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We want Steam out of Retail Channel
obviously the move Germany made to make Valve change the HL2 retail box
is a great first step... but its not enough... and we ambition more!
its still short of what we want, which is at least make Valve take away
steam from the retail market
Valve is using the retail market to force steam into pc games, when we
all know the ultimate objective of steam is to kill it
there has to be a separation between broadband electronic distribution
technologies like steam and the retail market
we know Valve is "using" the retail channel for their own advantage by
forcing steam into every pc gamers so they can "educate" and make us get
used to steam, so not only this is a dirty tactic, but the objective of
this is to later steam itself kill the retail channel, the same one its
now using
when steam has done its mission it will cowardly stab in the back the
retail channel so it can then alone monopolize the market
Valve knows they can't make steam alone a viable way to sell pc games
unless they use the retail channel, but that's wrong cause its damaging
the retail channel and ultimately us gamers
if steam is so good, let it WIN with fair competition, let it be alone
and not use the own retail channel to promote itself
we want fair competition between traditional and electronic distribution
which means only with a steam FREE retail channel
competition yes but between steam and a steam FREE retail channel
and then we can find out who will win or better find out that both
can coexist, but never infecting the retail channel with electronic
distributions technologies like online activation which is wrong and
will only degrade it
we don't want the "mixing" between electronic distribution technologies
like steam and the retail market
we don't want electronic distribution technologies like steam to "infect"
the retail market
we want total SEPARATION between technologies like steam and the retail
market
steam technologies must only be available online via the internet
so after Germany made the right move, we now must ask for steam to
be taken of the retail market, for steam to not "infect" this market
that for over 10 years has been so successful in selling pc games
steam yes for the gamers that want it, but only via electronic
distribution and keep the choice of the majority of gamers that don't
want it and maintain the traditional way of physical medium version cd
or dvd sold in retail without any online activation
and long live the pc game retail market! (always steam free)
We want Steam out of Retail Channel
obviously the move Germany made to make Valve change the HL2 retail box
is a great first step... but its not enough... and we ambition more!
its still short of what we want, which is at least make Valve take away
steam from the retail market
Valve is using the retail market to force steam into pc games, when we
all know the ultimate objective of steam is to kill it
there has to be a separation between broadband electronic distribution
technologies like steam and the retail market
we know Valve is "using" the retail channel for their own advantage by
forcing steam into every pc gamers so they can "educate" and make us get
used to steam, so not only this is a dirty tactic, but the objective of
this is to later steam itself kill the retail channel, the same one its
now using
when steam has done its mission it will cowardly stab in the back the
retail channel so it can then alone monopolize the market
Valve knows they can't make steam alone a viable way to sell pc games
unless they use the retail channel, but that's wrong cause its damaging
the retail channel and ultimately us gamers
if steam is so good, let it WIN with fair competition, let it be alone
and not use the own retail channel to promote itself
we want fair competition between traditional and electronic distribution
which means only with a steam FREE retail channel
competition yes but between steam and a steam FREE retail channel
and then we can find out who will win or better find out that both
can coexist, but never infecting the retail channel with electronic
distributions technologies like online activation which is wrong and
will only degrade it
we don't want the "mixing" between electronic distribution technologies
like steam and the retail market
we don't want electronic distribution technologies like steam to "infect"
the retail market
we want total SEPARATION between technologies like steam and the retail
market
steam technologies must only be available online via the internet
so after Germany made the right move, we now must ask for steam to
be taken of the retail market, for steam to not "infect" this market
that for over 10 years has been so successful in selling pc games
steam yes for the gamers that want it, but only via electronic
distribution and keep the choice of the majority of gamers that don't
want it and maintain the traditional way of physical medium version cd
or dvd sold in retail without any online activation
and long live the pc game retail market! (always steam free)
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