Half-Life 2 Retail to Require Steam Activation

An anonymous reader writes "In a recent Gamespy interview with Doug Lambardi it was revealed that the retail version of Half-Life 2 will require product activation. This isn't just restricted to multiplayer, you will have to create a Steam account and activate your retail purchase before you can even run single-player. "

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Re:What about people without 'net connections?

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net connection is just an artificial requirement to the single player game(to make tie the purchase you made to just you... more theoretical profits as you can't loan it to your friend after you played it through. would you buy a dvd you wouldn't be able to loan to your friends?)

What is so goddamn wrong with making a profit? Who elected YOU to tell Valve "hey, you're making enough money"? No, your friends will have to buy it too. Why the FUCK is that so wrong? Why is a company so evil because it wants to try...at least try to get compensated for the games out there. They KNOW there will be little fuck-wads running around cracking the game and giggling like Beavis and Butthead because they think their so goddamn clever.

Yes, Valve will make a shitload of cash from this game. But again, who are you to say they've made enough and decide that you can just give it to whoever you want? Huh?

Don't buy the game. Don't like what their doing, don't buy it. Plain and simple. But no, I'm sure you'll go and get a cracked copy of it because you think you're "stickin it to the man". You'll justify it somehow in your brain that you're doing the right thing because Valve wanted a fucking little program on your computer. HOW DARE THEY!

wow....just.....wow.

So again, you need a net connection to play this game. Don't have one, fucking don't buy it. My analogy still stands.