nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down112cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1424arrow-down1external-linkGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'www.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square95fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·1 month agoI remember, buy game. Enter CD key “key already taken” Return game “sorry, box is open we don’t take media returns” Rage.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month ago“Actually this disc is defective. I’d like to exchange it for a new one.” This trick will be useful if you ever go back to 1999.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoMaybe from a game store. Not with the $30 you got for Xmas on a Walmart gift card.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI remember taping over the square hole.
I remember, buy game. Enter CD key “key already taken” Return game “sorry, box is open we don’t take media returns” Rage.
“Actually this disc is defective. I’d like to exchange it for a new one.”
This trick will be useful if you ever go back to 1999.
Maybe from a game store. Not with the $30 you got for Xmas on a Walmart gift card.
I remember taping over the square hole.