recommend you read the press release over at http://www.planetfortress.com/features/articles/steampr/
assuming i'm not misinterpretting it, you can chose to pay either a one off fee for the game or a monthly subscription fee. whether the game will be available to buy in stores as well as being downloadable from steam is dependant on the game developer and whether they want to still have a retail publisher dpac. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip (Fiber)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:41 AM Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Steam > I thought that it would be like buying it in the store, except you > download it. You only pay the cost 1ce then you can play it as much as > you like, however it would work with subscription based games as well. > If you did have to pay a subscription then nobody would use it. > > -Philip > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Steven Guy > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Steam > > [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] > > That's not really how it works but part of it > The idea is that you can subscribe to a game and have it streamed to > your > computer. > > And for subscribing you pay a fee for using it. I think it's a horrible > idea > because you have to pay to play even if it's single player plus if your > internet goes down and you can't use the serves you will still pay for > it > because you can't unsubscribe with out an internet connection also you > will > have to have a broadband connection or it would just take to damn long > to > stream the data needed to run the game. > >From: "Philip (Fiber)" > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: > >Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Steam > >Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 12:23:14 +1200 > > > >Steam is a wee app that is like a launcher for Valve apps (HL, Tracker > >etc.). When you load up a game from steam, steam will check and > download > >the latest files for the game so it is always updated. With things like > >the CS1.4 beta, it downloaded the entire thing and kept it updated, > >which would eliminate having to use a CD. > > > >It seems like an excellent tool for updating games, but if you need to > >download the entire game (wasn't that hinted in the press?) it could > >become a pain in the ass. > > > >-Philip > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Yacketta, > >Ronald > >Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 8:40 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Steam > > > >Check out the urls posted in the past few emails > >The links explain Steam > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Cortex > >Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 2:55 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Steam > > > > > >Well... I've heard something about Steam (CS 1.4) but I don't know what > >exactly is "Steam" :( Could someone explain me ?? > > > > - Cortex : mapper & coder www.hlalbator.fr.st > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Deepak Manglani > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 8:46 PM > >Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Steam > > > > > >www.steampowered.com and the valve press release both say that the > steam > >sdk is available cant seem to find it anywhere though. > > > >anyone know? > > > >dpac. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Martin Webrant" > >To: > >Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 9:56 AM > >Subject: [hlcoders] Steam > > > > > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > -- > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > > How will the steam software work for regular mod makers (those of us > > > that haven't been bought up yet :P) Will there be a new SDK? Saw > that > > > you guys fixed the annoying gauss kickback bug, thats really good! > > > /Martin > > > www.planethalflife.com/agmod > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > >please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > >_______________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >please visit: > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please > visit: > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. 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