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If Steam didn't exist, would you still be a PC gamer?

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i would be fine with it, im not a big fan of steam, but i see its usefullness, but i rather have a disk copy, and if steam goes away, then origin, it was a good thing. i hate origin so very much.

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No idea, I did play pc games before I had steam, earliest like 14 years ago (give or take a year).

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I would still play games on my PC, but I wouldn't play exclusively PC.

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Yup. I still buy physical copies of games since they are much cheaper than what its worth on steam by around 40% [still require steam activation though :P], so saying goodbye to Steam wouldn't hurt me that much. I would however miss patches and the ability to redownload games if my machine were to crash.

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Yis

Even with Steam, if the price of the physical copy of a game was the same as a digital copy, I'd rather buy a physical copy.

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Would like to say... If PC gaming wasnt a thing... Gaming wont be a thing.

Technology wont be where it is now without the innovations computer games have brought.

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yes, theres no discussion no question, there is a baffling ammount of games out there that i wouldn't have access to on consoles, i would definitely still be a pc gamer, i would just have less games without steam..

 

op, perhaps you should make a poll?.

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Of course, I buy most my games off gog anyway now

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Yes, I would just be surrounded by a lot more game boxes.

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Personally (I know this is gonna start an outrage) I think I would be a console gamer, one of the main reasons I switched over to PC in the first place was because of how acessible and cheap digital downloads are, and how easy it is to connect with friends through steam. Without Steam, I think I would be content with a console.

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I don't even use Steam. 

 

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Yes. Although my game library would be significantly smaller and I'd probably only buy games that I actually have intentions of playing.

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Was a gamer long before steam, Still would have been.   Ahh.. The days of actually having to go to the local computer store to buy a oversized box with 1 CD rom / DVD in it.

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Yes.  I would probably play a lot more console than I do currently though.

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Standing in line at Software Etc. back in the 90's waiting for game releases at midnight. Those were the days.

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I was a PC gamer before Steam. Used to have a lovely shelf of boxes back in the 90s. Almost miss them in a way.

hmmm I don't miss that. Took up too much space and always got dusty
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I started PC gaming without steam, and I will keep on gaming if it dies.

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Yes. I didn't start playing on PC simply because of steam.

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I was a PC gamer before Steam and when Steam just released as a pile of shit that never worked.

So, yes.

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Yes definitely. 

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The lack of sales would suck, but I'd still buy game discs and still continue playing PC games. 

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If steam didn't exist origin or uplay would be bigger and it'd be pretty much the same

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