What is Steam ?. -For those of you DOTA 2 gamers or CS: GO is definitely no stranger to the name steam. Steam is Valve's digital game distributor by purchasing via online payments with download media. With the Steam, strived for a rampant game piracy can be suppressed. How it works by downloading the Steam software, so it can be checked and directly buy the existing games.
Steamguard is a video game protection system. Where Steam requires an Internet connection by entering a steam identity and password is verified via electronic mail in order to enjoy special services such as cloud.
Steam workshop is a service provided to accommodate the work of the community. The work can be "used" by Valve, or just an additional free modification.
In the past, most video games contributed to increasing the popularity of Valve, Steam (Valve online store), and Source (Valve's engine) were Counter Strike. Now, the games that run the baton are Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2, plus both games are free to play.
With the Steam, strived for a rampant game piracy can be suppressed. How it works by downloading the software (software) Steam, so it can be checked and directly buy the existing game.
Steam premiered on Windows on September 12, 2003, then released on Mac OS X on May 12, 2010, and on Linux on February 14, 2013. Steam is also on mobile devices, but just for chatting, checking inventory and store. In Steam there are 21 languages that make it easy for users. Steam uses C ++ programming language.
If you want to open Steam open this link. To be able to buy the game and download it, you must first install the Steam software.
Steam has many Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages, among others:
- Legal.
- Often held discounts, both large and small. Also there is called Summer Sale and Winter
- Sale, the period in which Steam held a massive discount.
- Receive games that have been purchased directly / immediately without having to pay ongkir (postage).
- The games purchased will be in the Steam database.
- There is a multiplayer feature that allows us to play with others and usually the games contained in
- Steam supports community features.
- There is Greenlight, where game developers can publish their work and can even get into the Steam store when the terms have been met.
Disadvantages, among others:
- There is only 1 serial key.
- Use the download / download system.
- Once the payment system can only via via Paypal and Credit Card only, but now it supports purchases with credit or vouchers, although through a third party.
With this steam people do not have to bother anymore looking for ORIGINAL gaming shop (the ori ya not the pirated ones). In addition you are also not bothered if you want to change the device. Because with one id steam course you can move the device. So you do not need to buy the same 2 games for your 2 devices. You just buy 1 game on one id and then this id you can use in any device.
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