Game devs praise Steam as a 'democratic platform' that 'continues to be transformative' for PC gaming today - eviltoast
  • Deconceptualist@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    worst pieces of software ever conceived

    Oh you sweet summer child. You’ve clearly never used Peoplesoft, or the shovelware packed with printer drivers, or browser add-ons from the Netscape days, or the horrible CD burner programs pre-installed on PCs in the 90s…

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        It wasn’t great but I remember distinctly - it worked well enough after a few weeks and I’ve literally never missed a day playing since. Compared to other game ‘services’ it stays out of the way, doesn’t eat memory and works. at the time, I worked for a software company that shipped physical box copies and tried to convince them that this was the future - nope. It was a fad or for games only. Sigh.