Steam down? (Merged threads).

[addman]

Originally Posted by II/JG54_Emil

For the last 15 hours German players can´t connect to steam and therefore can´t fly and the problem continues!!!

Man I paid a lot of money for my collectors edition and I´m being dictated by Valves incompetence!

I´m mad a s hell.
Why may I not start Steam games incl. CoD offline???

I think 1c should seriously consider a good alternative to Steam.

How about EA's Origin service?......

[Fjordmonkey]

Originally Posted by II/JG54_Emil

I think 1c should seriously consider a good alternative to Steam.

If you're thinking about a content delivery system similar to Steam, well, there isn't any. Period. As much as you may hate Steam, it's the best CDS as of today.

It's understandable that it's frustrating that you cannot connect and play. But again, there's few alternatives and right now I don't think 1C will swap platforms due to the fact that they actually make far more money selling their products over Steam compared to regular over-the-counter sales. And as usual, money talks, bovine excrement walks.

[SG1_Mino]

steam is ....
id prefer dont say that i think about steam because i can be banned

Id prefer the rof system

[II/JG54_Emil]

lol

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by speculum jockey

Aye, "1st World Crises" are always amusing.

[tintifaxl]

Originally Posted by Fjordmonkey

If you're thinking about a content delivery system similar to Steam, well, there isn't any. Period. As much as you may hate Steam, it's the best CDS as of today.

They could use Steam as a distribution service, no need to use it as copy protection/online service provider.

[ramstein]

those bastages'... march them to the camp, and.....

[Madfish]

Originally Posted by Fjordmonkey

If you're thinking about a content delivery system similar to Steam, well, there isn't any. Period. As much as you may hate Steam, it's the best CDS as of today.

It's understandable that it's frustrating that you cannot connect and play. But again, there's few alternatives and right now I don't think 1C will swap platforms due to the fact that they actually make far more money selling their products over Steam compared to regular over-the-counter sales. And as usual, money talks, bovine excrement walks.

There are tons; it's the publishers who prevent them from flourishing. First of all there are several great platforms that don't require messed up 3rd party, like GoG, Gamersgate etc.

But then again, if it's just about contend distribution then Desura and Origin are definitely almost equal.

And no, Origin isn't worse than steam when it comes to privacy...

[Fjordmonkey]

Originally Posted by Madfish

And no, Origin isn't worse than steam when it comes to privacy...

I personally don't give that much thought or care toward privacy (I've long since stopped believing that privacy on the internet is an attainable thing), but I DO care a whole deal about functionality. And that's where Steam outshines Origin by an order of magnitude.