I know the possibility has been discussed here to some extent, and vehemently discounted as "it could never happen," but here's similar stuff actually happening.
http://www.cepro.com/article....usiness
What happens when Valve goes out of business.
This is why I wait so long for game and the year editions and lower prices. With the Orange Box if valve does not deliver on their promise to release patches to make everything playable if they go under I'm still not out that much cash. Pissed but not out that much cash.
I didn't play Half Life 2 until the orange box came out and then I wait a year or something for that to hit $25.
Same with DLC. Waiting on fallout 3 until all the DLC is in a GOTY package that I can sell later if I want.
I didn't play Half Life 2 until the orange box came out and then I wait a year or something for that to hit $25.
Same with DLC. Waiting on fallout 3 until all the DLC is in a GOTY package that I can sell later if I want.
Also, one HUGE thing you're overlooking is that even when you buy the game on disk and in the box, a lot of times you still need to log onto whomever's service to register it.
Not always, but that's becoming more and more the standard.
Valve has instructions on how to play its games offline. Does EA or any of the other people who are trying to copy the Steam model?
Not always, but that's becoming more and more the standard.
Valve has instructions on how to play its games offline. Does EA or any of the other people who are trying to copy the Steam model?
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"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell