I've seen a lot of Steam hate on some other forums and I'm wondering how many Giant Bombers despise Steam.

They won't be my first choice, but as long as something doesn't require me to be online 24/7 then I don't have problems with it, Steams a rather fun medium anyway.

No, I love steam. If a retail game activates on steam, that would probably encourage me to buy it.

Nah.

Why would I? ... I understand there is need for some sort of DRM and Steam is by far the best method out there. At this point my list says I own 136 games on steam. Valve has proven again and again they understand the PC community and besides some minor hickups they always had the best balance between the interests of their users and their publishers in mind.  
 
Add to that that I personaly never had any big problems with steam ... and I don't really understand why anyone would hate it.

PC games? What is this, the 90s? (Ignore Steam not existing then; that's beside the point). 

" No, I love steam. If a retail game activates on steam, that would probably encourage me to buy it. "

Nope, I got a few games that require Steam, never had a problem with it.

" No, I love steam. If a retail game activates on steam, that would probably encourage me to buy it. "

People hate Steam now? Thats new to me. Gamers are so fickle. So what brought this new 'cool' anti-steam movement?

I love Steam, while I hate their new game prices, I'll go buy the game cheaper in Gamestop if it will activate on Steam or just wait for their sales. Probably wont buy a game for pc if it's not on Steam and while a lot of people (guy who made Gratuitous Space battles being one of them) will say "boo, steam isn't the only place to buy games, etc" but I don't want to have to install 50 different game update/download clients.

No, and I buy them FROM Steam. Steam is great. It may be DRM but it is good DRM.

" No, I love steam. If a retail game activates on steam, that would probably encourage me to buy it. "

God no. Back when Steam was new it was pretty terrible, but it has improved so much over the years. I vastly prefer it to any other digital distribution platforms.

No. Steam is great.

No, the only games I don't buy from steam are old games that I can buy from GOG.com (no DRM at all).

Most of the PC games I buy are from Steam.

I only ever buy games on steam is when they have the sales :D 
 
im not a huge pc gamer anymore, but if a PC exclusive gets released that im interested in, ill buy it.

People used to hate to steam but nowadays it's really hard to find someone who does. I mean, I can't even name anything wrong with it aside with some extremely minor bugs from time to time.

Steam is such an awesome social platform in addition to all the game stuff, so why would I not want that?

Steam is fucking awesome.

" Steam is fucking awesome. "

I won't buy a PC game if it isn't on steam.

If a game has Steam support I only rejoice :) It's what pulled me into PC gaming tbh. You can get so many games for cheap, as long as you wait for the sales. I think I am also one of the few who likes GFW since it combines achievements with my Xbox gamertag where Steam achievements don't really matter to me. (Not that I'm that into achievements, but I do enjoy getting some from time to time ^^)

" No, I love steam. If a retail game activates on steam, that would probably encourage me to buy it. "

Practically all PC games I buy are from Steam now.

" No, I love steam. If a retail game activates on steam, that would probably encourage me to buy it. "

I buy everything I can on Steam. I only get console exclusives outside of it.

" @CaptainObvious said:

" Steam is fucking awesome. "

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" No, I love steam. If a retail game activates on steam, that would probably encourage me to buy it. "

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I'm pretty much the opposite of that o_o

I would go as far as saying I won't buy a PC game if it doesn't have Steam support.

I've never had any issues with Steam, so I don't mind it when a game requires it.

Looks like someone didn't expect this response.

No.... Why would you do that? That seems silly....
As many people have said, Steam is great.

" No, I love steam. If a retail game activates on steam, that would probably encourage me to buy it. "

Lol @ the results. 
 
I hated Steam back in, like, '05, when it was a genuine pain. Bar the slightly antiquated community pages, Steam is absolutely stellar now. 
 
The horror, the horror; I embrace it.

I prefer games on Steam. Goes faster to download and I don't have to listen to my DVD drive spin out of control without resorting to cracks.
If a retail game is compatible, I run out and buy the cheapest one available and input the serial key to Steam and don't touch the retail box ever again.

Most of the games I get are off Steam although occasionally, I'll pick up a retail copy of something because it's easier to mod.  Most modders seem to have Steam work-arounds or design their mods to work with Steam.  

Not at all, I love Steam.

I like Steam. I also like getting disc-based games on steam. If the servers ever go down, then it will be much easier to get a universal hack for all steam games (or, more likely, valve will release one themselves) than it would be if those games all had individual DRM schemes.
 
Its also nice to be able to download things instead of having to install them.

I get basically all my PC game purchases off steam, never had any problems with it.

YUP, HATE that shit. ALSO THIS is 2004, RIGHT?

I prefer buying games through Steam for some reason.

Long story short, no, but if I'm paying full retail price for a game, I'm going to expect a box, a manual, the game on a disc or two, and no bullshit that'll prevent me from using the software I've paid for on another computer, should I reinstall it in the future (up yours, Halo 2 for Vista).  I'd much rather have a hard copy because I like getting something tangible for my money, and also, what are we going to do when Steam closes?
 
That being said, Steam has insane fucking deals, so I don't mind dropping a tenner during sales now and then.

I love steam. I've bought retail games and then re-purchased them on steam simply because I want them on steam (This is for those titles that come with some fancy pre-order retail-only in-game thing). 
 
Steam is awesome.  

I buy all of my pc games from steam anyway so why does it even matter if its required,