coreimpulse

coreimpulse

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Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Blaze of Glory" comment="20"]Welcome to the future. Businesses want to protect themselves from people stealing content and also reduce cost. So automatically being able to update software so they don't have to spend time on forums or on the phone helping people with installs and updates as much is a big plus. Additionally being able to ensure only one instance of a game is running on one license is also a big help in piracy prevention.Apple is probably one of the worst at making i

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Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Spooky__" comment="14"]Bill_Doorreply 11Surely you jest... The lack of a smilie worries me though. I shall have to look into this.http://forums.demigodthegame.com/384456/page/1/#2654207Newell's reason for crowning the PS3 edition of Portal 2 was that it will be supported by Steamworks. Released in 2008, the free toolset allows developers to integrate support from its Steam content delivery service into their games. Steamworks will allow for Portal 2 auto-updates, downl

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Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="larrypeters" comment="22"]I have to wonder if this is a test of sorts for Sony and if it works they integrate Steam further into PSN. For Sony it beats having to build their own offering to compete with XBL. Steam is already there and has infrastructure in place.Like Tridus, I also seriously doubt this will change anything for Steam powered games.Later,LAR [/quote] Wouldnt having full steam support chip away at their playstation netw

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Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="DoomBringer90" comment="3"]Loki, the way I understand it, Impulse reactor takes all the "good" things about Steamworks, but adapts them so that games using I::R function the same as an "Installshield era" game.[/quote] That's another reason I'm really looking forward to Elemental. ;)

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Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="lokideath" comment="1"]You forgot to talk about Impulse Reactor.[/quote] Well, I think Brad Wardell and Island Dog have pretty much covered Reactor fairly well.

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Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

(Im posting this in the forums since I can't post it like an article in the blog section.) I remember the old days of gaming. That long gone era called 2008. Back when games were provided with their own custom installers, and were self-contained products that installed themselves separatedly on the computer you instaleld them. I like to call this era the "Installshield Era" of gaming. Back when game media only contained asset and binaries, and a registration wi

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Reply to Fallout: New Vegas will use Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Reactor is good for tracking your achievements, auto-patching, getting new info on your games, and other community perks that Steam does. Only without having the steamworks network or any network installed and needed to game.

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Reply to Shogun II Total War Announced in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="humorguy" reply="42" id="2638926"]I paid full price for all the Total War games up until Empire Total War and Napoleon Total War. I was right to do that, as in both cases, as within 6 weeks of the release of both games, I was able to buy the Special Editions for less than 1/3 the full price. Given that the Medieval II Total War expansion Kingdoms had more content than both Empire Total War AND Napoleon Total War COMBINED, shows how for Creative, just like Valve, Bethesda and Biowa

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Reply to I don't hate steam anymore in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="DethAdder" reply="5" id="2631267"]It's about control. I want to control what I buy, whether I want to be able to archive, reinstall without internet, or play it in a lead sarcophagus. I want to have the ability to play on my terms, not theirs. I don't want to have to worry about getting banned from playing my games cause I irked the wrong person on their forums or some asshat hacked the account and got it banned for me. I do have a sizable Steam catalog, but 90% of it was games on

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Reply to I don't hate steam anymore in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="kyogre12" reply="2" id="2631218"]Well there's the fact that the boxed version of Steam games still make you install Steam, which totally kills my primary motivation in getting boxed copies. Up until recently, my internet was pathetically slow, so installing off a disc was always much, much, much faster than the 5+ hours it would take to download a game. Plus there's the fact that the boxes don't say they require Steam installed (at least they didn't when I bought the box of Portal

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