You don't own software, even when you buy a physical copy. The license grants you the right to use the software. When you buy a physical copy you are buying the media, the packaging, maybe a manual, and the right to use the software. If you also read the license, software and gaming companies absolve themselves of the risk that their product might jack up your computer. So the license is also a disclaimer that they can't be held liable for screwing up your computer.The last game I bought off of Steam I returned 24 hours later
I basically didn't like the fact that it felt I was renting the game and didnt "own" it.
When I started using Steam (2009...?) I was worried about what happens to if the company goes bankrupt. Wouldn't it be better to have your games on physical media? But after a while I was so convinced by ease of use and all, especially multiplayer (if you ever tried playing Duke Nukem 3D with seven other guys in a BNC network via IPX that's something you value) that for quite some time I couldn't be bothered to buy anything that's not on Steam. Also I took a very critical look at the bazillions of Floppy Disks (those were the days), CDs, DVDs and BluRays occupying an increasing amount of my living space and realized that I will never again even touch at least 99% of those.Just did I quick tour of the Matrix/Steam Combat Mission forums. It seems the Battlefront bashers who haven't played a game since ShockForce 1 or the first release of CMBN are out in force complaining about DRMs and failure to understand difference between a "patch ", an 'upgrade' and which is a 'DLC' geez
Bourbon philosophy...the best kind...When you actually think about it, none of us really "own" anything. We're all just "renting" whatever "it" is until we pass on. Ah, I'm waxing philosophic?
Just did I quick tour of the Matrix/Steam Combat Mission forums. It seems the Battlefront bashers who haven't played a game since ShockForce 1 or the first release of CMBN are out in force complaining about DRMs and failure to understand difference between a "patch ", an 'upgrade' and which is a 'DLC' geez
Ah except BFC defines them differently therefore for their games there is a difference.Theres no real difference between a free patch and a paid upgrade though...
That's nice. BFC doesn't do that. They add features at a cost and fix bugs for free. (Note I am sure someone will be tempted to find an example that contradicts this - go ahead a handful of examples of feature added for free does not negate the fact that upgrades took significant feature work and they chose to charge us for that). The fact that they are doing something different from other companies in and of its self does not constitute a rip off. It is fair to say you don't like the price of the new features and feel it is a rip off but it is not fair to label those features with a word you define as something you should get for free and then claim they are ripping you off.apart from one being free and the other costing money. Many companies add fixes and new features through free patches.
Ah except BFC defines them differently therefore for their games there is a difference.
That's nice. BFC doesn't do that. They add features at a cost and fix bugs for free. (Note I am sure someone will be tempted to find an example that contradicts this - go ahead a handful of examples of feature added for free does not negate the fact that upgrades took significant feature work and they chose to charge us for that). The fact that they are doing something different from other companies in and of its self does not constitute a rip off. It is fair to say you don't like the price of the new features and feel it is a rip off but it is not fair to label those features with a word you define as something you should get for free and then claim they are ripping you off.
Actually I never said they were ripping anyone off. I was commenting on the "people don't understand the difference between patches and upgrades".
I'm fine with BFC charging for some of their patches. But let's not pretend that they are not patches.
Very zen likeWhen you actually think about it, none of us really "own" anything. We're all just "renting" whatever "it" is until we pass on. Ah, I'm waxing philosophic?