Steam to allow for server-stored savegames

So Steam is going to get a few upgrades:

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In the "near-future," Valve expects to add significant new features to Steam, including driver auto-updating, a system requirements-checker, new community calendar functions and "official" communities.

Other additions to Steam will be localized pricing (not just USD), recommendations, a shopping cart and more payment methods.

But perhaps the most compelling new feature, as far as convenience is concerned, will be the upcoming ability for users to access not only their Steam games from any PC (which they can do already), but also game-generated data such as saves and configurations, which will be stored transparently in Steam's back-end. This feature, dubbed Steam Cloud, will first be rolled out in existing titles, and will be available for free to both developers and gamers.

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So, so awesome.

Finally...I said this would have been awesome for XBL

You know, I may just get back into peecee gaming

I love Steam. I really do.

Steam is so amazing.

Just think about how 4 years ago people were flipping out about not having a box and a cd...

Microsoft must be pissed.

I <3 Valve.

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Originally Posted by Rumpy

Just think about how 4 years ago people were flipping out about not having a box and a cd...

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I was one of those people.

I now have a Steam game-list as long as my arm.

<3 Steam.

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Originally Posted by Detour

I was one of those people.

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Me too. Was very opposed to the idea. I mean, nobody else got online content distribution right before, why would they? And to think that Steam turned out to be a convenience, not a hassle! Being wrong has never been so right! :chick: