I think that they probably figure that their time is worth no more than about $1 and hour.
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I think that they probably figure that their time is worth no more than about $1 and hour.
No, as a matter of fact, before I purchased TS12 from Auran, I did a couple of weeks of research on Train sims, having come from over 20 years experience with Flight sims. Tried the other two simulators on other computers, and was totally disappointed. Once I tried TS12 on a friends computer, I was hooked. He warned me right off the bat not to get it from Steam but to get it from Auran, and in addition, I had read on some flight sim forums about problems with Steam, so I just decided to avoid it. Not worth saving a couple of dollars, to have some 3rd party screwing around with my computer. Best decision I made.
Hmm, that's possible - I really don't know. I'm online 99% of the time. I just wanted to point out that I've never NOT been able to play a Steam game because my Internet (or Steam itself) was down, which I know a lot of people still think is the case.
Having said that, I'd agree 100% that anyone without a fast, stable connection to the Internet should think twice about Steam... it's not meant for them.
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Agree fully there, as the Steam service normally sends information back and forth whilst in online mode, and updates can be large at times.
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Moderators, please lock this thread. I opened it as a small attempt to let anyone interested know about the Steam sale. It's degenerated into a bunch of people calling other people idiots because they disagree with them.
Anyway, the sale's over.
Anyway, the sale's over.
To answer your original question, just go to Planet Auran and register another copy of TS12 using the Steam copy's serial number. You can find the number by right clicking on TS12 in Steam and choosing View CD key. It will show you have two versions of TS12 and you get some vouchers.
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Thanks for the reply, William. I'd already remembered how to do it, but won't be able to register until I get home from work.
I bought all kinds of goodies from NV3 a couple of months ago. 2 boxed TS12s for about 25 total, and a few more items at dirt prices. I hate steam, I bought the discs and waited a short time for them to make it half way around the world. I think the wife's Call of Duty games use steam, even when you buy the discs. I just don't like steam.
Cheers....Rick
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Thanks was waiting just ordered 2010 but for $10 why not still going to get boxed. Again Thank You
oh yeah definately. geting steam to simply buy one game really is stupid, thats why i hate origin, just have that to play one game, completely pointless, but to say steam is awfull as a whole without looking at the bigger picture is a bit silly
Sure, Steam is awful as a whole. I've avoided buying other products, including "that other railsim" solely because of Steam. If I'm essentially going to voluntarily allow my system to be trojaned, I may as well get stuff off a torrent. Not that I'm advocating that; just saying that Steam is potentially as risky, if not moreso.
BTW, if you don't think Steam is effectively a trojan, it is. Most DRM is. Several years ago, Amazon was discovered to have remotely deleted customer's purchases off their Amazon Kindles. Very likely Steam's DRM has that capability, whether or not Steam acknowledges it at present. Amazon sure didn't till after they started using it.
Regardless, Steam can effectively accomplish the same thing by simply preventing activation of one's paid-for product (at least for some things sold through Steam, not necessarily Trainz.) Better not to have to deal with that at all.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html
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I never said anyone should or shouldn't use Steam. Every one of my posts state that if you like it, go for it. I also addressed someone talking about third party resellers, of which Steam is one of them. AS far as Steam being awful, it is, for me. Stated that as well. That quip about going anywhere and downloading your game to play was a big defense of Steam when that other sim switched to it.*
Are you that defensive of your choice to use it you can't see when someone is agreeing with your choice even though they think the idea of Steam is silly to them?
Amazon just did that recently, and deleted all the Ebooks book from a customers device because there was some mixup in the credit card payment.
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