#4359229 - 05/24/17 04:19 PM
Re: Another "burn in hell, Steam" thread from me ;)
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This is what the wishlist is good for. You'll get an email notification when anything on your wishlist goes on sale. So you add it to your wishlist then you just sit & wait
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#4359234 - 05/24/17 04:37 PM
Re: Another "burn in hell, Steam" thread from me ;)
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Wasn't there some problem recently with these sort of 'CD key' sites selling keys that were obtained fraudulently? Did that happen with BoS/BoM? I did use one a couple of times but now,not a chance. Steam is awesome btw
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#4359245 - 05/24/17 05:35 PM
Re: Another "burn in hell, Steam" thread from me ;)
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DCS issue, Chucky.
RSC, I personally buy from other sites too, and never had a problem. Having said that, never bought from CDKeys before. Humble Bundle, GOG, Greenman Gaming, Games Planet, and at least 4-5 other sites too with no issues and even if I did, I'd take it up with them, not Steam.
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#4359249 - 05/24/17 05:45 PM
Re: Another "burn in hell, Steam" thread from me ;)
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Wasn't there some problem recently with these sort of 'CD key' sites selling keys that were obtained fraudulently? Did that happen with BoS/BoM? I did use one a couple of times but now,not a chance. Steam is awesome btw There have been problems with people buying BoS keys from questionable third-party sources (i.e. G2A), and then finding that either they didn't work at all, or were for a 'Russian only' version that was on sale at one time with most of the content aircraft locked. Best avoided.
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#4359265 - 05/24/17 06:23 PM
Re: Another "burn in hell, Steam" thread from me ;)
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Keeping it up to date is the same as just about any software. If you don't do it and then it doesn't work, that's on you. Same about buying keys elsewhere. They can't help it if you buy a key on Craigslist and end up down a well rubbing lotion on your skin. I'm glad it was an easy fix though.
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#4359266 - 05/24/17 06:29 PM
Re: Another "burn in hell, Steam" thread from me ;)
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Kryp, I generally agree about updating software, but if the software is so outdated (and it wasn't terrible old version either) that it starts producing an unknown error on a standard procedure, then it needs to recognize that and prevent the user from doing that action before an update.
I don't think it's good software design to throw some random error because you changed the backend without forcing a front end update and then let the user figure it out.
Regards key sites, this is my fourth or fifth game from them and never had an issue with illegitimate or "out of region" keys, all activated fine. But given my general stance on DRM, Steam, UPlay etc. I think most of you can guess that for me buying is more important than activating, if you get my drift.
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#4359270 - 05/24/17 06:36 PM
Re: Another "burn in hell, Steam" thread from me ;)
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DCS issue, Chucky.
RSC, I personally buy from other sites too, and never had a problem. Having said that, never bought from CDKeys before. Humble Bundle, GOG, Greenman Gaming, Games Planet, and at least 4-5 other sites too with no issues and even if I did, I'd take it up with them, not Steam. No, he is referring to Kinguin, G2A, ect. All of those sites sell games from stolen credit cards, or bought via the gray market. There are some good sites (Green Man Gaming, ect.) but many developers are disabling CD keys bought fraudulently. ED, Ubisoft, ect. The developers loose money from each "sale", which is far worse than piracy. Hence the backlash from developers. Not all keys on G2A and the like are fraudulent, but enough are that it is problematic. Best not to buy from those places. It is also immoral seeing that the developers likely won't make money but instead loose some. You're better off pirating.
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#4359273 - 05/24/17 06:55 PM
Re: Another "burn in hell, Steam" thread from me ;)
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If you don't have it set to auto update, then they assume you take on the responsibility. Considering how well they maintain it, you may have been dozens of patches behind.
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#4359294 - 05/24/17 08:12 PM
Re: Another "burn in hell, Steam" thread from me ;)
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Yeah Panzer valid point, but in this case it's 17EUR versus 49EUR.
I like paying for my games, but not a premium... That is because they are either buying a russian key (much cheaper because russian economy is trashed) or they are selling y ou a key purchased with a stolen card. Either way you really really really should not be buying from 3rd party key sites. You are basically paying criminals to keep doing criminal things.
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#4359543 - 05/26/17 09:29 AM
Re: Another "burn in hell, Steam" thread from me ;)
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To reinforce RSColonel's aversion against Steam & Co: From a Polygon article: Why at the moment even EA's Origin is better than Valve's SteamRemember that even the retail version of Half-Life 2 required the installation of Steam, which means any store that sold PC software was selling you their doom with every copy of the game.
Anyone who wasn't immediately convinced it was worth it only needed a few minutes with Half-Life 2 to see the error of their ways, reaching for the gravity gun to hurl a toilet into the face of a Combine soldier, leaving the EULA unread and untouched but agreed-upon nonetheless. Innovative titles like Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead cemented the decision, reassuring us that our lopsided relationship with Valve had more benefits than it did drawbacks. It was convenient. It worked. We didn’t need to think about it.
Valve bought our loyalty with cloud-saves and claims of piracy as a customer service issue. Steam gave a lot back in the early days, even when it was laying down the tracks for a lot of questionable decisions in the future. We also didn’t want anything else once we were comfortable with Steam, which is a big problem for anyone who doesn’t want to give Valve a third of every sale.
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