[scarbunny]

I really disagree that Steam is the way forward, I have had such problems with Steam games that it has put me off for ever.

The prime example being HL2 I bought a physical copy it took me over 5 hours of pissing around to even get it running. To top it off my friend who downloaded a pirate copy rang me half way through my pain saying he had been playing for a few hours and the game was amazing, after all that I didnt even enjoy the game.

I really think copy protection is a waste of time and really only hurts the customer, I am a member of a Warez site and I have never seen a game that wasnt cracked on release. The game that took the longest was Bioshock but that was still cracked after a week or so.

Before you say it no I dont think protection is bad because as an occasional pirate it makes my life diffecult it dosnt, its because as an occasional game buyer it makes my life diffecult

I do angree that a pirated game isnt a lost sale, I have downloaded stuff I have no intention of buying just to see what the hype is about, Crysis for example, but if I want a game ill buy it, Assasins Creed, FFOW, STALKER for example.

On a side note I will never be a fan of DD, i want something real for my money, unless it is stupidly cheap, which it never is I remmeber seeing Bioshock for something like £45 on steam when it was only £17.99 on Play.com