nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 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-square30fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down15cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1206arrow-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 · 10 hours agomessage-square30fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down4·7 hours agoThis is revisionist history. Steam was not the origination of DRM or even online DRM.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·7 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-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·56 minutes agoI remember taping over the square hole.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 hours 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.
I remember taping over the square hole.
“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.