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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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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

One of the most famous moments of Metal Gear Solid is an anti-piracy measure.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    You talking about the radio frequency to contact Marrow? Not much for anti piracy, really. If you called Colonel Campbell three times total, her frequency was added to your saved frequency list.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ah, I never knew that. But even that was a callback to them using a very similar trick in the old MSX games as anti-piracy. (Meryl, btw.)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yeah. In metal gear 2 it was like a requirement that you had the instruction book. But I really don't think it was a piracy thing. I believe they just wanted to be a bit clever with their gameplay. MGS is really just MG2 with a bigger budget.

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