Yea you download steam and then goto browse games and say register a product i own type in the CD key and it will authenticate it and walla you have the game setup.
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:47:07 -0500, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nah its not that hard man. Some people want to make it sound like it > was a flop but its not. Sure it wasn't perfect, just like itunes > wasn't perfect by not letting you redownload music for free (like > Napster does btw). > But this was the first major hit game that has tried it. I think it > went pretty damn well compared. I was playing the game at 3:10 AM. I > had like 20 minutes where the auth servers were offline being worked > on but thats not bad in my book. > I don't care if it lets valve make more money, i say GREAT. I wish the > developers made more money because then they have the $$ to make > another great game. Publishers don't do jack shit in the big picture > except market the game. If game developers can publish their own games > without needing a publisher think of all the little games you can get > out there? I use another online client that let me download a few > great games online. I think its the future and i embrace it. > > I had thought that maybe they should lower the price for online > distribution because you cut cost because you don't have the cds now. > After thinking about it i say leave the price the same because they > will need bandwidth for their servers and the other costs of keeping > the authentication model stuff running. I also say they hardwire the > files you download to your account so you can't pass them off to other > people so they can hack and reverse engineer them without getting > their own copy. > > > > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:38:31 -0500, Harkins, Patrick > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > do you have to have a phd in gameology to understand all this s**t?!!! > > -Patrick > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Bill Wheatley > > > > > >Its not worthless it actually overwrote my steam version but after > > >uninstalled i still had access to hl2 without the cd > > >but when i wanted to play hl: source i needed the cd. > > > > > >I dont mind putting in the cd for hl but for hl2 it doesnt matter. > > > > > >i was not taking any chances in making sure i got a copy of the game > > >LOL. I preordered it long before i found out how steam really worked > > >but i'm not upset about it either way. > > > > > > Outbound email scanned for viruses. (e232) > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137110 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
