The goodbye thread

[David603]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

ok... ill play devils advocate

A: if they (Steam) are a distribution platform and i buy a box set what do i need them for?
B: if Solidshield is the DRM and i have a box set why do i need steam to install the game?
C: if i want to play SP and once again i have the box set that was activated (once) over the Internet using Solidshield then i really have no need for Steam....

A: A good integrated multiplayer system, and an easy, convenient method of patching. Not essential, but still desirable.
B: So people who buy the boxed copy get above features^^^
C: Agreed. In this case, you may if you wish turn Steam to offline mode, use it to make a desktop shortcut to your game so you can go direct to CoD, and then forget Steam exists.