Valve's Gabe Newell On DRM

Ars Technica is running a story about recent comments by Valve's Gabe Newell in which he bluntly stated, "As far as DRM goes, most DRM strategies are just dumb. The goal should be to create greater value for customers through service value (make it easy for me to play my games whenever and wherever I want to), not by decreasing the value of a product (maybe I'll be able to play my game and maybe I won't)." Ars then points out a response by Microsoft's Games for Windows Community Manager Ryan Miller suggesting Rockstar Games' recent decision not to have install limits for the PC version of GTA IV made the use of SecuROM acceptable. GameSetWatch has a related piece discussing the difficulty in measuring piracy and enforcing infringement laws.

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Re:I like Steam

[anomnomnomymous]

Wow, somehow I don't believe a thing of what you're saying there: How convenient of you to post as an AC...

I had some small problems with my creditcard not being accepted (after already having bought a few games over Steam that way), and my account getting locked.
It took one email, where they immedeately re-activated the account, and told me that they found the use of the CC suspicious (as I was staying in the UK at the time; not the country I had been buying the previous games from).

A friend of mine was also locked out of his account, and also had the same customer-focused replies that I got.

So quit the bullshitting, or put your money where your mouth is and at least post under a non-anonymous nickname.