Half-Life's Steamy Future [Sep 07, 2003, 1:14 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
A post on Planet Half-Life
(thanks Frans) reproduces some quotes from Valve's Erik Johnson posted to a Steam
forum thread discussing the role of Steam in the future of Half-Life. Here
are the excerpts:
There will no longer be a WonID system, it will be replaced by the SteamID system.
When we convert the userbase to Steam, a single WonID will be valid for all of the products.
If you're purchased a product from us at retail, you're going to have access to all of our products via Steam.
No, you do not have to pay for Steam.
That is correct, you'll have to have Steam installed to play the most current version of Half-Life.
As long as they handle it better than SOE's StationID. Good lord that thing is a nightmare. If I want to transfer ownership of a peice of software I bought, I should be able to remove the game's serial number from my ID, and give it to someone else, who can register it and play it. Anything else is illegal, but I don't have the cash to bring a lawsuit on them, so I get screwed.
There's a valid disadvantage. You (probably) can't give someone else your key if you are done playing the game. I don't see this as that bad for me personally, but I agree that someone should be able to give their software away (assuming they don't play it any more).
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