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Revision as of 00:37, 23 November 2011
Steam is the world's largest online gaming platform and is powered by Valve.[1] Steam features over 1800 game titles which can be bought, downloaded, and played on Steam and is available in 237 countries in 21 different languages, and has 35 million active users.[1] Steam exists on the computer platform for both PC and Mac users, and can be accessed through the Playstation 3 through the Valve's game, Portal 2.[2]
Overview
Steam is an online gaming platform owned and run by Valve Corporation. It was originally started as a tool to update Couter-Strike, the number one online action game made by Valve. Steam allows users to download games from a large selection of purchasable and free titles, from producers such as Electronic Arts, Sony Online, Valve, and 2K games.[3] With Steam, users can buy, play, share, modify, and build communities around Valve products as well as those from independent studios.[1]
Popular Titles
Popular games available to buy on Steam include Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Counter-Strike, and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3.[4] Steam also offers free downloadable games including Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Champions Online. Electronic Arts also features popular titles that can be bought on Steam such as Battlefield: Bad Company 2, The Sims 3 and Mass Effect.[5]
Controversy
Although Steam provides a platform for storing Game installation files on their cloud servers, the controversy that comes up is "What happens when Steam goes out of business?". Users can spend hundreds of dollars buying games available and runnable on the steam platform but if Steam were to go out of business, then users will not be able to enjoy their investment.
Steam's solution to the issue of them going out of business is that they will release a client that allows users to run their games offline. [6]
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.valvesoftware.com/company/index.html
- ↑ https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5477-WPJM-9388
- ↑ http://store.steampowered.com/about/
- ↑ http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
- ↑ http://store.steampowered.com/publisher/Electronic%20Arts
- ↑ http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=870603
