I was one of the haters when it first launched because I was on dialup at the time and physical discs I bought were forcing me to install steam AND THEN install a massive patch that did not work on dialup. My first day playthrough of Skyrim was ruined because of that. Took a week for that shit to download even though I went physically to a store.
But now Steam is the last man standing between us and corporate greed.
MurrayL@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
People who came to Steam later on probably don’t realise that when it was new it barely fucking worked.
Downloads crawled, games refused to launch because of authentication issues, friends/chat was offline for literally months, etc.
The only reason it became widely adopted was because Valve forced you to use it if you wanted to play the latest CS or, later, HL2. Everyone hated it.
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 2 hours ago
I only got Steam when HL2 released because I had no need for it before then. I don’t remember having any real negative feelings about it.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Friends lists didn’t work reliably for years.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
What if he really wanted to make it up to you? Is there anything he could do to apologize?
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A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
HALF. LIFE. FUCKING. THREE.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Exactly. How tf do you propose to get it if you digest him? You’ve hit on the crux of the issue here.