Where has all that time gone? It's pretty hard to believe that it was 20 years ago that Steam arrived, and with it that glorious green interface.
  • donuts@kbin.social
    42·
    1 year ago

    My account turns 20 on the 14th, and I can’t help but think about the fact that games like Half-Life and Counter-Strike that I bought once 20 years ago are still so easy to play and enjoy today. Steam really set the model for how digital media sales should be done.

    • epyon22@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Contrast to that was trying to play StarCraft again and even though I own I don’t have a CD drive anymore. I’d have to buy another copy to even play again.

      • Doubletwist@lemmy.world
        12·
        1 year ago

        Actually if you have/create a battle net account, you can register your CD key to your account, and then they have a downloadable installer for starcraft and Diablo. 2, and other old games.

  • Thteven@lemmy.world
    19·
    1 year ago

    When steam first came out I considered it a nuisance. I had bought half life 2 on disc and was pissed that I had to download a storefront for the game to run. It’s still kind of bs from the POV an old-head gamer, ngl, but here we are in 2023 and it irritates me when a game isn’t on steam lol.

      • trslim@pawb.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        I like portal 1 quite a bit more than portal 2. Portal 1 felt like this dark mystery with occasional bits of humor. It felt very connected to Half Life, not necessarily in story, but definitely in atmosphere. Portal 2 was missing a lot of that. It oddly felt less lonely than Portal 1, and was missing a lot of that Half Life atmosphere.

        Additionally I love the implications that Portal 1 has if you play Half Life. Outside is absolute hell, and you don’t know if you’d rather be outside the facility or inside it.

  • Custoslibera@lemmy.world
    14·
    1 year ago

    When Gaben dies and Steam inevitably sells out to corporate shills I’m going to shake my fist at the sky in anger.

    • XTornado@lemmy.ml
      11·
      1 year ago

      Yeah… as years go I keep thinking about this. Not sure if he has any real thought plan or something for somebody he trusts… I mean he has kids but not sure about them wanting anything to do with it, or him wanting to give it to them, no idea.

  • thantik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    1 year ago

    As of 11:55am EST today, my account still hasn’t turned 20, so I’m guessing they actually store the exact hour/minute/second that you signed up for your account too. I think I used to get home from school around 2:45pm, so I gotta keep checking.

  • Wren@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Everyone here with their 20 year badges about to be unlocked and I’m over here with 9 year badge - curse my 7 year old self for only having access to a gameboy lmao

  • ShadowRam@kbin.social
    31·
    1 year ago

    My account turns 20 in a few hours…!!

    It’s strange, I would have thought Steam came out prior to 2003,

    • thantik@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      There are certain world-changing events that it’s hard to remember them ever not-existing. Like…the iPhone was released in 2007. It’s so weird to think of the time before smartphones. Like when Nextels were a thing and basically everyone had a walkey-talkey on them…

  • Tammo-Korsai@kbin.social
    21·
    1 year ago

    I got Steam on Christmas Day, 2004, so I’m not quite at the 20 year club yet. Regardless, the badge still impresses a great deal of fellow gamers.