steam的运营用gaben的一句话总结比较适合

"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem," he said. "If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate's service is more valuable."

这就像音乐的去drm化一样，卖的是服务

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原帖由 zhengyr 于 2013-10-22 19:43 发表
还有很重要的一点是：

STEAM版的认证类似网银认证，是绑定电脑的。加上游戏疯狂打折太便宜，所以玩家去折腾STEAM破解还不如老实玩其他平台的盗版。

还有很重要的一点就是，STEAM因为有这认证系统，所以是没有什 ...

不是绑定电脑，是绑定帐号