nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 hours agoGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down14cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1164arrow-down1external-linkGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'www.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down3·4 hours agoThis is revisionist history. Steam was not the origination of DRM or even online DRM.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·4 hours agoI remember, buy game. Enter CD key “key already taken” Return game “sorry, box is open we don’t take media returns” Rage.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·56 minutes ago“Actually this disc is defective. I’d like to exchange it for a new one.” This trick will be useful if you ever go back to 1999.
This is revisionist history. Steam was not the origination of DRM or even online DRM.
I remember, buy game. Enter CD key “key already taken” Return game “sorry, box is open we don’t take media returns” Rage.
“Actually this disc is defective. I’d like to exchange it for a new one.”
This trick will be useful if you ever go back to 1999.