>2004
>Releases a single player game with forced online registration and a requirement for a program to run in the background
>This is praised
>Anyone else attempts to something similar
>They get scorned by every video game community
>No real games released from them in years
>Most beloved franchise has been resting for a decade
>Prostituting their own games with hats and knives
>Still seen as one of the icons of the PC mustard rice
There is not a company more shielded from criticism than Valve. How did this happen?
>>381828956
>Releases a single player game with forced online registration and a requirement for a program to run in the background
>This is praised
Anon you can't start your post with an outright lie and expect me to read the rest of it.
>>381828956
what forced online registration? the fuck ard you on?
>>381829418
Steam, moron.
>>381829418
I think he's talking about Counter Strike Source
>>381828956
>>381829567
the difference is its not trash
>>381828956
>Prostituting their own games with hats and knives
>2004
TF2 Didn't come out until 2007, and the goldrush update didn't come out until 2008. It took until then for them to release the first weapons and hats that weren't in the base game.
>>381828956
>this is praised
No it wasn't. Steam was fucking garbage and everyone hated it.
>>381829567
i think ur actually retarded
>This is praised
Oh my sweet summer child...
>>381829831
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>oh my sweet summer child
>>381829685
It was when HL2 EP2 was released
>>381828956
everyone hated Steam at first, it wasn't until later that it improved and people started to like it
>>381829719
It's referring to Half-Life 2 being the first Steam exclusive.
>>381830989
Does it still count as an exclusive when it was also on the XBig?