ampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSteam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]store.steampowered.comexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkSteam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]store.steampowered.comampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square42linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoPeople who came to Steam later on probably don’t realise that when it was new it barely fucking worked. Downloads crawled, games refused to launch because of authentication issues, friends/chat was offline for literally months, etc. The only reason it became widely adopted was because Valve forced you to use it if you wanted to play the latest CS or, later, HL2. Everyone hated it.
People who came to Steam later on probably don’t realise that when it was new it barely fucking worked.
Downloads crawled, games refused to launch because of authentication issues, friends/chat was offline for literally months, etc.
The only reason it became widely adopted was because Valve forced you to use it if you wanted to play the latest CS or, later, HL2. Everyone hated it.