That loss of control keeps some gamers away, but I think as many gamers that stay away
2.5 million unique users a month on Steam (
http://steampowered.com/status/status.html) says you are wrong.
I really doubt there are that many people that refuse to play Half Life 2 or any other game on Steam just because of Steam. And I have no problem buying good games on Steam...but its very unlikely that I will ever buy any Strategy First games, Darwinia or even Rag Doll Kung Fu on Steam, just because they are on Steam. I dont buy every game from EB just because they have it. I buy games I want to play, not because of the method they are being distibuted.
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