Comment Re:Champion (Score 1) 195
OK, here's a basic education in what Steam actually is:
Its a distribution platform first and foremost, eliminating the need for optical media, changing discs but it plays another role. It ensures if your hardware is up to snuff your game will play. It will install anything neccesary to make sure the game runs. If you get an old game that doesnt run well on DirectX 10? It will install DirectX6 or whatever is optimal for that game side by side. It also puts save files in the cloud if you so wish.
Now: Ads are on the "Store" front page. Just dont go to the Store front page then. It lists top selling titles, specials going on at any given time plus top 10 selling lists, etc.
The requirement of Steam? Starcraft II requires Battle.Net, Xbox 360 titles require Xbox Live to play online.
Always running? Then set your settings so it doesnt always run.
Why not just use the Internet? What do you think it is? You think a web browser? Giving a browser the ability to install and update applications is safe? Have we not learned from ActiveX?
Its a distribution platform first and foremost, eliminating the need for optical media, changing discs but it plays another role. It ensures if your hardware is up to snuff your game will play. It will install anything neccesary to make sure the game runs. If you get an old game that doesnt run well on DirectX 10? It will install DirectX6 or whatever is optimal for that game side by side. It also puts save files in the cloud if you so wish.
Now: Ads are on the "Store" front page. Just dont go to the Store front page then. It lists top selling titles, specials going on at any given time plus top 10 selling lists, etc.
The requirement of Steam? Starcraft II requires Battle.Net, Xbox 360 titles require Xbox Live to play online.
Always running? Then set your settings so it doesnt always run.
Why not just use the Internet? What do you think it is? You think a web browser? Giving a browser the ability to install and update applications is safe? Have we not learned from ActiveX?