Buy a game>Forced Launcher Bloatware>Always online DRM (with less performance)Crack a game>SOVLFULL install UI (with awesome music)>No DRM no bloat better performanceGabe was right about piracy.
>lust provoking beard and belly
That's not what cracking a game means, you are thinking of installing a repack/scene release.
>>750734998Calm down Tim
The whole point of steam is so your friends can see what you're playing. It's a social media platform first and foremost, that's why 99% of people use it>but I'm always offline!you are a vocal minority
>>750735026for me i like knowing how long ive been playing games
>>750735026>that's why 99% of people use ityou mean they use steam to launch games but only talk on cord?
what halloween monster would gaben be?
>>750735026The most fun I had online was always randomly meeting some people in game and never seeing them again after playing for a few hours
>>750735132They talk on cord but use steam to display their heckin games and cheevos and riced out profiles. Basically steam is facebook for chuds and trannies but most people won't admit this because it sounds humiliating because they think they're above this stuff when they're really not
>>750735379Yeah they like that, they are the target audience for it.
>>750735379I use steam because I’m lazy and too old to pirate shit
>>750735418Yeah people have a natural desire to be "seen". It's totally normal
>>750735026>that's why 99% of people use itNah, 99% people use it, because they are forced to.If Steam really was just a social layer on top of gaming, I might even like it. But instead it's a monopolistic storefront for PC games, and that fat fuck GabeN does NOT deserve his 30% cut.
>>750736528If they didn't like it they would use one of the alternatives.You do use one of the alternatives to fight his monopoly right?
>>750736528You're completely wrong. If steam didn't have the social aspect it wouldn't be nearly as big as it is now
>>750736732They keep killing themselves.
>>750736732There are no real alternatives. I've bought games from Epic in the past, but I'm also disappointed with them, albeit for different reasons.>>750736824>If steam didn't have the social aspect it wouldn't be nearly as big as it is nowAnd if Steam wasn't a monopoly, it would be NOTHING like it is now.No one would pay extra go get a DRM launcher just because you can have a dumb player profile over there.
>>750734917Where's half life 3?
>>750736925I don't know what's funnier, that whole post or the fact most peoples only heard about this after it died.
>>750736981The monopoly is just adds to the social aspect anon. Your friends are there. Same way people are on facebook and instagram instead of some no name clone. Steam is social media, end of story
>>750737042>facebook and instagramThese are similarly monopolies, and I wish something was done about them, too. But since I don't use either, I don't get worked up about it.I do play videogames, though, and Steam is not a net positive here.
>>750735026Joke's on you, i have no friends
>>750734917>have a shit pc for emulation bareley use it for gaming use the ps5 instead>I have one game I want to play on pc because I got it for free on epic games>fuck it its a old game my pc can run and I dont need to buy it on my ps5 let's try pc gaming just this once>the game resolution is all messed up>my controller doesn't work properly>have to spend 2 hours watching youtube fixes/reading on forums All this work to make 1 (one) game work when I could've just installed and it would work on my ps5 I fucking hate pc vegans I almost bought the game on my console just to not have to deal with this bullshit spent and after 2 hours of tinkering I dont even feel like playing it anymore
>>750737793>pc game>controllerI think the problem is you're retarded
>>750735026kek if there was some quasi-social that added pirate games and implemented achievements (like retroachievements) i bet it would be big
>>750738073Its plugged on my TV im not going to use KBM to play on my couch and desu the controller was more easy to fix than this dumb resolution problem
>>750737793What game was it?
>>750738327Its literally on the pic the name of the game
>>750738515You said you got it free on Epic but Pathologic 2 isn't even available on there so I was confused
>Install UIjust have the game inside a zip file ready to play, why do I have to install shit?
