> I mean everyone knows HL2 would > require internet activation which wasn't a hassle at all and now they > have to go and do that wtf.
1. NOT everyone knows that. The average consumer walking into the store and just buying a neat looking game is going to get screwed with this release. Hell, even avid gamers are having difficulty getting it running. 2. Many people don't have internet connections at home for one reason or another. But they still have an offline computer which they play games on. 3. Many people use laptops for gaming that may: 1) not have a connection; and/or 2) not have an optical drive in at all times. My father likes to play video games. He likes to go to the store, pick up something that looks interesting, install it and start playing. But as far as technical prowess, he's not going to upgrade his own video card. And he has little tolerance for crap that doesn't just work. Having to wait an hour for a game to "authenticate" after it's taken forever to install would probably give him another heart attack. Dealing with Steam is something that would probably make him go postal. Steam was designed explicitly for the purpose of cutting out the middle man and making them money. It is about as anti-consumer as you can get. Forcing even the CD/DVD version of the game to have to authenticate against it is just like sticking a fork in the eye to jam that point home. And on top of that, Vivendi's disk protection scheme that doesn't let people run off of legal disk images is more blatant anti-consumer crap. But fortunately, there are cracks which allow a person to get around all those problems. And if you've noticed, I've said every time that I absolutely do intend to buy it. I just want to make sure that when I hand over the money, I'm not bending over too. -Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136861 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
