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Gabe: First off I want to stress that we have always tried to give gamers a lot of value for their money. If someone bought the original Half-Life and has kept current with all of the updates, MODs, and so on, they probably think Half-Life was the best value they've ever gotten for their money. That's not going to change. For some customers it may make sense for them to go with a subscription rather than a one time fee. If you haven't ever bought a Valve game before, you might want to pay a $9.95/month fee rather than paying for Half-Life, Opposing Force, Blue Shift, Counter-Strike, Gunman, etc... individually. Sure I may pay more in the long run, but in the long run Valve is hopefully going to come out with more games so that it makes sense that I'm getting a lot of value. On the other hand if I've already got a bunch of Valve games and CZ comes out, I'm probably not going to be interested in paying a subscription just to get CZ. I'll just want to buy it the way I've always bought games - for a flat fee. For that second type of user, it gets to be a trickier decision as we start going into our next generation of games, and it may or may not make sense for them to go with a subscription at some point. Either way, it will be up to the individual gamer to decide which way they prefer to go. I know that it doesn't mean there would be a monthly fee I just used the worse case seniario >From: "Deepak Manglani" >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: >Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Steam >Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 00:46:38 -0000 > >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)" >To: >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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