Thanks, i have never used steam and am so far unimpressed with the limited options compared to impulses options regarding downloaded games  and login options but i admit Steam has a higher fan base and user community with more games offered.

Well, Steam have more features that impulse but plenty of then are not "option"... "option" mean having a choice...

any reason you state that?

or you could just buy the games at stores, download and import to the steam library as i have done to Trinity.

Doesnt have to be digital

That's one of my many issues with Steam, which I despise. I wish they'd have stayed with Impulse.

this. all the steam hate on here is baffling me.  Don't know how long most of you have been using it but imo it's a great medium. plus they have amazing sales.

you can absolutely turn off updates to your games in Steam..  but good luck playing with anyone else since your copy will be out of date.  Steam is not a bad medium, its easy to use,  non inter-feral and as someone else said, they have some really great sales.

I say it virtually has the monopoly on PC games distrubution. Note I did say virtually, meaning not completely I know there are other platforms such as Impulse/Gamestop/whatever-it-is-called-now, Origins, self-distribution, other methods, etc.

Like Apple and tablets and iPods and stuff.