▲ 1219 ▼ Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] (store.steampowered.com) submitted 9 months ago by ampersandrew@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world 443 comments fedilink hide all child comments No prices yet. I may never financially recover from this.
[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 74 points 9 months ago (5 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago (2 children) What if he really wanted to make it up to you? Is there anything he could do to apologize? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago (1 child) HALF. LIFE. FUCKING. THREE. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago Exactly. How tf do you propose to get it if you digest him? You've hit on the crux of the issue here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 3 points 9 months ago Yeah he could hand over a couple billion dollars, that would make up for it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world [S] 17 points 9 months ago friends/chat was offline for literally months Friends lists didn't work reliably for years. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PHLAK@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago This is true but this was also done at at time when all of these things were unprecedented. Valve was blazing a trail with Steam and digital distribution and there was nothing else even close. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago It was pretty janky. I received a download code for Half Life 2 in the box with my Radeon 9800 Pro several months before the game was actually released. I didn't have a lot of use for Steam before then, but I installed it anyway and my account is so old that back when the account IDs were still numeric and sequential, mine was four digits. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago (2 children) What if he really wanted to make it up to you? Is there anything he could do to apologize? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago (1 child) HALF. LIFE. FUCKING. THREE. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago Exactly. How tf do you propose to get it if you digest him? You've hit on the crux of the issue here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 3 points 9 months ago Yeah he could hand over a couple billion dollars, that would make up for it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago (1 child) HALF. LIFE. FUCKING. THREE. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago Exactly. How tf do you propose to get it if you digest him? You've hit on the crux of the issue here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago Exactly. How tf do you propose to get it if you digest him? You've hit on the crux of the issue here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 3 points 9 months ago Yeah he could hand over a couple billion dollars, that would make up for it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world [S] 17 points 9 months ago friends/chat was offline for literally months Friends lists didn't work reliably for years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PHLAK@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago This is true but this was also done at at time when all of these things were unprecedented. Valve was blazing a trail with Steam and digital distribution and there was nothing else even close. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago It was pretty janky. I received a download code for Half Life 2 in the box with my Radeon 9800 Pro several months before the game was actually released. I didn't have a lot of use for Steam before then, but I installed it anyway and my account is so old that back when the account IDs were still numeric and sequential, mine was four digits. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent