The goodbye thread

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by maclean525

For the love of all that is holy.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ONLINE TO PLAY A STEAM GAME. THIS IS NOT 2004. Steam is a distribution platform NOT A DRM PLATFORM.

Please quit whining about absolute bloody nonsense.

ok... ill play devils advocate

A: if they (Steam) are a distribution platform and i buy a box set what do i need them for?
B: if Solidshield is the DRM and i have a box set why do i need steam to install the game?
C: if i want to play SP and once again i have the box set that was activated (once) over the Internet using Solidshield then i really have no need for Steam....

and you do NEED tobe online to update steam and you game according to this
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...3160-agcb-2555

[Kikuchiyo]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

ok... ill play devils advocate

A: if they (Steam) are a distribution platform and i buy a box set what do i need them for?
B: if Solidshield is the DRM and i have a box set why do i need steam to install the game?
C: if i want to play SP and once again i have the box set that was activated (once) over the Internet using Solidshield then i really have no need for Steam....

and you do NEED tobe online to update steam and you game according to this
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...3160-agcb-2555

a) They also provide a multiplayer platform as part of their software. Which apparently Cliffs of Dover is utilizing

b) see a

c) We don't know for a fact that Solidshield will be on the DD version. This may be a redundancy on the part of Ubisoft, but that is speculative.

Yes, if you want to be playing the most current version of Cliffs of Dover you will need to update it over the internet like every game, but it is not required that you update it if you are playing offline SP. The only reason to have the updated version is to be able to play MP and to fix bugs you may experience.

[lbuchele]

I'll buy it on Steam because another thread here brings an interview that stated that steam is more profitable for MG and reach much more people that boxed version.
I would love a boxed version,right but at tbis moment the very best for me is money into Oleg's team pocket.
As much as possible.

[David603]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

ok... ill play devils advocate

A: if they (Steam) are a distribution platform and i buy a box set what do i need them for?
B: if Solidshield is the DRM and i have a box set why do i need steam to install the game?
C: if i want to play SP and once again i have the box set that was activated (once) over the Internet using Solidshield then i really have no need for Steam....

A: A good integrated multiplayer system, and an easy, convenient method of patching. Not essential, but still desirable.
B: So people who buy the boxed copy get above features^^^
C: Agreed. In this case, you may if you wish turn Steam to offline mode, use it to make a desktop shortcut to your game so you can go direct to CoD, and then forget Steam exists.

[TheEditor]

LOL this whole thread made me laugh my head off! So dramatic...ok ok I can play along.....Goodbye people who will never play this game but will continue to come and check out news on a game they will never play....lol

Steam is fine
COD will be fine and age like wine!