No, the other poster is right. You had to use Steam to get HL2. This got them on enough PCs that they could build the dominance they have today. There are ob

No, the other poster is right. You had to use Steam to get HL2. This got them on enough PCs that they could build the dominance they have today. There are obviously other reasons for their success, but the other poster is spot on both about what they did, and how many people felt about it at the time.