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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: aldo_14 on May 19, 2005, 03:44:08 pm

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: aldo_14 on May 19, 2005, 03:44:08 pm

http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=35924&subsectionid=1589

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Hotly-tipped PC and Xbox 360 shooter Prey will be released for PC via an online delivery service that mirrors the Steam system used by Valve to distribute Half-Life 2.

Developers 3D Realms and Human Head Studios have signed up with Game xStream, which - according to industry publication MCV - claims that gamers will be able to play the game within minutes of initiating the download due to background streaming.[/q]

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 19, 2005, 03:44:47 pm

...****ing hell.

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: vyper on May 19, 2005, 04:00:16 pm

Not another bloody app to eat up resources and bandwidth...

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: redsniper on May 19, 2005, 04:08:33 pm

:arr: Arrr, whoever thought to invent Steam(ing pile o' crap) ought to walk the plank! Arr! Shiver me timbers! etc!

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: Fineus on May 19, 2005, 04:40:23 pm

How the heck can you play the game within minutes using any normal system? Most computer systems RAM etc. will make the computer faster to install and load components than it'll be able to get them from the internet. Unless of course the game is very undetailed...

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: Bobboau on May 19, 2005, 04:50:19 pm

you download the exe then all the data for just the first level, then while you'r playing the first level it downloads all the rest of the data

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: vyper on May 19, 2005, 04:51:32 pm

What if you don't have all the required data by the time you reach the next level? It's distributed software development without the proper backbone.

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: Descenterace on May 19, 2005, 04:51:39 pm

I think Steam is an excellent idea. It's just the execution that is flawed.

The flaw is, of course, that not many people can afford 50MBit fat pipes to the local Internet backbone.

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: aldo_14 on May 19, 2005, 05:00:08 pm

Steam is a good idea in principle, but there's also a lot of downsides (besides the execution) for any 3rd party app with that degree of hard drive access.

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: Taristin on May 19, 2005, 06:51:28 pm

Boycott it!

;)

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: DaBrain on May 19, 2005, 06:57:46 pm

I will.

There is no way I'll buy  a product that uses something like Steam.

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: SadisticSid on May 19, 2005, 07:07:25 pm

This is what Bittorrent's for. :nod:

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: Deepblue on May 19, 2005, 08:17:20 pm

Or, you could get an Xbox360 and avoid the steamy mess...

:D...

/console advert

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: Krackers87 on May 19, 2005, 11:58:38 pm

Uh, i dont see anything wrong with streaming games.

I do see something wrong with authentication every damn time you want to play and the ability for them to shut your gaeme off if they think you hack, and everything having to be done through the app itself like steam does.

Now if this is just an alternative distribution method then i say hell ya, as long as i  get some kind of user/pass to redownload it if my HD explodes.

Might make the game cheaper to not have to publish it.

Title: We're doomed!
Post by: WMCoolmon on May 20, 2005, 01:55:27 am

I have no problem with internet downloadable games.

I do have a problem with copyright schemes and extra apps that cost people time and extra resources, apparently to punish them for getting the non-cracked game.