control I had ceded when I first began playing games through Steam.
I just looked through my games library and realize I do have two separate versions of a major title. Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 and Football Manager 2014. Same game, different annual releases, different names.
I am very confident all will be fine in my Civ 6 and Civ 5 gaming worlds.
