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Originally Posted by sorak
Sucks that games are making us install these services like steam now to play their game.
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The reason as to why companies give out games over apps like Steam is because they don't have to deal with having a physical box plus all the logistics and costs involved with it. The less products coming out boxed, the less money disappears to third party distributors etc. And let's face it, for flightsims, a niche-genre on the best of days, relying on in-store box-sales only is idiotic. Add in the fact that it's a damn hassle to pirate anything from Steam, and it's a win for the companies that use those portals.
And overall, it's a win for us customers, as we get easy access to niche-products like, for example, flightsims.
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Originally Posted by sorak
This method makes me furious and i hope this fad dies quickly because this is clearly not the future.
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Prepare to be furious for a very long time, then, because like it or not, Steam and such apps definately
ARE the future in content distribution. As the overall bandwith of the average home-user goes up, so does the amount of content being delivered online.