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Really? Did you read the article? Can you sell the games you own on Steam? Lend them to your friends?

by skeletonjelly 13y ago

marshray 13y ago
The point is that many of us who were relatively happy users of Steam were annoyed at the changes in the Xbone. However, Steam took a decade before I let it on my computer. I literally didn't realize I'd be buying into it when I bought a retail copy of Bioshock Ultimate. Whereas Microsoft went to the biggest built-up launch event in all of gaming and told all the gamers waiting on the edge of their seat and gave the impression that they cared more about the set-top box market instead and the Xbone was going to lock you out of even disc games that you buy unless you give it a 24/7 phone-home kill switch. Oh and if the cloud thought that your IP address looked like it came from the wrong region you were DoA too. To be out-consumer-friendlied by Sony of all companies, ouch that stings. Disclosure: MS employee, not in Xbox, my own opinion only
Kuiper 13y ago
Lending games to friends seems to be a feature that Steam is at least experimenting with, based on the latest Steam beta update: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=595606 http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=595606 Could be related to a ruling by the European Court of Justice last year, by which "An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licences" http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012-07/cp120094en.pdf http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012... This could also lead to permanent license transfers being possible (possibly enabled via Steam's existng community marketplace, where Steam takes a cut of the sale of virtual goods--and perhaps more advantageous for Steam, sellers on Steam's community market don't get cash; they get credit that can only be used on Steam).

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Really? Did you read the article? Can you sell the games you own on Steam? Lend them to your friends?

by skeletonjelly 13y ago

Really? Did you read the article? Can you sell the games you own on Steam? Lend them to your friends?

marshray 13y ago
The point is that many of us who were relatively happy users of Steam were annoyed at the changes in the Xbone. However, Steam took a decade before I let it on my computer. I literally didn't realize I'd be buying into it when I bought a retail copy of Bioshock Ultimate. Whereas Microsoft went to the biggest built-up launch event in all of gaming and told all the gamers waiting on the edge of their seat and gave the impression that they cared more about the set-top box market instead and the Xbone was going to lock you out of even disc games that you buy unless you give it a 24/7 phone-home kill switch. Oh and if the cloud thought that your IP address looked like it came from the wrong region you were DoA too. To be out-consumer-friendlied by Sony of all companies, ouch that stings. Disclosure: MS employee, not in Xbox, my own opinion only
Kuiper 13y ago
Lending games to friends seems to be a feature that Steam is at least experimenting with, based on the latest Steam beta update: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=595606 http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=595606 Could be related to a ruling by the European Court of Justice last year, by which "An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licences" http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012-07/cp120094en.pdf http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012... This could also lead to permanent license transfers being possible (possibly enabled via Steam's existng community marketplace, where Steam takes a cut of the sale of virtual goods--and perhaps more advantageous for Steam, sellers on Steam's community market don't get cash; they get credit that can only be used on Steam).