Valve Unveils Steamworks

[Bluestrike]

For the confused people:

Other developers can add support for steam for free.
They don't get a source engine license or anything like that.

I am also wondering who is gonna pay for all the bandwith

Ofcourse the question is do other companies like it that a possebly rival conpany has acces to they beta and QA programs

 

[Javert]

For the confused people:

Other developers can add support for steam for free.
They don't get a source engine license or anything like that.

I am also wondering who is gonna pay for all the bandwith

I've been seeing some Nvidia banners under my STEAM loading bars.

 

[Kadayi]

I'm going to be a bitch just because I can and argue that no Piracy is not theft.

To do that you'd actually need an argument. Fact of the matter is, is software is licensed and that license outlines how and when it can be distributed, if the distribution method falls outside of the prescribed parameters it's an illegal act, bizarre as that might seem. So yes piracy is theft. :dozey:

What losses? Again I'm being a bitch but I have a very good point here. You cannot prove in any way shape or form that a company has lost sales due to piracy.

Firstly you needed an argument, this time you need a point. If over 50000 gamers were so eager to play Doom 3 in 2004 that they torrented like crazy 3 days before it's retail release, I'm pretty sure that a fair number of them would probably buy it, if there wasn't a pirate version available for them to get their mitts on. Can I prove this? No. Is it a fair assumption? Yes. Did ID software incur financial loss because of the pre-retail leak? Abso-****ing-lutely :dozey:

Ofcourse the question is do other companies like it that a possebly rival conpany has acces to they beta and QA programs

Valve are giving them the tools to monitor that stuff, but I don't think it's tied directly to a central hub at Valve HQ.

 

[Asknoone]

:dozey:

 

[Deleted member 56031]

O___o

why the long face samon?

 

[Asknoone]

I was mocking Kadayi's use of it.

 

[Kadayi]

I was mocking Kadayi's use of it.

More a homage surely :dozey:

BTW:-

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1016#more-1016

Interview with Doug L about Steam works :naughty:

:dozey: