Re: Steam(ing) pile of... in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r7975927 en Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:59 EDT Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:59 EDT Re: Steam(ing) pile of... TIERS http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,7980939 Blasterbator : Odd that they didn't go with a tiered distribution architecture.

They can still maintain control by co-locating cache servers at some number of regional data centers.

Trying to centralize distribution is antithetical to how the Internet was designed.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,7980939 Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:14:16 EDT Re: Steam(ing) pile of... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,7978447 Jaime : It will be if they make it so you can buy games off steam, thus dynamic content.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,7978447 Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:35:16 EDT Re: Steam(ing) pile of... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,7977454 dvd536 :
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said by LogicET:
I wonder why they don't use bit torrent themselves. Why pay 20k/month for that 700Mb pipe when you can torrent it? I doubt users would even know the difference.
Because Valve wants to control what content each person gets, that's the whole point of Steam distribution. Your client, and only your client can get updates/new games if you pay for them over the internet and such. If they go the way of BT than they don't control the content.
Not to mention getting more than 8k/s on downloads. bit torrent SUCKS!
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said by LogicET:
I wonder why they don't use bit torrent themselves. Why pay 20k/month for that 700Mb pipe when you can torrent it? I doubt users would even know the difference.
Because Valve wants to control what content each person gets, that's the whole point of Steam distribution. Your client, and only your client can get updates/new games if you pay for them over the internet and such. If they go the way of BT than they don't control the content.
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I was one of those who got an early client (leaked) via IRC and got my game installed/downloaded incredibly smoothly.

The system was buggy and I was having other problems (not Steam/VAVLe's fault) so I ended up deciding to re-install Steam. Big mistake. By this time, everyone was trying to update their clients and download the newest edition of CS.

After I got a link to a .torrent of the 354(I think)mb installer, I've had smooth sailing ever since.

Steam has a lot of potential as a broadband release platform. They just need to have the bandwidth to back it up.
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