Gabe 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%’

@nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works · 7 months ago

@Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 7 months ago

I remember, buy game. Enter CD key “key already taken” Return game “sorry, box is open we don’t take media returns” Rage.

@explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 7 months 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.

@Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 7 months ago

Maybe from a game store. Not with the $30 you got for Xmas on a Walmart gift card.

@ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 months ago

I remember taping over the square hole.