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.