Oh god, I don't know if you're retarded, or a troll.

>>45622091
No, I'm not a troll.

>>45622091
>>45622248
mystery solved

>>45622030
>doesn't know what a trojan is

OP, I guess you are correct, I you are an American consumer who simply buys stuff because it is there.

People always hate on whatever is popular. You bitches loved steam back when it was CS and TFC but ooooh noooo now it has CASUAAAAALS and FUN. TOO MANY PEOPLE LIKE IT. I CAN'T LIKE IT NOW BECAUSE IT MAKES ME SEEM LIKE I LIKE THE SAME THINGS OTHER PEOPLE LIKE AND I AM A PRETENTIOUS HIPSTER DOUCHETWIBBLER

Let me make sure I understand your argument. You're saying that Steam is a Trojan Horse because they periodically reduce the prices for games so low that you are compelled to buy them. You have a problem with this because they can choose when to reduce these prices.

Is that the gist?

If so, the answer is no. That does not make Steam a Trojan Horse.

>>45622464
...if it's priced cheap enough.

>>45622741
not OP but what does make it a trojan horse, hypothetically speaking?

steam will be a trojan horse as soon as somebody gets disgruntled enough to release a rootkit in the next tf2 update

>>45623399

A bunch of spartans climb out

>>45622595

>You bitches loved steam back when it was CS and TFC

... uh, clearly you weren't playing these games back then. The transfer to Steam from WON caused shitstorms. It took about a year before the hate died down.

MEANWHILE AT VALVE...

...GABE FUCKS YOU GENTLY.

>>45622744
The storefront side of Steam. You may not want to buy the games, but you'll end up with the games over a long period of time due to their periodic sales, such as this year's holiday sale.

>>45623581
I smiled

Although they seem to worked their way onto a lot of peoples computers who play computer games, they aren't forcing you to buy anything from them. I guess its a little annoying that so much stuff comes packed with steam, but whatever. I will probably never buy their shit as I'm not someone who buys shit they dont want or need just because it seems like a deal.

>>45622595
>You bitches loved steam back when it was CS and TFC

wat.

Steam is a trojan horse for DRM

>>45623581

MEANWHILE AT VALVE...

GABE FUCKS A RACCOON LESS THAN GENTLY.

This is stupid. I'm getting great deals on games I'm interested in, how is that a bad thing in any way?

>>45623553
Or in the case of Steam, the games. You just want to get one game, and then the other ones that you were not planning to buy, you get them anyway because they priced them cheap for a period of time.

Thus the economic Trojan horse.

>>45623682

MEANWHILE AT VALVE...

I DON'T EVEN KNOW

Stop buying games already.

Also MEANWHILE, AT VALVE

>>45623656
I only consider buying multiplayer games on Steam because its got community integrated up its ass.

>>45623669
yes, fucking "subscriptions". What happens anyways it Steam suddenly shuts down?

>>45623553
6/10 nice try

>>45623399
If it was added under false pretences with non hostile intents then suddenly butt fucked you in the night.

Steam does what it says just because OP is too feeble minded to resist some sales doesn't mean it's bad or evil.

>>45623699
Seriously. And who would buy a bad game simply because it was priced cheaply?

>I ended up with currently buying about 21 games over a period of just two years.
>21 games
>two years
stopped reading there, Mr. smaller than smalltime.

>>45623534
mother of god!

Gabe needs to re-audit his staff ASAP

>>45623737
your metaphor doesn't quite fit. inside the trojan horse were a bunch of dudes about to rape you and your wives in the ass (but you guys dont even have girlfriends). steam is only selling games, that you don't even have to buy. i know i dont. its not even like they are selling opium like the british did to china. so fuck it, unless you are addicted to steam games like you are to opium i don't see the connection really. okay, they could be a trojan horse, but its like a boring trojan horse that doesn't do shit and just wants to sell you shitty games for cheap, (or the right to use the games, but w/e)

>>45624269
It's not so much a Trojan Horse with salesmen jumping out as it is you buying a regular horse and the merchants offering you membership to an Equine Club for free.

>>45624688
But steam installs on your comp when you get certain stuffs. Its like a required thing I didn't ever ask for or want.

>>45625038
yeah...that is pretty annoying. just like steam. how about, steam is a trojan horse, where you can push everyone back inside and tell them to stfu

I don't think your analogy fits at all. And you have complete control over whether you buy games or not. So I'm going to say no. You're just dumb.

>>45625177
Read the back of the case it'll say something along the lines of "requires steam activation" on it

>>45625177
Some games will require a certain version of DirectX or .net framework as well.

>they expect you to buy games at the best time convenient for them.

Are you a fucking idiot? Just because something is on sale doesn't men you are obligated to buy. There is absolutely zero pressure to buy anything. Unless, of course, you're an idiot.

>>45625177
You are seriously a goddamn idiot.. those things are called updates and they are required for steam to run properly.

>>45625177
Now, that IS annoying. When I got Empire: Total War I had to have Steam to play it.

>>45625978
No you don't.. play it in offline mode, then you can play it on any comp you have steam installed in. Are you seriously this stupid?

>>45626024
Okay, ass, the entire point was that I didn't want Steam on my computer at all.