I've been thinking about it lately, because I like so many on this site... couldn't stand the thought of DRM... but I bought HL2 anyway, I bought Bioshock anyway... and I've come to this conclusion.
When I go play golf, I spend anywhere from $20 to $100 dollars for the round, depending on the course, or the season. I spend about $20 to $30 bucks in beer, and in turn, I get about 4 to 5 hours of entertainment.
With a good video game, I spend about $40 to $50, and I usually get about 16+ hours of entertainment out of it for a good single player game. With multi-player games, I get a good 300 to 500 hours of entertainment out of my $50 investment.
And in my thoughts about Steam and DRM in general, I realized all the complaints really don't apply to me, because I usually just play a game once, or play it till I get bored with it, then it goes on a bookshelf and never gets used again.
I have countless games on my bookshelf that I've played through once, and even a handful that I haven't even played at all. There's only a few that I've bothered to play a few times, or have dedicated 100's of hours to... such as
CS:S, Quake 1 2 3 and 4, a few Unreal Tournaments, a couple Battlefields and a few other games.
Anyway, my point of all this is, after giving some though to it, I really don't care if there is DRM in the game or not, seeing as how they all end up in a big pile on a bookshelf anyway.
I did my master's research on percieved and actual gender differences in infidelity in dating relationships. The bottom line--men cheat a little bit more often than women...but both men and women THINK that men cheat a LOT more than women.
I think your results have been tainted...
Women are sneakier, more manipulative and are better liars, they get caught less.
Further more, they trick men into thinking they are the ones that cheat more, thus both sides claiming it to be true.
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I seen "Second Life" at a local club, quite the pole dancer. She had 3 kids though, so I can't blame Reuters for pulling out.
I've been thinking about it lately, because I like so many on this site... couldn't stand the thought of DRM... but I bought HL2 anyway, I bought Bioshock anyway... and I've come to this conclusion.
When I go play golf, I spend anywhere from $20 to $100 dollars for the round, depending on the course, or the season. I spend about $20 to $30 bucks in beer, and in turn, I get about 4 to 5 hours of entertainment.
With a good video game, I spend about $40 to $50, and I usually get about 16+ hours of entertainment out of it for a good single player game. With multi-player games, I get a good 300 to 500 hours of entertainment out of my $50 investment.
And in my thoughts about Steam and DRM in general, I realized all the complaints really don't apply to me, because I usually just play a game once, or play it till I get bored with it, then it goes on a bookshelf and never gets used again.
I have countless games on my bookshelf that I've played through once, and even a handful that I haven't even played at all. There's only a few that I've bothered to play a few times, or have dedicated 100's of hours to... such as
CS:S, Quake 1 2 3 and 4, a few Unreal Tournaments, a couple Battlefields and a few other games.
Anyway, my point of all this is, after giving some though to it, I really don't care if there is DRM in the game or not, seeing as how they all end up in a big pile on a bookshelf anyway.
I'm sorry, what was that, I was too busy looking at your boobs! (.)(.)
I did my master's research on percieved and actual gender differences in infidelity in dating relationships. The bottom line--men cheat a little bit more often than women...but both men and women THINK that men cheat a LOT more than women.
I think your results have been tainted... Women are sneakier, more manipulative and are better liars, they get caught less. Further more, they trick men into thinking they are the ones that cheat more, thus both sides claiming it to be true.