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.
The thing that bothers me about this is the fact that if you want a patch, you have to use this system to do it.
This, to you, is a good thing? It seems to indicate to me that STEAM decides what gets sent to my harddrive instead of ME deciding it.
My point exactly on both quotes. This is bullshit, and the exact reason why I block all of XPs communications back to MS. It's MY computer, and I get to decide what I want to put on it. And if programs can't allow me to do that, they WILL NOT be installed on my system.
I'm about 2 clicks away from canceling my HL2 order, and if this isn't cleared up, I promise you I will. I don't give a fuck how good it is. As a consumer, I'm putting my foot down.
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