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.
It's a good thing the software gives us a choice to auto download or not. But it's a bad direction to go in.
So far, the questions I have are:
1. What about selling your game to another person? Is this one of those questions that was already thought of but decided they don't want people selling their games to other ppl? If so, state it.
2. I don't want to be forced to patch, get screwed up, and wait for another patch to fix the last one. This is a valid concern. What options does the user have towards that end?
3. What if someone has my new System ID and password? That's pretty weak protection.
So far, the questions I have are:
1. What about selling your game to another person? Is this one of those questions that was already thought of but decided they don't want people selling their games to other ppl? If so, state it.
2. I don't want to be forced to patch, get screwed up, and wait for another patch to fix the last one. This is a valid concern. What options does the user have towards that end?
3. What if someone has my new System ID and password? That's pretty weak protection.
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