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[QuantumButler]

People use the friends list on steam?

People have friends!?

[el piromaniaco]

JFYI:

Today my credit card company informed me of some dubious transactions.
PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox and digital river.
Someone was using my cards number (master card) and I wasn't the only one recently. Maybe it is related to the steam hack.

So be cautious.

Greetings

el piro

[Sandpit]

el piromaniaco, on 08 February 2016 - 11:06 AM, said:

JFYI:

Today my credit card company informed me of some dubious transactions.
PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox and digital river.
Someone was using my cards number (master card) and I wasn't the only one recently. Maybe it is related to the steam hack.

So be cautious.

Greetings

el piro

If it were a result of the steam hack, I would suggest you contact steam support. They'll be legally responsible for any costs you incur IF it's directly related to that situation.

Based on what I've seen though their fallout from that hack was minimal at best. If it had been "bad", there would me multiple class actions hitting by now and Steam would be offering all kinds of free identity protection and such.

It's what happened to PSN a few years back, except it was down for like 2-3 weeks IIRC. I was one of the affected customers and before I could say "WTF???", I had free accounts with cyber security companies, free tracking access, etc. as well as free PSN plus service, free games, etc.

Trust me, if Steam were hacked and customers were at great risk, they would be doing things like this as well to stave off bad public image.

[Lostdragon]

Davegt27, on 10 December 2015 - 07:20 AM, said:

Wow thanks for the info
I just know steam as a program that locks up my PC when it boots up,
I miss the days when you went to the store to buy a PC game

I have had a steam account for 4 years and it did get hacked a few years ago but I did not care since I never used it
Yesterday was the first time I logged on to my steam account lol
I dislike Steam and the whole concept of steam nothing against steam players
I bought a COD game back 2012 and it said I needed Steam account to play I been butt hurt about the whole Idea ever since

Why the heck would I want to go to some third party to play a game that I spent my money on
now come To find out steam wants a kickback from the game developers

The talent and creativity is with the game designers that's where I want my money to go

Steam brings a lot of good stuff to the table, and most developers are happy to get their product on Steam and pay the fees because of that. Steam makes patch management easy, exposes products to a huge existing userbase, has built in community and social features, and keeps your game library in one convenient place.

Steam has helped indie game developers and small studios thrive because they can get their products to the masses without the need for a publisher that wants to dictate terms or make changes to the product (remember the bad ol' days with IGP???).

[Sandpit]

Lostdragon, on 08 February 2016 - 11:24 AM, said:

Steam brings a lot of good stuff to the table, and most developers are happy to get their product on Steam and pay the fees because of that. Steam makes patch management easy, exposes products to a huge existing userbase, has built in community and social features, and keeps your game library in one convenient place.

Steam has helped indie game developers and small studios thrive because they can get their products to the masses without the need for a publisher that wants to dictate terms or make changes to the product (remember the bad ol' days with IGP???).

^^

There are a few hundred (if not more I would imagine) games on Steam from indy devs that would never have seen the light of day if not for Steam and their assistance in providing a popular launch, marketing, and community building platform.

PGI could actually learn a few things from Steam in regards to how to build a community.

[YakkSlapper]

just use the MWO client, I will NOT say what i think of steam, just use the client, you will be happier in the long run.

[el piromaniaco]

I have a very old steam account, and thanks to MasterCard I won't have to pay any of this fraudulent purchases.
It's just that I never had any thing like that before and that steam is the only thing I could think of. Many MasterCard user had the same problem since January, so it's not only me. Also I haven't heard anything about a hack attack on iTunes/apple or Amazon or PayPal recently (the only companies who know my mate card number too).
So I just thought I would tell you, if I'm wrong than no harm done, if I made someone aware of something dubious with his card than hurray.

I still like steam, for all it has done regarding indie games and for its convenience.

Greetings

el pirp