Steam vs PC-DVD

[yellonet]

Originally Posted by r0bc

I can never understand anti Steam comments.
This game has problems and the least of them are Steam.
Steam isn't spyware...you always own it and they can't take it from you...its auto updated...you can login to your account from any PC anywhere and access your games....you can download it as many times as you like.....it don't get scratched or lost.....you can back up to DVD's if you feel the need to do so and I can go on.
I dunno...to each his own.

I feel that it is important to have the choice to use Steam or not, why? Because it's a third party service that you have no control over whatsoever, except some rudimentary options.
What happens to the game if the Steam system suffers a breakdown, hacker attacks, get bought?
Tying in a lot of games to Steam could be dangerous as you so to speak put all eggs in one basket.
Sure, there are some benefits, but don't believe for one minute that the service is created for the consumer, most of the benefits obviously belong to Valve and the publishers of the games to maintain control over their product even after you've bought it.
And that is not in no way in service of the consumer.