I caught Gabe's talk about STEAM at the GDC, and left feeling really excited about the potential this might allow small independent game developers to release a title without having to be worried about being 'strong armed' by the traditional publishers into accepting less than an acceptable deal just to get a title out there.
I still haven't researched all the nuances of STEAM, but it did sound like not only an innovative technical feat, but also an innovative business model as well. Cool stuff. > I'm glad VALVe is coming into the 21st century, unlike MPAA and RIAA. > Thanks VALVe for maintaining american ingenuity to adapt to the consumer > market and using technologies to your advantage. As a business, it's > undemocratic to throw your weight around. File sharing media is here to > stay, and if the MPAA and RIAA go out of business then it's their own fault, > not the government's. > > VALVe always seems like they're ahead of the game (so to speak). That's the > only place you'll survive in the technology industry. Thank you for > introducing a new model. Thank you for the option to keep the old. > > -Tim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philip (Fiber)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 10:59 PM > Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Steam > > > > I agree, although I have many games that I don't play anymore (old ones > > like Freespace), I still sometimes will come back to them. I just don't > > like paying subscriptions for a game. I'd probably just buy the whole > > thing play it for a bit, leave it and then pick it up again later. > > > > Another concern with subscriptions is the amount you pay over the time > > that you play it. I'd probably force myself to play the subs game over > > and over to get the most out of it. > > > > -Philip > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Steven Guy > > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 2:11 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Steam > > > > [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] > > > > But I will play games over and over again for many years. > > > > The games that I play all the time and will more then likely contenu to > > do so > > > > Wolf3D, ROTT, Doom1/2,Duke1,2,3D, Quake1, Half-life and Serious Sam > > >From: "Alfred" > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: > > >Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Steam > > >Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 13:06:58 +1100 > > > > > >Personally I tend to only play games for a couple of weeks before I get > > >bored of them (there are a few notable exceptions, like aq2 and > > cstrike). I > > >would like to subscribe for a month and try the game. I would then do > > an > > >assement of how much I liked the game to decide whether I wanted to buy > > it > > >outright or if I just wanted to keep subscribing. > > >Right now I rarely by games because I end up paying $100 for a game I > > play > > >for a week at most. If there was less risk to me (i.e to determine if I > > >liked the game) then I would be more willing to fork over the bucks :) > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Steven Guy" > > >To: > > >Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 11:37 AM > > >Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Steam > > > > > > > > > > [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] > > > > > > > > I would go out and buy it even if it I had a private OC3 line > > > > > > > > Hell if I'm going to pay a monthly fee for a game > > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Steam > > > > >Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 19:33:50 EST > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > > > >Thats why you go out and buy it if you have 56k or slower. > > > > > > > > > >~Ghoul > > > > > > > > > >Lets leave it at that... > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, > > >please > > > > visit: > > > > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > -- > > >---- > > > > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: Click Here[1] > > > > > > > > ===References:=== > > > > 1. http://g.msn.com/1HM305401/12 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > ------ > > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click > > Here[1] > > > > ===References:=== > > 1. http://g.msn.com/1HM305401/15 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > --------------------------------------- Eighty percent of life is showing up. -- Woody Allen _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
