MaxWar wrote:The short:
-Ugly bloated, useless programm.
-I hate useless TSR
It's ugly and bloated, but it does serve a purpose -- it manages your licenses to games. I'm not sure you can call it a TSR; it only has to be run when you want to play a game. It doesn't have to be run automatically at startup, and can be shut down when you're done.
MaxWar wrote:-Forces you to put all the games together at the same friggin place.
Location doesn't matter because you use the built-in Steam Library to manage your games. And on the plus side, if you ever have to format/reinstall, backing up your games is as easy as copying your steamapps folder somewhere else, then popping it back into place. No reinstalling and no registry trickery required.
MaxWar wrote:-Forces you to start Steam to play your Damn Game.
-You basically need the net all the time to play your games, Ohh but theres offline mode apparently! Oh yes? then why cant i simply but steam in Offline mode and be done with it?
Steam doesn't sell you games, it sells you LICENSES to games. So of course you have to run their client first, to validate your licenses. The Offline mode works, but you have to check in every once in a while to refresh.
Do you use Netflix? Do you ever complain that you have to log into Netflix to watch a movie or TV show? Do you expect to be able to watch Netflix shows in offline mode? Both Steam and Netflix are services that give you access to content, but you don't own the content.
MaxWar wrote:-How you like automatic forced updates up your throat?
The Steam client updates aren't forced; you can choose to delay them as long as you want. Automatic game updates can be disabled as well, but they're one of the best things about Steam -- you don't have to screw around with patches. If you let it, it will keep everything up to date for you.
MaxWar wrote:-Steam support team are a bunch of dicks.
I can't argue with this one. 😁
MaxWar wrote:-Steam is basically Totally usesless : Its only good for achievement craving kiddies.
I already mentioned that it keeps games up to date. That seems pretty useful to me.
MaxWar wrote:-DRM copy protection? My Arse, the games get hacked all the same as before. Its just more fun for the hackers, they like it even more when its harder.
Copy protection and DRM will always get hacked, but Steam's DRM is less invasive than StarForce, SecuROM, Tages, or whatever. It's arguably the "least bad."
Anyway, I'm not a Steam fanboy, I just wanted to play devil's advocate for some of these arguments.