U.S Version and Steam - Page 2

Jaws2002 · #1 07-22-2011, 02:41 AM

I frigging love steam.

The single best backup I had for games. I lose things, you know. Passwords, settings, discs, cd keys, operating systems, hard drives

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Every game I have on Steam, can be restored to the exact state and settings i have, on any computer I want, simply by typing in my Steam user ID and password.

Don't need to chase no stinking patches, cd keys, or settings all over the place.
Steam does everything for me.

I love it.

GF_Mastiff · #2 07-22-2011, 03:49 AM

remember everyone the Cloud is coming its a big brother at their finest. The Cloud will allow Cable companies to start charging utility fees for more usage. data going up and down from user to cloud fields. Not A very good idea. There trying to kill Hard drives and prevent piracy with the cloud usage.

nearmiss · #3 07-22-2011, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by GF_Mastiff

remember everyone the Cloud is coming its a big brother at their finest. The Cloud will allow Cable companies to start charging utility fees for more usage. data going up and down from user to cloud fields. Not A very good idea. There trying to kill Hard drives and prevent piracy with the cloud usage.

As long as we have competition between providers they'll have a hard time doing what they want "to us". Sprint has bought up Boost and Virgin, AT&T and T Mobile are trying to merger. Fewer competitors has always meant more money for the big companies.

The cable companies know precisely how much time we use now, along with every other statistic you can dream of is available to them.
Competition keeps the price down.

von Pilsner · #4 07-22-2011, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by GF_Mastiff

remember everyone the Cloud is coming its a big brother at their finest. The Cloud will allow Cable companies to start charging utility fees for more usage. data going up and down from user to cloud fields. Not A very good idea. There trying to kill Hard drives and prevent piracy with the cloud usage.

The actual 'Steam Cloud' that can be enabled in-game only moves a few kb of config files around (and I turn that off anyway), it's not the same as a cloud-based application or true cloud based storage.

V.A.C. and TAGES are being used to kill piracy (in CloD at least).