Valve Releases, Tries To License Steam

Posted by simoniker on Friday September 12, 2003 @12:02PM from the valve-good-steam-bad? dept.

Thanks to Blue's News for pointing out that the non-Beta version of Valve's Steam has been released, and a valid Half-Life-related CD key is required to install the online content delivery system and play Half-Life engine games online. Since launch this morning, Planet Half-Life are noting: "we said, 'the transition over to Steam is bound to be a little bumpy,' and hoo boy, did that turn out to be an understatement", as many are experiencing installation problems and slowness at the Steam servers. Elsewhere, a Wired News article discusses Valve's plans to make the Steam software base available to others: "Valve is also actively licensing the commerce software that manages the game's download and purchase process to other developers, publishers and Internet service providers in exchange for 5 percent of their gross sales."

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I wonder if... by Sevn · 2003-09-12 12:06 · Score: 0, Troll

adopting the Microsoft business model is going to work out for them.

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