Poll regarding Steam users

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Originally Posted by Revvin

People assume that the posters here saying they will not buy the game is already money lost to 1C.

In this WWII Combat Simulator marked it IS loss. CoD is NOT Arma.

And this is entertaining of yours. First you write:

Originally Posted by Revvin

They will try to demonstrate this with maths based on figures pulled out of thin air.

And then:

Originally Posted by Revvin

The reality is that Steam will draw new customers in too, perhaps even replacing the naysayers and more.

I assume yours are based in "careful, scientific calculation", LoL

Originally Posted by Revvin

Again some assume that those who say they won't buy will stick to that though even the most ardent boycotts have broken down with groups against Call of Duty and Left 4 Dead 2 saw many of its members playing those games on or after the day of release.

Again, don't confuse CoD/IL2 with Call of Duty or Left 4 Dead 2. They are completely different markets with completely different characteristics like players age.

And this is the most entertaining of yours:

Originally Posted by Revvin

A system where you don't need to rely on support and updates to a a number of third party clients like Hyperlobby or XFire for example.

STEAM IS a Third-Party Software having nothing to do with the Game itself. Perhaps you should check your dictionary as you sound pretty ignorant to say the least.

Originally Posted by Revvin

Insults like that and calling Steam a virus really don't help give a balanced view.

Agreed on that. STEAM IS Much More than a VIRUS.

P.S.
And to quote a friend of mine:

Sometimes people lose their freedoms quickly (Blitzkrieg)
More often, people lose their freedoms like a Cancer death. It happens bit by bit and they don't even realize what's going on until it's too late.

Informative links, worth to read:

"Trusted Computing"
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.html

Anti-DRM:
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/

Free Software Society:
http://shop.fsf.org/product/free-sof...ree-society-2/

Electronic Frontier:
http://www.eff.org/about

The Sony-BMG Rootkit Fiasco:
http://www.eff.org/cases/sony-bmg-litigation-info

Public Knowledge:
http://www.publicknowledge.org/