The Significance of Steam and Valve's Games for Mac

[bobsbarricades]

But remember stream accounts are free, around 50-60% of those XBox LIVE accounts are paid for.

ahh, this I did not know. but ps3 is the same way and even allowing for multiple accounts they just passed 30 million.

in any event it's still a smart move. VALVe offers a lot of great content through steam and are big proponents of understanding market trends and satisfying CUSTOMERS. not screwing them over with DRM that only hurts paying customers or raping them with high prices. I've always been impressed with VALVe's foresight and development (not so much their time schedule but, meh).

 

[bigpope]

ahh, this I did not know. but ps3 is the same way and even allowing for multiple accounts they just passed 30 million.

in any event it's still a smart move. VALVe offers a lot of great content through steam and are big proponents of understanding market trends and satisfying CUSTOMERS. not screwing them over with DRM that only hurts paying customers or raping them with high prices. I've always been impressed with VALVe's foresight and development (not so much their time schedule but, meh).

The recent version of Valve is a much improved overall service too. I used to dislike their setup, but now its ok.

 

[WilliamBos]

I wonder if my PC version of HL2 will be compatible to the mini? Or do I have to buy a new one?

 

[saperlot]

I wonder if my PC version of HL2 will be compatible to the mini? Or do I have to buy a new one?

If you own a licence for hl2/ cs, you can just login to steam and download the mac variant. I hope it will run on my 2008 last gen macbook black.