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Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 101 points 4 days ago (17 children)

I remember hating the idea, during the age when games came in boxes. Now i support Steam with the tremendous support they've given the Linux platform. Most games i have are games on Steam, but i do have a bunch on GoG, as well as Itch.io. Don't keep all your eggs in one basket, but have to admit the Steam basket is humongous.

[–] index -2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I remember hating the idea, during the age when games came in boxes. Most games i have are games on Steam

If they are yours can you send me a copy as proof that they are actually yours?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

You can easily zip up a steam game and send it yes. And if the game developer did not implement any drm, You can play it as well. It would be piracy tho... so i support that ;)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I know you're just trying to prove a point about physical disks, but if you actually wanted to borrow a copy of someone's game, Steam will let you do it

[–] conciselyverbose 0 points 3 days ago

You know it's also illegal to send a copy of a physical game right?

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