Steam having troubles

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 12:14 pm

http://games.slashdot.org/games....&tid=10

This is why I will not buy Half Life 2:

The other big problem is that while the Steam network is down even the offline games are unplayable.

I know they got their source code stolen 2 months before the original launch due to their servers being unsecure. They're pissed. Fine. I just hope they thwart more pirates than they lose from peeps like me who would have bought... not buying.

Post by **Troy** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:32 pm

You can set it so you can play HL2 in offline mode... you just have to use steam once to register, just fyi

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:51 pm

So if I'd bought it during their down time, too bad for me.

Steam will NOT be around forever, any more than Sierra was. They were on top for a long time. I aint getting it until I can play an offline game offline.