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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] 4 points 1 month ago

TF2 here, when Microsoft laughed at the idea of continously updating one game instead of doing sequels or paid expansions, ya know because that used to be unusual, and shit-canned all updates for the Console verison I moved to PC... and... then switched back to playing the console version because my PC couldn't play online games worth a damn back then.

Then I abandoned my Steam account to rot... until Portal 2 came out and paying full retail price for a Portal sequel felt silly, so I just got the Steam version since if I recall that was not only cheaper but came with a bunch of other games in this thing called a potato pack that also gave me Super Meat Boy.

Then I realized that playing on consoles, paying for Xbox Live, and risking my physical media getting lost or damaged.. was kinda silly.