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vesselle · 05-08-2002, 10:17 AM

ask and it shall be given.

i was just reading about Valve (the maker's of Half-Life) and their new company called Steam.

they plan on doing away with hardcopy (read cd, manual & box) games. instead, you download the core game over thier servers, and then the system feeds you the game as you go. included in this will be arrangements with driver manufacturers to keep everything current.

they plan on releasing their first game sometime this year. so expect to see more models like this pop up all over.

dunno how the publisher's role will fall into this, but if we can get away from publisher's controlling developer output, i'm ALL for it!

V***V

interested in beta-testing the steam model?

[ 05-08-2002, 10:28 AM: Message edited by: vesselle ]

05-08-2002, 10:17 AM	#8
vesselle Hathor Join Date: April 6, 2001 Location: the desert Posts: 2,296	ask and it shall be given. i was just reading about Valve (the maker's of Half-Life) and their new company called Steam. they plan on doing away with hardcopy (read cd, manual & box) games. instead, you download the core game over thier servers, and then the system feeds you the game as you go. included in this will be arrangements with driver manufacturers to keep everything current. they plan on releasing their first game sometime this year. so expect to see more models like this pop up all over. dunno how the publisher's role will fall into this, but if we can get away from publisher's controlling developer output, i'm ALL for it! V***V interested in beta-testing the steam model? [ 05-08-2002, 10:28 AM: Message edited by: vesselle ] __________________ my best friend is a junkie. what does your best friend do?