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Re: Finally a new era is dawning

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On 2011-03-14, Steve Fenwick <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> Someone else mentioned Steam as a source. I like the concept, and the
> games are often aggressively priced, but if they go under, the game is
> gone. You can't play without being connected to their servers. I also
> suspect that if they change a game to require a newer version of the
> Mac OS, and you haven't kept up, you may lose access to a previously
> purchased games.

That's the thing that worries me about Steam too, but it hasn't stopped
me buying a few of the very cheap games.  I figure if it *does*
disappear, I can afford to lose a few quid.

-- 
    Mike | <http://koralatov.com>
           "A camel is a horse designed
            by a committee." -- Larry Wall

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Finally a new era is dawning nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) - 2011-03-13 17:30 +0000
  Re: Finally a new era is dawning Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2011-03-13 20:23 -0500
  Re: Finally a new era is dawning Steve Fenwick <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-03-13 21:17 -0700
    Re: Finally a new era is dawning Koralatov <usenet@koralatov.com> - 2012-05-07 18:47 +0000
      Re: Finally a new era is dawning Steve Fenwick <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-05-07 19:52 -0700
        Re: Finally a new era is dawning Koralatov <usenet@koralatov.com> - 2012-05-08 20:31 +0000

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