The Steam sale going on right now begs to differ.

So, about that there SOPA and its threat to all things internet.

Well the games that you buy are tied to your account, so if your computer craps out or if you need to wipe the memory or whatever you'll always have access to your games as long as you have a working computer (which is no different than having the physical copy as well, though your physical copy can always break or become damaged, making it in my eyes the less safe way even though I prefer it myself)

But anyways, that's my last post about this since it's gotten incredibly off-topic.

http://store.steampowered.com/

definitely not cheaper

Sales are a fallacy, as they are discounted prices. Retail items get discounted too (or a copy can get thrown in with other items, as is common on Newegg)

I would like for you to tell me one place that has PC games on sale like Amazon or Steam during Xmas sale cheaper. Then I would like for you to honestly tell me which is easier:

- Getting dressed, driving to the store, walking to the store, looking for the game, checking out, walking to your car, driving home and getting back into your comfortable clothes.

OR

- Being at your computer and entering your credit card

One takes basically no action on your part and you can do while under the influence and the other is a hassle.

I await your response.

Only if they're allowed to ban comic sans from the internet too.

my issue (which prompted this line of dialog wasn't so much against Valve as a whole but against Steam as a needless requirement)
I don't see how dl'ing games makes them easier unless you mean to get then that depends on the bandwidth of the players (not all players have a broadband connection)
Cheaper means less profit less profit = bad (for companies)

unless all the other installed games aren't in the Steam folder

besides there is a perfectly good steam based thread available if you really want to talk about this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeEcoi8kEuU&feature=related

I think Steven Hawkings might be the narrator.

Honestly, it won't stop piracy. It'll just stop the common citizens access to some additional content, such as music on youtube and what-not. The actual pirates will go: "Y'arr, finally a challenge out in the sea of the internet, Arr! Bring it on swashbackles!"

Not necessarily. A lower price with lower overheads can actually result in higher profits. If disks and boxes cost a dollar or two, shipping costs a little, then distributors take a cut, then retailers take a cut...

Indeed. Though I suspect half of the people debating it have already been pretty active there .

Steam is a needless, you're right. Which means you CHOOSE to involve yourself in it.

Most gamers have broadband. Thats a cheap excuse. EVERY gamer knows to have broadband. Again it's choice, and regardelss of whether or not ppl have broadband doesn't mean it's not easier. Download game > eat sandwich > watch TV > play game is easier than getting dresseed > going to store > waiting in line > driving home > getting undressed > etc.

Cheaper games don't mean less profit. This is 8th grade ecoonimcs. If more ppl buy a game at 50% off than at full price (10 ppl buy a game at $50 and 200 ppl buy it at $25) then it's more profit not to mention the whole point of slaes is to get ppl in the store to buy products that aren't on sale/mega sale......which brings in more profit.

If sales didn't work they would do them....argue that.

Steam has most games so more or less your games will be in one place....lets not split hairs so that you're right.



And for the record you attacked a good service and you have no definate proof of why it's bad, so I made a thread debunking yours. Don't tell me where to put my comments if it's relevant to the thread.

Since when is putting Red Tape on something a good thing. Not to mention that Pirates will flood another channel and find a new way to do their crap, it's all just a powergrab and more rich companies getting richer. You want to stop Piracy chop the head off of the snake.

Ah, there is a thread already...

Anyway, I'll say this again:

I'll admit, SOPA does scare me a bit.

At first I thought it was soley just to prevent piracy by blocking/banning sites that provide torrents so I thought "Oh, I don't do that. Oh well.", but when I read up on it more and what it actually REALLY does, it REALLY scares me.

We all know the internet is only used to create crappy memes and watch pr0n. Good luck censoring pr0n, that [censored] been around for ages.

I just don't like how SOPA will make companies flip a [censored] if you harmlessly use a song or clip in a YouTube video or website. Even if you copy paste something from...something...

Ugh, I'm too tired right now to explain...

Well, thankfully passing a bill in the US is incredibly difficult right now, especially a bill like this in a time like this (elections and whatnots)

We still have the NDAA. What a load of horse manure...

Blood.Fire.Deeaaaath.

Bring it on, i'll lead the revolution lol

Anyone who doesn't vote to pass that is un-American.

...and a no-good commie terrorist who wants to destroy America and Santa Claus!

What pathetic things our government does...

And Jesus, don't forget that guy.

So far the mods have allowed us to keep this topic open, I don't know if that'll continue if you guys keep that up

We Americans won't even let the government take our guns away despite all those murder-shootings that keep happening. We Americans eat enough unhealthy foods to poison and kill most of Europe. Their not going to restrict our internet access, I will build my fortress of freedom out of the corpses of shooting-victims, pirated video games and pure, manufactured edible fat.

Guys, save my Tumblr. :c

That's just the thing about America, I love my country, but sometimes the government makes themselves hard to even tolerate.