Originally Posted by Tanist
Originally Posted by Jaysyn
Originally Posted by Gypsy Dave

I think this is the only thing steam is good for. A means to rollout patches to all gamers with ease. All the rest of its features are a waste of time.


That's your opinion & you are welcome to it, but as a father of 4 gamers both the LAN game streaming as well as the Family View has been a really big deal.

Also, Steam Workshop.


There is a price you pay for convenience. Some are willing to pay that price, others not so much. The worry is that when you get too many people willing to pay that price is that it eventually no longer becomes an option. When that happens, it isn't a feature, it is a dictation, a control by the industry. Ultimately, you really don't want that to happen.


That can't happen. Steam is dependent on demand. They can only "dictate" what happens to stuff you already bought there. They can't dictate what happens in the future. Also Steam and the indsutry are not the same. But you're right, the ones in power are the industry and not Steam. And in the end, the ones really in power are the consumers, no matter how big Steam is. Steam/Valve can never dictate the industry because in fact nobody needs them if not for the additional services they offer. If people decide that these services don't justify the costs anymore they will refuse to buy there. And the industry can just sell digital goods by themselves without any need of using Steam. You see, it's all kind of exaggerated... wink

Last edited by LordCrash; 10/07/14 02:31 PM.
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