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StingingVelvet: Ubisoft dropped the always online thing a while back and is just like Steam now with Uplay, if that matters to you.
This means I can play games like Anno 2070 completely offline? Hmm, well some day I might give it a chance then...
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StingingVelvet: Ubisoft dropped the always online thing a while back and is just like Steam now with Uplay, if that matters to you.
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Crosmando: Really? Because I notice whenever I launch MMX on Steam, it *always* boots up Uplay first.
Uplay loads but can be set to offline mode (after first time launch ofc)
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pigdog: Dead Space actually left me with a feeling of guilt - it was like I'd let myself and my principles down.
I actually liked Dead Space 1 and 2. Got them on the Steam 666 - paid with cash \m/ -_- \m/

(..ok they were like 80% off or something)
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StingingVelvet: Ubisoft dropped the always online thing a while back and is just like Steam now with Uplay, if that matters to you.
Is that for every game? I've basically avoided any of the Assassin's Creed games because I can't figure out what form of DRM they're saddled with. And the vendors I've seen are either vague about it (Other DRM a la Gamersgate) or they have the old requirements (permanent on-line connection) still listed.
The only games I have ever purchased from Steam were the Mount and Blade Collections, but the only reason I bought it from Steam was because they were on sale (half as much as Tale Worlds) and all I wanted was the Serial Keys to activate the demo's I downloaded from the Tale Worlds Website.

I will never buy games from Steam as long as they continue with their current DRM/software/serial key required strategy. Actually, I doubt I would buy from them even if they went DRM-Free because I would rather support GOG.
I'll add my log too (games and addons):
GOG: 149
Gamer's Gate: 1
Origin: 2
Uplay: 0
Steam: 3

Sega Megadrive: > 40
Sega MegaCD: > 12
Sega Saturn: > 120
Sega Dreamcast: > 12
Sony Playstation 2: 5
Microsoft XBox: 1
Microsoft XBox 360: 6

Amiga: 6
PC others (boxed) > 200
Post edited April 17, 2014 by Huinehtar
Steam games are so cheap they cancel out whatever problems the platform has.
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skynet464: Steam games are so cheap they cancel out whatever problems the platform has.
Cheap? No.
Here are some examples of steam prices for games that were already cheaply bundled without DRM somewhere else:

A New Beginning - Final Cut - 9,99€
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome - 9,99€
Adventures of Shuggy - 4,99€
Amnesia Fortnight 2012 - ?
And Yet It Moves - 8,99€
Anodyne - 7,99€
Anomaly 2 - 13,99€
Antichamber - 18,99€
Arcane Worlds - 8,99€
Bad Hotel (2x) - 4,99€
Beatbuddy (2x) - 8,99€
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien - 13,99€
Botanicula - 8,99€
Bridge Constructor - 8,99€
Broken Sword - Directors Cut (Baphomet's Fluch - Directors Cut) - 4,99€
Broken Sword 2 (Baphomet's Fluch 2) - 4,99€
Brütal Legend - 13,99€
Closure - 9,99€
Costume Quest - 8,99€
Data Jammers: FastForward - 1,99€
Dawn of Fantasy: Kingdom Wars - 13,99€
Defender's Quest - 13,99€
Defense Grid Gold - 18,99€
Deponia - 16,31€
Depth Hunter ? - 9,99€
Driftmoon - 14,99€
Dungeon Defenders - 11,99€
Dungeons of Dredmor Complete - 4,99€
Dust: An Elysian Tail - 13,99€
Droid Assault - 9,99€
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes - 19,99€
Eleusis - 11,99€
Evoland - 2,49€
Face Noir - 18,99€
Faerie Solitaire - 8,99€
Fairy Bloom Freesia - 7,99€
FEZ - 9,99€
Fractal - 5,99€
Gateways - 4,99€
Gemini Rue - 7,99€
Gentlemen! - 8,99€
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - 14,99€
Gimbal - 13,99€
Guacamelee! Gold Edition - 13,99€
Gun Monkeys - 4,49€
Hack, Slash, Loot - 5,99€
Hero Academy + Gold Pack - 16,99€
HOARD - 9,99€
Incredipede - 9,99€
Jack Lumber - 7,49€
Jamestown - 8,99€
Joe Danger 2: The Movie - 13,99€
Journey of a Roach - 14,99€
Kingdom Rush - 8,99€
Knights of Pen & Paper +1 Edition - 9,99€
Knytt Underground - 5,99€
LightFish - 4,99€
Little Inferno - 8,99€
Lume - 6,99€
Luxuria Superbia - 5,99€
Offspring Fling - 5,99€
Papo & Yo - 12,99€
Paranautical Activity - 8,99€
PixelJunk Shooter - 8,99€
Pressure - 9,99€
Primal Fears - 9,99€
Psychonauts - 9,99€
Puddle - 8,99€
Reus - 9,99€
Machinarium - 8,49€
Magical Diary - 13,99€
McPixel - 3,99€
Megabyte Punch - 13,99€
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine - 13,99€
NEO Scavenger - 8,99€
Nightsky - 9,99€
No Time To Explain - 4,99€
Not The Robots - 8,99€
Organ Trail - Directors Cut - 4,99€
Ravensword: Shadowlands - 13,99€
Really Big Sky - 4,99€
Revenge of the Titans - 9,99€
Revenge of the Titans: Sandbox Mode - 4,99€
Ride'em Low - 5,99€
Scoregasm - 4,99€
Shatter - 7,99€
Shadowgrounds - 4,99€
Shadowgrounds Survivor - 7,99€
Shelter - 8,99€
Solar 2 - 8,99€
Space Pirates and Zombies - 8,99€
Stacking - 8,99€
Starseed Pilgrim - 5,99€
Steel Storm - Complete Edition - 13,99€ + 8,99€ + 0,99€ + 1,99€
Storm in a Teacup - 3,99€
Strike Suit Zero - 18,99€
Stronghold HD - 3,99€
Super Hexagon - 2,99€
Surgeon Simulator 2013 - 9,99€
Survivor Squad - 6,99€
Sword of the Stars: The Pit - Gold Edition - 9,99€
Talisman Prologue - 2,99€
The Ship - 19,99€
The Swapper - 13,99€
Teleglitch: Die More Edition - 12,99€
Teleglitch: Guns and Tunes - 1,99€
The 39 Steps - 9,99€
The Bard's Tale - 8,99€
The Binding of Isaac + Wrath of the Lamb DLC - 4,99€ + 2,99€
The Dark Eye - Chains of Satinav - 19,99€
The Dream Machine Chapters 1-3 - 4,99€ + 4,99€
The Whispered World - 9,99€
Titan Attacks! - 9,99€
To the Moon - 7,99€
Toki Tori 2+ - 4,19€
Trine - 7,99€
Trine 2: Complete Story - 16,99€
Type:Rider - 6,99€
Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta - Episode 1 - 3,99€
Ultratron - 9,99€
Windosill - 2,49€
Post edited April 17, 2014 by Klumpen0815
Something tells me you've never experienced the glory that is the Steam Summer Sale.
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skynet464: Something tells me you've never experienced the glory that is the Steam Summer Sale.
Of course not, because I boycott DRM. ;)
Post edited April 17, 2014 by Klumpen0815
The game devs,/distributors/designers/ etc want to make money. DRM increases revenue and as such is not going away as it is embraced by mainstream devs and such.

Comparing steam prices to bundle prices is not exactly apples to oranges. Devs/distributors give discounted license to bundle organizer, steam does not get that discount in most cases. They are certainly not going to lose money selling a game because it was in a bundle for a charity a few months back. I hear a lot of people boycott steam...even more boycott Origin, I get it, some people boycott DRMs...some people boycott other things for what they believe in. I am not saying you are right or wrong, just that I get the boycott mentality. Though at the end of the day, someone, somewhere, was wronged in someway for nearly anything that you buy.
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skynet464: Something tells me you've never experienced the glory that is the Steam Summer Sale.
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Klumpen0815: Of course not, because I boycott DRM. ;)
Still a bit silly to compare full priced games to sales/bundles :)
Since every web store makes sales, episodic sales don't cancel anything on a platform, since everyone does sales.
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skynet464: Something tells me you've never experienced the glory that is the Steam Summer Sale.
Put it this way. If they gave me a Steam account that has every single Steam DRM game on it and the whole thing costs me $0, I wouldn't use it. Fuck DRM.

People like you are willing to "look the other way" about anything in life.
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skynet464: Something tells me you've never experienced the glory that is the Steam Summer Sale.
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TDP: Put it this way. If they gave me a Steam account that has every single Steam DRM game on it and the whole thing costs me $0, I wouldn't use it. Fuck DRM.

People like you are willing to "look the other way" about anything in life.
Woah, this dude is even more hardcore than me, I like him. xD