sheik124
Emutalk Member
Honestly, I was planning on grabbing Half-Life 2 off newegg for only 40 bucks, or getting it off Steam for the convenience factor, but after hearing about waiting for it to authenticate all your HL2 files, and "phone home" every time you even want to play single player, as well as having steam be a PART of the game, I don't think I want it anymore. And whats this crap about buying a license to use the software, but its not really yours. Excuse me, when I buy a car, its my car, Nissan doesn't have "the discretion to stop use of my car" whenever they feel like it, I bought it from them, period. I can understand when CC companies put that same thing on there, BUT THEY MAKE IT CLEAR.
If I buy Half-Life 2, I expect to be allowed to take it, drop it off Mt. Everest, run it over with my dad's SUV, and give it to an orangutan for a christmas gift, its MINE. Honestly, Valve thinks that STEAM is more secure blah blah. If it turns out to be the load of shit that it looks like, I'll just snag a fake copy, at least I don't have to use steam. Its intended to stop the pirates, but they are bypassing steam, so it ends up screwing everyone that bought it over. Unlike Windows XP OEM Activation, which does what it should, QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY. This is starting to look scarier than MS's mystery XBOX Live bannings that took place with the release of Halo 2. What both MicroShaft and Valve seem to realize, is that bullshit like this will only INCREASE piracy, and INCREASE the amount of disgruntled customers that will never buy your crap again.
/rant, and i haven't even seen Steam yet :happy:
If I buy Half-Life 2, I expect to be allowed to take it, drop it off Mt. Everest, run it over with my dad's SUV, and give it to an orangutan for a christmas gift, its MINE. Honestly, Valve thinks that STEAM is more secure blah blah. If it turns out to be the load of shit that it looks like, I'll just snag a fake copy, at least I don't have to use steam. Its intended to stop the pirates, but they are bypassing steam, so it ends up screwing everyone that bought it over. Unlike Windows XP OEM Activation, which does what it should, QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY. This is starting to look scarier than MS's mystery XBOX Live bannings that took place with the release of Halo 2. What both MicroShaft and Valve seem to realize, is that bullshit like this will only INCREASE piracy, and INCREASE the amount of disgruntled customers that will never buy your crap again.
/rant, and i haven't even seen Steam yet :happy: