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General discussionHow many of you actually boycott Steam games?(1376 posts)(1376 posts)
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Posted April 28, 2015
I don't see the point really. I'd miss out on so many games if I did and that kind of beats the point of being a gamer.
Posted April 28, 2015
I have never bought a game on Steam. With probably nearly 1500 DRM-free games, let's just say I'm never bored and can wait out whatever I want that's not yet available to own here or elsewhere.
Posted April 28, 2015
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TodaysLoneWolf: I wish I had the money now so that I can start buying at least the Mac versions of games that I want to further move away from Valve and Steam, but for the moment I can't. That would complete the boycott in a more satisfactory manner.
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CharlesGrey: GOG tends to have big sales every few months, so you should be able to buy GOG versions of some of your Steam games soon enough. Plus, they started that whole "reclaim your games" deal, where they offer you free GOG versions of games, if you already own Steam or retail versions. Only a few games so far, but they probably intend to add more in the future.

Personally I don't boycott Steam. I just don't buy any games there. :|
I was able to reclaim 2/3 I owned. Thank you very much for the info!!!

My warband key was rejected however. Is this something I should submit a ticket over?
Posted April 28, 2015
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DieGans: My warband key was rejected however. Is this something I should submit a ticket over?
Reclaiming any of the Mount & Blade games is only possible for releases from Russian speaking countries, as detailed here.


"Reclaim these games, DRM-FREE:

Editions released worldwide:
-S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
-S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
-S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Editions released only in CIS & Russian territories:
-Mount & Blade: Warband
-Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword
-Eador: Genesis"

Probably for licensing reasons.
Posted April 28, 2015
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darthspudius: I don't see the point really. I'd miss out on so many games if I did and that kind of beats the point of being a gamer.
I suppose it depends on your priorities and the games you're personally interested in. I've been buying exclusively here for about 18 months or so, and GOG is providing me with more good games than I'm able to keep up with. Every once in a blue moon a new AAA game is released on Steam which I'd like to play, but I can live with that. There's always exclusives you'll miss, unless you subscribe to every client, and buy every console/ games platform in existence. And even then you're still going to miss out, unless you have time to play 24/7.

I think the release of Witcher 3 might also provide a significant boost to GOG. If it's successful enough, other publishers might be less reluctant to try that whole "DRM-free" thing.
Posted April 28, 2015
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CharlesGrey: Personally I don't boycott Steam. I just don't buy any games there. :|
Same here. I already have a crushing backlog that should keep me entertained enough for the rest of my life as it is, never mind with the stuff that I will inevitably add into it. Since I only log into Steam whenever I feel like playing one of the games that absolutely require Steam to be running, the chances of them bagging another sale from me are extremely low.

Plus I've had some problems with Steam in general, mostly with the client crashing when updating a game. Doesn't really encourage me much.
Posted April 28, 2015
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darthspudius: I don't see the point really. I'd miss out on so many games if I did and that kind of beats the point of being a gamer.
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CharlesGrey: I suppose it depends on your priorities and the games you're personally interested in.
That sums it up really. I'd rather use discs and forget about GOG, Steam and Origin personally. But that is just me. :)
Posted April 28, 2015
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TodaysLoneWolf: I forgot about GOG and the old account that I had - I couldn't access it, so I made another.
You should contact support. Believe it or not but for starters they will answer you, and if you still have mail receipts I am pretty sure they could fix your problem.
Posted April 28, 2015
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darthspudius: That sums it up really. I'd rather use discs and forget about GOG, Steam and Origin personally. But that is just me. :)
My Morrowind disc is too worn down to have the strength to answer you. :P
Posted April 28, 2015
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CharlesGrey: I suppose it depends on your priorities and the games you're personally interested in.
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darthspudius: That sums it up really. I'd rather use discs and forget about GOG, Steam and Origin personally. But that is just me. :)
That's basically what I used to do myself. At least until they put mandatory Steam requirements on all those retail discs, so now that's not really an option anymore. Raeg.
Posted April 28, 2015
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darthspudius: That sums it up really. I'd rather use discs and forget about GOG, Steam and Origin personally. But that is just me. :)
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Dalswyn: My Morrowind disc is too worn down to have the strength to answer you. :P
Shame haha. I have the special edition still in perfect condition. :D
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darthspudius: That sums it up really. I'd rather use discs and forget about GOG, Steam and Origin personally. But that is just me. :)
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CharlesGrey: That's basically what I used to do myself. At least until they put mandatory Steam requirements on all those retail discs, so now that's not really an option anymore. Raeg.
That isn't necessarily a bad thing either. Sure some will be pissed simply because it is Steam but considering how poor the internet is in my town, having a disc to install most of the content isn't a bad idea. If you can accept Steam.
Post edited April 28, 2015 by darthspudius
Posted April 28, 2015
In my opinion, any type of pirating will always exists, whether its items, dreams or software. Anyone believing otherwise are surely diluting themselves.

I ""boycott"" steam. That is - games like Hexen and Doom can not be acquired from other than on Steam, and as far as I know ID still receives some money for the sales. Half-Life is/was a guilty pleasure. ...and these are the only games that I've bought through steam. EVER. Not that I play games like I used to, however, in the past I've downloaded cracks and pre-cracked games just because that damned DRM are idiotic, pointless, and annoying.

I choose to support gog as long as its games are drm free.
Post edited April 28, 2015 by sanscript
Posted April 28, 2015
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darthspudius: If you can accept Steam.
That's the key idea. If. I can see accepting Steam when you use mostly or exclusively DD to get your games and you don't know any better than Steam or you are only interested in AAA games, but to need Steam when I bought the disc? Seriously? The best part is that some releases nowadays don't even have a disc inside the case anymore. They give you a code and that's literally it.
Posted April 28, 2015
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darthspudius: If you can accept Steam.
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HijacK: That's the key idea. If. I can see accepting Steam when you use mostly or exclusively DD to get your games and you don't know any better than Steam or you are only interested in AAA games, but to need Steam when I bought the disc? Seriously? The best part is that some releases nowadays don't even have a disc inside the case anymore. They give you a code and that's literally it.
*shrugs* I'm not here to start another Steam witch hunt. I was just saying it is still practical in a sense. No need to start this conversation for the 1000th time. :)
Posted April 28, 2015
As much as I hate steam I have to use it to play skyrim and a few other little games that I really like, Like deus ex human rev and crysis series , payday the heist stuff like that :( I hate when my friends are like NO we only play steam shit >:((((((
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