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PW <emailad...@ifIremember.com> looked up from reading the entrails
of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 09:38:15 -0400, Xocyll <Xoc...@kingston.net>
>wrote:
>
>>"Andrew Rybenkov" <aryb...@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
>>entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
>>say:
>>
>>>Before it was
>>>"Steam is a place where you buy games you will not play" :))
>>>But now, with trading cards presentation, it is
>>>"Steam is a place where they pay you for your gaming" :))
>>>
>>>Like I, at last, began to play "Call of Juarez", got 3 cards,
>>>sold them in no time, and overall got 150% of price I paid for the game.
>>>
>>>IMHO, this feature is serious blow to pirates, much more effective than
>>>all those stupid laws and restrictions.
>>
>>Pretty much what I've said all along;  You don't treat everyone like a
>>thief by putting intrusive security schemes on the games that the
>>pirates defeat in no time anyway, you reward purchasers with a little
>>extra.
>>
>>Make them _want_ to buy it.
>>
>>Really they have only themselves to blame - crap games at very high
>>retail prices and they long ago stopped including the basic stuff with
>>the games - REAL MANUALS for one - when all they give you is a
>>half-assed manual on .pdf, there's no barrier to copying.
>>
>>When there's a 100+ page manual you need, well that's a bit harder to
>>copy.  Sure the pirates can scan it (assuming it's not hard to scan) and
>>make a pdf, but that's actually work.
>>
>>$60, 100 hour games in Game _boxes_ full of discs, manuals, cloth maps,
>>posters and other stuff to $60, 10 hour games in dvd cases with a disc
>>and an install guide.
>>Give far less at the same price and make it easier to distribute
>>digitally - gee I wonder why copying increased?
>>
>>Xocyll
>
>Games that must be downloaded for days sometimes that cost more than
>purchasing the boxed DVD.

That's the downside to the whole digital download revolution - it
assumes that everyone who wants the game also has ultra broadband and
can download multiple gigabytes in a few minutes.

That's one of the reasons I prefer retail boxed games - My DSL is about
1.4MBit on a good day.
The other reason is if I have the retail box I don't have to back up the
installation or face another multi-day download to play it again - I can
just stick the disc in the drive.

And there's just something about being able to look over at the game
shelf and look at the boxes.  Even games you don't think will load
anymore evoke fond memories.
The Wing Commander box does, but Wing_Commander.rar never would.

Xocyll