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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We can argue all day over when steam "got popular". For me, I'd consider the launch of HL2 to be the most reasonable point in time to choose.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I believe that was the time it was hated the most because it was forced on people

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I think we're talking past each other. By 'popular' I do not mean 'well liked'. Just that it was used by a lot of people. 2004, in my opinion, was when steam took off and the downloading updates from random websites phase of pc gaming died. There was a transition, to be sure, but the writing was on the wall. We just didn't know it at the time.