·Theme
- Forums
- Cross Site
- General Video Game Discussion
- Question for Steam users.
Question for Steam users.Follow
I just pre-ordered Fallout: New Vegas through Steam. This is my first pre-order with them, and I was just wondering if anyone with previous experience can answer a question for me. On release day, to I have to sit and hammer on the install button until I can weasel a way into the download queue, or will the Steam client just assume that I want it when it is released, and automatically push the download to begin when its available?
Usually a short while before the actual release you can start the pre-download, which just downloads the game but you can't play it yet. So then once it is officially released, there might be a patch or something but you'll be able to play it pretty much immediately. It should keep itself up-to-date automatically.
I laugh at the people that pre-order Bethesda games. As buggy as Fallout 3 was at launch I would figure people would wait until 3-4 patches later.
Shaowstrike (Retired - FFXI)
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
Your face is buggy.
NixNot wrote:
Your face is buggy.
YOUR MOM is buggy.
Shaowstrike (Retired - FFXI)
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
Shaowstrike wrote:
I laugh at the people that pre-order Bethesda games. As buggy as Fallout 3 was at launch I would figure people would wait until 3-4 patches later.
You never know, Steam could sell out. Pre-order now to guarantee your copy!!!
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
not sure if srs.... but they do sell out. ive had several occasions where they ran out of CD Keys and i couldnt play the game for a week or so.
KTurner wrote:
not sure if srs.... but they do sell out. ive had several occasions where they ran out of CD Keys and i couldnt play the game for a week or so.
Hahaha really? How the **** does a download service run out of inventory? What a joke.
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
Iamadam the Prophet wrote:
KTurner wrote:
not sure if srs.... but they do sell out. ive had several occasions where they ran out of CD Keys and i couldnt play the game for a week or so.
Hahaha really? How the @#%^ does a download service run out of inventory? What a joke.
They only buy a certain amount of keys from the developer, and once those are sold they need to wait for the developer to generate how many thousands of keys needed for the next order. There is no way in hell the devs would give Valve a key generator to keep, too much of a leak risk compared to in-house access control.
Shaowstrike (Retired - FFXI)
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
Grand Master Angler Shaowstrike wrote:
Iamadam the Prophet wrote:
KTurner wrote:
not sure if srs.... but they do sell out. ive had several occasions where they ran out of CD Keys and i couldnt play the game for a week or so.
Hahaha really? How the @#%^ does a download service run out of inventory? What a joke.
They only buy a certain amount of keys from the developer, and once those are sold they need to wait for the developer to generate how many thousands of keys needed for the next order. There is no way in hell the devs would give Valve a key generator to keep, too much of a leak risk compared to in-house access control.
True, but how long does it take to generate a million keys? Seconds. I find it shocking that an online service like Steam would let themselves run out of product keys. Mismanagement IMO.
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
Iamadam the Prophet wrote:
Grand Master Angler Shaowstrike wrote:
Iamadam the Prophet wrote:
KTurner wrote:
not sure if srs.... but they do sell out. ive had several occasions where they ran out of CD Keys and i couldnt play the game for a week or so.
Hahaha really? How the @#%^ does a download service run out of inventory? What a joke.
They only buy a certain amount of keys from the developer, and once those are sold they need to wait for the developer to generate how many thousands of keys needed for the next order. There is no way in hell the devs would give Valve a key generator to keep, too much of a leak risk compared to in-house access control.
True, but how long does it take to generate a million keys? Seconds. I find it shocking that an online service like Steam would let themselves run out of product keys. Mismanagement IMO.
Well if the key generator is anything like the one my company uses it only generates one key at a time, and you have to copy/paste it to the document.
Shaowstrike (Retired - FFXI)
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
Iamadam the Prophet wrote:
True, but how long does it take to generate a million keys? Seconds. I find it shocking that an online service like Steam would let themselves run out of product keys. Mismanagement IMO.
Not only that, but continue to sell the product when they know they don't have any keys for them. At least put a warning up or something cmon!
Shaowstrike wrote:
I laugh at the people that pre-order Bethesda games. As buggy as Fallout 3 was at launch I would figure people would wait until 3-4 patches later.
I laugh at people who dont even bother to know whos developing a game *hint* its not bethesda*hint*
Also OP, do yourself a favour and just pick it up retail, chances are its gonna take a while to install anyway, and the retail disc should be using steam aswell.
Unless you cant get a retail version on release dayt or close to it.
KTurner wrote:
Iamadam the Prophet wrote:
True, but how long does it take to generate a million keys? Seconds. I find it shocking that an online service like Steam would let themselves run out of product keys. Mismanagement IMO.
Not only that, but continue to sell the product when they know they don't have any keys for them. At least put a warning up or something cmon!
MasterOfWar wrote:
Shaowstrike wrote:
I laugh at the people that pre-order Bethesda games. As buggy as Fallout 3 was at launch I would figure people would wait until 3-4 patches later.
I laugh at people who dont even bother to know whos developing a game *hint* its not bethesda*hint*
I laugh at people who don't realize that it doesn't matter who develops the game if the publisher forces them to release the game before it's ready *hint* it's Bethesda *hint*.
Shaowstrike (Retired - FFXI)
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
Grand Master Angler Shaowstrike wrote:
MasterOfWar wrote:
Shaowstrike wrote:
I laugh at the people that pre-order Bethesda games. As buggy as Fallout 3 was at launch I would figure people would wait until 3-4 patches later.
I laugh at people who dont even bother to know whos developing a game *hint* its not bethesda*hint*
I laugh at people who don't realize that it doesn't matter who develops the game if the publisher forces them to release the game before it's ready *hint* it's Bethesda *hint*.
the publisher has no affect on whether the game is buggy or not, just admit you didnt know who developed the game.
Besides that, of course its gonna have bugs, the dev that actually did make the game are know for it, anything except major gamebreaking bugs wont make a good game bad, only a bad game worse.
Edited, Oct 12th 2010 3:12pm by MasterOfWar
MasterOfWar wrote:
i know i would have been pissed if i tried to buy the borderlands DLC and was told to GFY, instead of just waiting a few days for the keys.
And i'd be pissed if i bought a game, DLd it and went to boot it up to have it not work for an unknown amount of time.
MasterOfWar wrote:
Also OP, do yourself a favour and just pick it up retail, chances are its gonna take a while to install anyway, and the retail disc should be using steam aswell.
Shaowstrike wrote:
NixNot wrote:
Your face is buggy.
YOUR MOM is buggy.
EDIT: Unlike your face.
Edited, Oct 12th 2010 4:10pm by NixNot
Grand Master Angler Shaowstrike wrote:
Iamadam the Prophet wrote:
Grand Master Angler Shaowstrike wrote:
Iamadam the Prophet wrote:
KTurner wrote:
not sure if srs.... but they do sell out. ive had several occasions where they ran out of CD Keys and i couldnt play the game for a week or so.
Hahaha really? How the @#%^ does a download service run out of inventory? What a joke.
They only buy a certain amount of keys from the developer, and once those are sold they need to wait for the developer to generate how many thousands of keys needed for the next order. There is no way in hell the devs would give Valve a key generator to keep, too much of a leak risk compared to in-house access control.
True, but how long does it take to generate a million keys? Seconds. I find it shocking that an online service like Steam would let themselves run out of product keys. Mismanagement IMO.
Well if the key generator is anything like the one my company uses it only generates one key at a time, and you have to copy/paste it to the document.
I guarantee you that it doesn't work the same way as yours; there is no way they could keep up with the demand!
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
Iamadam the Prophet wrote:
Grand Master Angler Shaowstrike wrote:
Iamadam the Prophet wrote:
Grand Master Angler Shaowstrike wrote:
Iamadam the Prophet wrote:
KTurner wrote:
not sure if srs.... but they do sell out. ive had several occasions where they ran out of CD Keys and i couldnt play the game for a week or so.
Hahaha really? How the @#%^ does a download service run out of inventory? What a joke.
They only buy a certain amount of keys from the developer, and once those are sold they need to wait for the developer to generate how many thousands of keys needed for the next order. There is no way in hell the devs would give Valve a key generator to keep, too much of a leak risk compared to in-house access control.
True, but how long does it take to generate a million keys? Seconds. I find it shocking that an online service like Steam would let themselves run out of product keys. Mismanagement IMO.
Well if the key generator is anything like the one my company uses it only generates one key at a time, and you have to copy/paste it to the document.
I guarantee you that it doesn't work the same way as yours; there is no way they could keep up with the demand!
They probably have 1,000+ immigrant workers in one of their sub-buildings getting payed 1 cent for each key they generate.
Shaowstrike (Retired - FFXI)
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
Grand Master Angler Shaowstrike wrote:
Well if the key generator is anything like the one my company uses it only generates one key at a time
Do you work for a hardware store?
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
why doesn't gabe just dl a keygen from warez.org? he should be able to figure that out.
Jophiel wrote:
Grand Master Angler Shaowstrike wrote:
Well if the key generator is anything like the one my company uses it only generates one key at a time
Do you work for a hardware store?
Company that sells educational software to school districts world-wide.
Shaowstrike (Retired - FFXI)
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
Zerimax. Bethesda. Someone else?
(I think I spelled those correctly.)
(I think I spelled those correctly.)
Recent Visitors: 202
All times are in CST
Anonymous Guests (202)
- Forums
- Cross Site
- General Video Game Discussion
- Question for Steam users.
© 2024 Fanbyte LLC