How many games can you, or are you, playing simultaneously.

[Kamakazie]

I'm currently focusing all my attention on System Shock 2....to bring another game into the mix would detract from the brilliance that is SS2.

Best. Game. Ever.

[monroeski]

There is nothing that interests me on steam. Also I am not paying money to rent a game. When all games go to digital distribution like Steam (if that is indeed "the future") is the day when I stop playing games. Just because everybody else marches into being ripped off with a smile on their face, I am not giving up my rights. I am not going to pay money for air. In fact, Steam has made me see pirates as benevolent. I would rather have pirating and pirates flourish because the developers who push you to use their services to buy games rather than own a physical copy, deserve nothing but piracy of their product. They are already forcing you to pay money for something you do not own.

I am not in a hole. Just because you and the rest of the people have been led to believe that digital distribution is the greatest thing since the invention of computers doesnt mean I am in a "hole". It just means that like so often in life, I am on the opposite side of the majority because I can think for myself and not "follow the leader".

This is true, I feel so terrible for "renting" Aquaria a year and a half ago for $15.99. I mean, if Valve went out of business and shut down Steam tomorrow, and went back on their word about releasing a patch to remove the server checks, and I deleted the game from my hard drive, and I didn't use the DVD backup feature that is built in to Steam to store all my content on an actual disc, then I would have been paying a whole $.02 a day to be able to play that game any time I want on any computer that has an internet connection! What a massive ripoff! I feel so cheated!

Oh why oh why did I buy all those games for less than $1.50 each! Why did I support all those indie developers that have no other outlet for their games!

I guess I'm just a sheep that can't think for myself because I like to buy downloadable games at a fraction of retail that I can back up to a physical disk. And what's with the excellent friend/messaging system, and the server side saved games that I can pull up anywhere? It sounds like such a terrible idea, I can't believe I ever fell for it.

[Zoma]

I usually play 2-3 games during the same period.

One is always a story-less game. Typically a puzzle game which has been Clubhouse Games for past few years. Sometimes I play another puzzle-type game during the same period.

The second is a game with a story.

Currently playing:
Picross 3D
Finishing Fallout 3 GotY
Dragon Quest 9
Borderlands on-and-off

[Kamakazie]

like so often in life, I am on the opposite side of the majority because I can think for myself and not "follow the leader".

I don't see how that is at all relevant to this argument. Are you sure you aren't just boycotting Steam simply because it is popular?

[taggart6]

I don't see how that is at all relevant to this argument. Are you sure you aren't just boycotting Steam simply because it is popular?

It's not relevant, and further more it just makes his stance confusing.

Sales of physical media still out preform their digital counter parts. Buying only physical copies puts you in the majority.

[Timman_24]

Sales of physical media still out preform their digital counter parts. Buying only physical copies puts you in the majority.

Lol, +1 for logic.

[fastitocalon]

If you go into the OS forums he hates on Win 7 also and prefers XP. Normally I would just find it odd but Boa just likes what he grew up with, Nothing wrong with that, his stance and inability to see the other side is just frustrating.

[BoaConstrictor]

If you go into the OS forums he hates on Win 7 also and prefers XP. Normally I would just find it odd but Boa just likes what he grew up with, Nothing wrong with that, his stance and inability to see the other side is just frustrating.

Fail.

I grew up with Windows 95 and dont like that interface anymore, its archaic.

I like Windows 7 compared to Vista, which sucks, and I mentioned that some Win7 features are large improvements, BUT, I like the pure INTERFACE/LOOK of XP more than 7.

Sales of physical media still out preform their digital counter parts. Buying only physical copies puts you in the majority.

I was referring to the "internet gaming community" where a majority of people love Steam and everything to do with it. I dont like it because it deprives me of a physical copy and I do not like the path where it leads (company controls ALL games you own and your access to them. I understand for multiplayer games, but NOT for single player titles). I dont have a big problem with Steam for a multiplayer game. But no single player game should have its access to it controlled by a third party and to top it off be dependent on that service to work. You accumulate a library of games, economic meltdown happens, your entire library is gone. Unacceptable to me. I want to own things that I buy. Not rent them. Which brings up another point. Steam is free right now. Lets ay in a few years, Valve decides that some extra money would be great and decides to charge a monthly fee for your access to Steam. Since you dont own your games, you will lose everything you paid for unless you pay said fee.

And dont tell me it cant happen. It can. People treat Valve like they are holier than holy and will never do anything to screw over consumers. They are a corporation and their main objective is profit.

And I dont boycott "everything thats popular" only things that I dont like or find morally reprehensible. For example, I dont buy Call Of Duty games, but its not because they are popular, its because I think they suck and are camperfests. However, I am enjoying Bad Company 2 and thats a popular game.

IMO, transfering access to everything into "electronic" form, is just a way for corporations to gain more control over things you supposedly own. Same with E-Books. When you are given a physical copy of something, you truly own it and can do what you want with it. When your access to something depends on someone else, you no longer truly own it. Corporations, who truly control the world and government are just tightening up things so that people own as little personal property as possible. Poorer people = easier to control. Seeing all these "cash for gold" ads on TV really makes me suspicious that we are heading towards an even more extreme crisis of sorts, where people who own tangibles, such as gold, will be in a better position that those who own "paper" (cash/money).

[johnny.dacu]

I play for fun, when i have some time... I love commands and play the series over and over again or install a new game and play it a while untile i get bored.

[senorgotti]

Valve is not publicly traded. They do not have to answer to share holders. Their service offers free weekends on games they publish, and ones they don't. There are weekly sales, and you can download the games on any computers you own by signing in to your Steam account. In summary, Valve is better than Jesus and maybe even Thor. I'm not sure who my favorite deity is. Cthulhu is pretty rad.

[taggart6]

Valve is not publicly traded. They do not have to answer to share holders. Their service offers free weekends on games they publish, and ones they don't. There are weekly sales, and you can download the games on any computers you own by signing in to your Steam account. In summary, Valve is better than Jesus and maybe even Thor. I'm not sure who my favorite deity is. Cthulhu is pretty rad.

Respect.

[Schmunkel98]

Not to put this thread back on track, but I thought the OP was asking what games you play at the "same time", not what you happen to play in the same day/week/month. For example playing Civ 4 and TF2 on a dual screen setup. Perhaps that was just me.

[Kamakazie]

Not to put this thread back on track, but I thought the OP was asking what games you play at the "same time", not what you happen to play in the same day/week/month. For example playing Civ 4 and TF2 on a dual screen setup. Perhaps that was just me.

I did not interpret the OP as such. If that is indeed the case, then no, I never do that.

[fastitocalon]

When I play a MMO I tend to watch a movie also, closest I come to doing stuff like that.

[Timman_24]

Valve is not publicly traded. They do not have to answer to share holders. Their service offers free weekends on games they publish, and ones they don't. There are weekly sales, and you can download the games on any computers you own by signing in to your Steam account. In summary, Valve is better than Jesus and maybe even Thor. I'm not sure who my favorite deity is. Cthulhu is pretty rad.

+1 After I read his post I was going to say that. Valve is the anti company, they shoot for profits but the customer comes first. They are holy IMO.