Alive.777
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Good high speed, low latency internet connections are prized in the gaming community, but what of us rural gamers who are stuck on satellite or dialup? Now, the problem is not being able to game online or not, it's more so the GAME UPDATES!!! They are a nightmare. Steam is a huge cultrate for forcing you to update your game regardless of whether you think it is necessary. If you don't update, you can't play. This has been a huge problem for those of us with 256/64 kbps satellite connections or a 56kbps dialup modem. I can't play my $100 copy of Modern Warfare 2 because stupid Steam needs to update it, I left it for a full day and came back to find out it was just touching 6% complete.
This same problem occurred when I purchased a brand new shiny copy of Just Cause 2. It took forever to update and about 4 attempts to do so. It really pains me to buy any Steam games anymore, fearing that it will demand a huge update like Modern Warfare 2. I fear that soon, high speed internet connections will be needed to play any game, let alone update it. Also, I hate it how some game producers focus all there resources on making their game's multiplayer really good, and just throw in a crap single player mode like Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Its single player campaign makes little sense, and yet the multiplayer is perfected and totally awesome.
System updates are also a problem when the file sizes get big. I CAN, download the latest 82mb ATI driver in about 1 hour and 30 mins. That isn't so bad but as technology becomes more advanced, drivers are only going to get bigger. I really enjoyed the time where you could go pick up a game from your local EB Games shop, punch in the CD key and just play it, No need for any updates or online DRM's. By all means, Steam is a great program but its updating service drags it down. It could actually see more people pirating just to avoid the updates, this can be a serious issue. What producers need to do is release patches in smaller sections. It can takes me way longer to update a game than usual due to dropouts. Game producers need to understand that no all their customers have high speed internet available to them.
If they make games more internet friendly then I am sure they would see more happy gamers which = more $$$. Myself and many other rural gamers just don't want to see all games in the future needing fast internet connections. We already pay our monthly fee for the internet, we don't want to use it all up on updates. I hope something is done about this soon.
Would you guys agree?
This same problem occurred when I purchased a brand new shiny copy of Just Cause 2. It took forever to update and about 4 attempts to do so. It really pains me to buy any Steam games anymore, fearing that it will demand a huge update like Modern Warfare 2. I fear that soon, high speed internet connections will be needed to play any game, let alone update it. Also, I hate it how some game producers focus all there resources on making their game's multiplayer really good, and just throw in a crap single player mode like Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Its single player campaign makes little sense, and yet the multiplayer is perfected and totally awesome.
System updates are also a problem when the file sizes get big. I CAN, download the latest 82mb ATI driver in about 1 hour and 30 mins. That isn't so bad but as technology becomes more advanced, drivers are only going to get bigger. I really enjoyed the time where you could go pick up a game from your local EB Games shop, punch in the CD key and just play it, No need for any updates or online DRM's. By all means, Steam is a great program but its updating service drags it down. It could actually see more people pirating just to avoid the updates, this can be a serious issue. What producers need to do is release patches in smaller sections. It can takes me way longer to update a game than usual due to dropouts. Game producers need to understand that no all their customers have high speed internet available to them.
If they make games more internet friendly then I am sure they would see more happy gamers which = more $$$. Myself and many other rural gamers just don't want to see all games in the future needing fast internet connections. We already pay our monthly fee for the internet, we don't want to use it all up on updates. I hope something is done about this soon.
Would you guys agree?