the-danzorz wrote:xeon_1 wrote:X2-Eliah wrote:Choublanc wrote:
The Steam case is maybe not so obvious but still, if the company x (Egosoft) obliges me to be client of the company y (Steam), that’s tie sales.
SecuROM. UbiDRM. GfWL. TAGES. Impulse. DirectDrive. Origin. PS3 account. Xbox Live account.
see a pattern? Oh, no, wait, it's only steam that eeeebilll!!!!, right?
Securom works offline some titles only require a one time connection
GFWL acctualy has an ofline mode that works wheras steam offline mode still doesn't work after 10 years.
Tages offline
PS3 account only for online play i don't have one since i only play singleplayer games and don't use the store.
Xbox ,impulse,origin don't have any experience with that.
Ubidrm works only it isn't user oriented.
Yep i see a pattern.
stuff that works as intended vs stuff that doesn't work namely steam.
Steam does work, just maybe in your experience it didn't as intended. However that is just your experience and not a fact.
Sorry but i had several lan party's ruined by that simple glitch.
If you include the option of offline mode it should work and not switch back to online mode when ever it feels like it.
Then it refuses to run the game since it wants to call home but can't since there is no internet.
Chris0132 wrote:Steam does work as intended, it's a content distribution platform, it distributes large amounts of content to millions of people.
Thus, it works as intended.
That it doesn't work offline is not 'does't work as intended' it's 'is not intended to work offline, because it's an online content distribution platform'.
It's like complaining that your car doesn't work as intended when it fails to go because you tried to pedal it like a bike.
It is a content distribuiton platform yes and for that part i fully understand why it needs to be online.
But once the game is on your pc and you set it to offline mode for whatever reason.
It shouldn't go back to online mode just because there is an active network connection.
Hell if you want to play a single player game but you can't beacause it tries to update said game with a multi gig patch that takes hours to download
Ok try next time you have time to play the game oops can't since there is an other ****** patch out.
Ok set steam offline oops doens't work.
Result steam deinstalled half life dvd used as wall decoration.
edit to remove double post
Slashman wrote:xeon_1 wrote:GFWL acctualy has an ofline mode that works wheras steam offline mode still doesn't work after 10 years. .
I played Prototype offline for almost 3 weeks when my ISP has serious problems a year or so ago. So apparently your statement isn't factual across the board. Also played Orcs Must Die offline yesterday(although naturally my scores didn't get added to the leaderboard).
Generalizations are silly.
I'd also like to know since when does Ubisoft's DRM get a pass versus Steam? How can one even suggest that?
well i find steam silly
And ubidrm say's it requires an active stable internet connection or no game.
Wtich is why i don't have silent hunter 5 where as i really wanted to play it.
Steam creates the illusion of working offline whereas in reality its no beter then ubidrm
I used it for 4 years and offline mode never functioned during that time.
, to me he's just another user really, even if he's the president. 
In any case I agree with what Chris is saying. Or just like how one of the response in that very topic "Steam without internet is like a fish out of water".
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