Half-Life 2 Imminent? [Jul 28, 2004, 9:39 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
HalflifeSource (thanks
HomeLAN Fed) is
reporting news from Valve's Doug Lombardi, saying: "Half-Life 2 will be passed
on to publisher Vivendi for final mastering and duplication within days for it's
early August target. The official appearance will make store shelves sometime in
mid to late September."
You certainly don't own the game any more if you get it on CD. The only difference is that instead of owning the "rights to download and play a game" you own the "rights to install and play a game"
I realize this. We had a big discussion about this back in college when Quake was stored on the Shareware CD and could be unlocked with a keycode (which qcrack was able to generate).
But, I'd rather have it on CD for soooo many reasons.
- With a CD, I can install my game 10 yrs from now even if the game company has gone bankrupt and Steam is a distant memory/
- I don't like having to saturate my DSL connection (I share it) unless I have to, ESPECIALLY just to play single-player content. The game is probably a couple gigs, which means a complete download for each install, or persistent downloads during playing.
- If I reformat my computer several times a year, I don't have to worry about getting "permission" to install the software more times (had to do that with Norton Antivirus). Though, if software activation becomes more common, this might cancel out.
I realize I only "have permission to install the game off the CD," but having the CD gives me more options down the road, and I don't have to bog down my connection even once.
I have more freedom.
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This comment was edited on Jul 28, 23:02.
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