There’s been a few debates about Digital Game Distribution lately.
However this week I’ve come across two cases of where it’s a complete pain.
- Call of Duty 5
- Unreal Tournament 3
This week saw a major patches for both of these games. That was Wednesday. This is Saturday. Are the Steam versions of these games patches yet? No. Thankfully I also have the retail version of UT3, so I can play it outside of Steam. However no such luck with COD5. There is an unofficial way to get the 1.3 patch installed. However, you lose some functionality (in this case, Single Player mode).
This now sees an end to me buying any games on Steam that might actually need patches. Sorry Valve, but you need to sort your game distribution system out. You might claim it’s the best way to combat piracy and distribute patches promptly – but it just doesn’t work, does it? It’s simply not acceptable to lag so far behind the physical distribution patch. I don’t care if it’s not Valve’s fault, I paid money to Valve (well, STEAMGAMES.COM LONDON apparently) so I expect service.
Rant over 
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