i really don't think steam can handle what will happen. Everytime a CS patch has come out it crashes.
We all know there are a shitload of CS players, but lets add in all the people that hate CS and are just waiting for a new game. I think there are 10-15x the amount of gamers in the second catagory. If the CS players alone can crash steam I think their servers will melt upon the HL2 release.
i speak for myself but i think he means its retarded to have that many 'packages'. I know I paid $49.99 for my HL1 at Wal-Mart (it was 2 am.... after playing and beating the demo I had to have it right then). If i'd had gotten home and found out it was a stripped down version I'd have been pissed.
Its ridiculous for them to split the game into multi packages for SP and MP.
anyone taking bets how long steam will be around/alive?
anyone think they have enough pipe for when HL2 comes out and everything goes through them?
I use ASE for server browsing and I will continue to do so... SP HL2 will last long enough for me for someone to release a program to get around steam for MP. (god i hope)