Just curious if any of the non-STEAMers ever check out this page: http://store.steampowered.com/stats/ I mean it's easy to see that the bulk of the playerbase is there for the MP, stat-tracking, social interaction (if you check out the huge MP-based groups etc.). STEAMWORKS is what people [i]want[/i]. Just looking at the graph even at it's lowest population there
I'm sorry........brad has just reiterated what the entire gaming-dev world has known for a long long time. This isn't news people. If you think it is/was (and if you feel brad's post was in any way [i]necessary[/i]) then you are way out of touch with the 'gaming world' these days.
[quote who="boshimi336" reply="280" id="3097443"]... can't we just shake this thing like an Etch-A-Sketch and start over? Hello, my handle is boshimi336. [/quote] Hello there, my name is the Monk......and I am a [i]STEAMer[/i]. It has been 39 months since my last brick and mortar purchase. Don't hold it against me, I won't hold it against you if you don't understand why. <
I also still have boxes upon boxes of video games going back to the original Loderunner for my Apple II. So what? The problem is, that we all [i]wrongly[/i] assumed that because we could buy a videogame in a brick and mortar store before and happily bring that little box home with us (storing the CD/DVD on our bookshelf) that we actually became the [i]owners[/i] of same. That was never the case and digital distribution etc. only underlines what was always the case. We have
[quote who="boshimi336" reply="248" id="3096556"]Quoting boshimi336, reply 229*shrugs* Ultimately it's everyone's individual choice. I do not go in any direction, for any reason except I want go when I want to go. I'm right with you Draak on most all of that. Kids these days eh? Quoting the_Monk, reply 231Kids these days? Well then leave 'gaming' to the "kids these days" and get on with your fulfilled life already......
You think it's ok to post on DEV forums that if they [i]insist[/i] to do something (publish via STEAM) which you don't like that, that will encourage more piracy? Sounds like 'gamer entitlement' to me. There is another thread (started by brad) discussing that very [i]topic[/i]. [e digicons];)[/e] EDIT: All you did in your post was at best suggest that developers choosing what is best for [i]them[
[quote who="Fistalis" reply="11" id="3096467"] Yes shame on people for expecting to receive a product or service they paid for. [/quote] Where did I say they didn't or shouldn't receive a product or service they paid for? I said "they feel owed...etc. etc. etc.". Meaning [i]besides[/i] what they've paid for......you know........having a sense of [b]entitlement[/b] beyond that/which to one has right to?!? EDIT:
[quote who="mbar8" reply="8" id="3096436"]Who is the entitled gamer? I've seen the term thrown around but I've not seen the definition. What do they feel they are entitled to?[/quote] Often the 'entitled gamer' is just someone who wants things [i]their[/i] way or no way. Of course if you call an 'entitled gamer' on that, they very often simply say "well I paid for something so I'm owed.....etc. etc. etc.". The rea
[quote who="Yarlen" reply="44" id="3096274"]Recent history makes it probably closer to 50+, but that's neither here nor there.[/quote] B-A-Z-I-N-G-A! [e digicons];)[/e]
[e digicons]:rolleyes:[/e] I'm not defending STEAM right now. You responded to my repsonses to the posts of Draakjacht and boshimi336 near the top of this page neither of which had anything to do with STEAM specifically. EDIT: My position with regard to STEAM and STEAMWORKS-integration is well-known and documented on earlier pages in this thread. I will not reiterate. The responses I made to the pos
[quote who="shadowtongue" reply="232" id="3095978"] What I don't get about the Steamers is just how riled up they get whenever someone says they don't want to deal with Steam (or Steamworks or whatever this crap is about). It's as though it's a personal affront to the Steamers. If you're raised 3 kids then surely you're beyond getting worked up over someone disagreeing with your opinion. [/quote] I wasn't get
[quote who="shadowtongue" reply="232" id="3095978"] You do realize just how defensive you sound about this whole escapade don't you? [/quote] No more [i]defensive[/i] than the other posts were [i]offensive[/i] or condescending.
[quote who="boshimi336" reply="229" id="3095684"]I'm right with you Draak on most all of that. Kids these days eh? [/quote] Kids these days? Well then leave 'gaming' to the "kids these days" and get on with your fulfilled life already...... [e digicons]:-"[/e]
[quote who="Draakjacht" reply="228" id="3095682"]That's okay. One article called those of us that don't care for Steam 'pirates' and others have called me 'behind-the-times' or 'paranoid'. Given that I spend less than 5 hours of my time every week gaming, I just don't care anymore. I've developed a taste for things that have existed long before video games and are often free. So between the feces flinging and my growing ambivalence, I'm w
Sorry just found the other thread on this game...........disregard thread please..
...it is 1975. The cold-war has just morphed into the beginnings of WWIII. Amidst a 1980's electric guitar peppered soundtrack and the snap, crackle and pop of various machine-gun and cannon sounds you take control of the forces of either NATO or the Warsaw Pact. It is the game R.U.S.E. could/should have been. By the same developers (Eugen) but no longer published by Ubisoft the game currently has an SP campaign (which is really ju
^^^ Sure it was awesome and any of us who have been gamers since before those fools were even a gleam in daddy's eye can have a good laugh. The reality however remains, that those 'idiots' are the one's the DEVS [i]should[/i] and will be marketing to and who will make their game the great success it can be. All on STEAM of course! :P
[quote who="Neilo" reply="184" id="3092082"]It will patch your games without you giving permission, [/quote] Wrong. It's a checkmark option. Automatic patching yes/no. [quote who="Neilo" reply="184" id="3092082"] it will track how often you play said game. The list goes on. [/quote] Mark your profile private. You can't stand seeing your own gameplay stats privately? [quote who="Neilo" reply="184" id="309208
[quote who="Neilo" reply="163" id="3091503"] I admit, i don't know what Steamworks is and why it's such a great thing. I assume it's some how tied to Multiplayer, a feature of SINS i don't use, and would never use with Rebellion. I cannot believe though it's something that great for Stardock to not hold to their own convictions. Yes..yes, "no alternative, there is only Steam" Err Brad, you sold the alternative. Again, no steamworks, and again, i
None of that means that the "filesystem" itself doesn't initiate more [i]writes[/i] to perform its operations. If you're suggesting that seeing only one file on a drive and comparing the very basic information that you can see (ie. filename, date and size) as an indication of filesystem "writes" you aren't understanding what I mean when I say "filesystem features". Those aren't things that only get used [i]sometimes[/i], by the OS. They are inherent differences
My assertion? NTFS is a journaling filesystem that supports file changelogs, security permissions, ACL's, built-in compression, file ownership etc. etc. (the 'features' I was talking about in my original post). All of which present [i]more writes[/i] to the file system. The FAT filesystem (even exFAT) does none of those things, hence less writes, which equals longer life. I'm sure with some googling you can get an i
Since the lifespan of flash memory is limited by number of writes and NTFS does in fact write many times more often than other file formats (including exFAT) it does contribute to the [i]sooner rather than later[/i] failure of same.
[quote who="BigDogBigFeet" reply="8" id="3089396"]The articles I read on it state that NTFS is fine. [/quote] Fine may be [i]fine[/i], I just thought I'd make a suggesting for possibly improving on [i]fine[/i]. I suggested exFAT as the format best suited for USB flash drives because it is a format sort of designed for removable media. It has less 'features' than NTFS but also therefore less resource usage and performs less 'writes' to the me
[quote who="SnoopDaggo" reply="2" id="3089357"]Was it simply to hard to use the "/ignore sins101" command and move on?[/quote] Was it too hard for someone [b]not[/b] to be an asshat? EDIT: I was there since the beginning. I suffered through enough shit from players like him and others (including impersonation attempts on ICO and very rude interruptions when trying to help others etc. etc. etc.) Just because some fo
^^^ I think you hit the nail on the head there.....
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