Comments on: All-round platform update http://steamreview.org/posts/allroundupdate/ Comment and discussion on Valve Software's digital communications platform. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:51:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Steam Movies - The Steam Review http://steamreview.org/posts/allroundupdate/comment-page-1/#comment-3571 Steam Movies - The Steam Review Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:30:25 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=75#comment-3571 [...] a potential for direct commercialisation, that is to say purchasable media, though as was discussed when Steam first began delivering movies such a scheme would involve either a new DRM system from Valve or an improbable integration with [...] [...] a potential for direct commercialisation, that is to say purchasable media, though as was discussed when Steam first began delivering movies such a scheme would involve either a new DRM system from Valve or an improbable integration with [...]

]]> By: Tom Edwards http://steamreview.org/posts/allroundupdate/comment-page-1/#comment-825 Tom Edwards Sun, 07 May 2006 19:46:53 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=75#comment-825 <blockquote>I’m guessing that if Steam ever did a pay-for movie release, it’d be tied down to the Steam system for DRM reasons.</blockquote>And that unsuitability is the other half of it being unclear where things would go.

I’m guessing that if Steam ever did a pay-for movie release, it’d be tied down to the Steam system for DRM reasons.

And that unsuitability is the other half of it being unclear where things would go.

]]> By: hahnchen http://steamreview.org/posts/allroundupdate/comment-page-1/#comment-824 hahnchen Sun, 07 May 2006 19:12:25 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=75#comment-824 Oh wait, there is a shadowgrounds demo. Still, more wouldn't hurt. Oh wait, there is a shadowgrounds demo. Still, more wouldn’t hurt.

]]> By: hahnchen http://steamreview.org/posts/allroundupdate/comment-page-1/#comment-823 hahnchen Sun, 07 May 2006 18:56:59 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=75#comment-823 I really can not understand how a Steam media store would take off. I like my movies as unrestricted as possible, without the limitations of DRM, I want to be able to burn them onto DVDs etc. I'm guessing that if Steam ever did a pay-for movie release, it'd be tied down to the Steam system for DRM reasons. This would make it more restrictive than any other form of direct to drive video right now. Things like the Apple Store and Google video give you a lot more flexibility for videos. I can't see it becoming anything more than a game-trailer section. They really should put more demoes onto Steam too, it's going to help sell a game better than a trailer does. Yes, anyone can go get the Earth and Shadowground demoes, but that requires effort, whereas Steam doesn't. I really can not understand how a Steam media store would take off. I like my movies as unrestricted as possible, without the limitations of DRM, I want to be able to burn them onto DVDs etc. I’m guessing that if Steam ever did a pay-for movie release, it’d be tied down to the Steam system for DRM reasons.

This would make it more restrictive than any other form of direct to drive video right now. Things like the Apple Store and Google video give you a lot more flexibility for videos. I can’t see it becoming anything more than a game-trailer section.

They really should put more demoes onto Steam too, it’s going to help sell a game better than a trailer does. Yes, anyone can go get the Earth and Shadowground demoes, but that requires effort, whereas Steam doesn’t.

]]> By: Dwarden http://steamreview.org/posts/allroundupdate/comment-page-1/#comment-822 Dwarden Sun, 07 May 2006 17:40:50 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=75#comment-822 yah i assume it's locked like previous preloads ... oh well ... let's hope one day in future Valve will solve this too just to save bandwidth and download times :) yah i assume it’s locked like previous preloads … oh well …
let’s hope one day in future Valve will solve this too
just to save bandwidth and download times :)

]]> By: Tom Edwards http://steamreview.org/posts/allroundupdate/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Tom Edwards Sun, 07 May 2006 14:37:13 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=75#comment-821 Shadowgrounds' content is lumped into a single package within the GCF, so the demo can't use the full version's data. Shadowgrounds’ content is lumped into a single package within the GCF, so the demo can’t use the full version’s data.

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