May 6, 200520 yr Vivendi to stop selling boxed copies of Valve games from 31 August Half-Life developer Valve and publisher Vivendi Universal Games have finally settled their long-running dispute. A federal court lawsuit was originally filed by Valve in the US in August 2002 but, in a brief statement, Valve has just confirmed that "the parties have resolved their differences and the settlement provides for the dismissal of all claims and counterclaims". As part of the settlement agreement, Vivendi will cease distribution of retail packaged versions of Valve's games from 31 August, opening the way for Valve to sell its games exclusively via its Steam download service. Games affected by the agreement include Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike Condition Zero and Counter-Strike Source. Cybercafe operators that were licensed by Vivendi or Sierra Entertainment have also been notified that any licence agreement that may have granted rights to use Valve games in cybercafes is terminated. Stupid Valve http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=35599&subsectionid=1589
May 6, 200520 yr so this means? duh?Vivendi to stop selling boxed copies of Valve games from 31 August Half-Life developer Valve and publisher Vivendi Universal Games have finally settled their long-running dispute. A federal court lawsuit was originally filed by Valve in the US in August 2002 but, in a brief statement, Valve has just confirmed that "the parties have resolved their differences and the settlement provides for the dismissal of all claims and counterclaims". As part of the settlement agreement, Vivendi will cease distribution of retail packaged versions of Valve's games from 31 August, opening the way for Valve to sell its games exclusively via its Steam download service. Games affected by the agreement include Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike Condition Zero and Counter-Strike Source. Cybercafe operators that were licensed by Vivendi or Sierra Entertainment have also been notified that any licence agreement that may have granted rights to use Valve games in cybercafes is terminated. http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=35599&subsectionid=1589
May 6, 200520 yr This sucks....people won't be able to buy the game the easy way. Now they will have to probably have to wait a few hours, depending on the connection speed, to get the game. WHAT WAS VALVE THINKING?!
May 6, 200520 yr This sucks....people won't be able to buy the game the easy way. Now they will have to probably have to wait a few hours, depending on the connection speed, to get the game. WHAT WAS VALVE THINKING?! they're thinking the USA needs to push for highspeed. they're thinking dial up won't last much longer. they're thinking cutting-costs on shipping and packaging and distribution.
May 7, 200520 yr WHAT WAS VALVE THINKING?! Here's your answer $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and more $$$$$
May 7, 200520 yr yea they probably will find a new company eventually, but for now people will have to buy it off of steam. This will probably stear some people away from buying it.
May 7, 200520 yr they're thinking the USA needs to push for highspeed. they're thinking dial up won't last much longer. they're thinking cutting-costs on shipping and packaging and distribution. If only everyone was as smart as Klif... Besides, if you look at it, any business in it for the profit, Valve included. If there is any business that isn't, then they're given special taxing privileges by the government as a not-for-profit organization. The thought of hating Valve because they want to make money is laughable. Granted, companies who want to make money will want to please their costumers, but it's not a requirement. And if you don't like the way Valve is doing things, then don't buy their stuff. No one is forcing you to buy their software. For those that don't have dialup, downloading the files is no big deal. Honestly, people will spend hours downloading videos and other media from the internet and think nothing of it, but ask them to download Half-Life 2 files from Valve (at great speeds, too) and they throw a fit. Does not compute.
May 7, 200520 yr I just don't like how when you download something, you have no hard copy. It just doesn't feel right
May 7, 200520 yr Im always 1 week later that others It's no biggy. I'm always 2 years behind others. Lately I've been pretty good, though. I'm down to 3 weeks of being behind in the news.
May 7, 200520 yr I just don't like how when you download something' date=' you have no hard copy. [i']It just doesn't feel right[/i] You mean you can't back up your files to CDs or DVDs?
May 8, 200520 yr Austin doesnt like the fact that the world revolves around $$$. but I on the other hand can deal with it. Its like Roach said, its all about the money. and besides they DO assume that that more people will have faster connections.
May 19, 200520 yr Well, in my opinion, the company that had rights for distributing boxed games, lost that right. Another will take over, whose advertising on game shelves means more sales then not being seen there by prospective game buyers. It's why music groups do concert tours, to increase exposure and product sales. Business needs advertising and more advertising. I don't believe they would give up this on game shelves. So don't worry. :lies:
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