[STEAM] Why Valve should make Half-Life 3 a SteamOS exclusive

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A little over 20 years ago, Valve was

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. At the same time, the company

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as a new option for players to download and update games over the Internet.

Requiring Steam in order to play Half-Life 2 led to

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in 2004. But the high-profile Steam exclusive helped build an instant user base for Valve's fresh distribution system, setting it on a path to eventually become the unquestioned leader in the space. The link between the new game and the new platform helped promote a bold alternative to the retail game sales and distribution systems that had dominated PC gaming for decades.

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DVD-ROMs? Credit:

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Today, all indications suggest that

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as a new option for

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and individual users to "download and test themselves."

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