Gavek

No I completely understand the community. A xenophobic old boys social club dedicated to the grand art of flying fake airplanes. You keep the military channel on 24/7 (since the history channel went to shit) and you probably own a M.A.S.H box set. They fantasize constantly about one day being in a situation that will require them to fly a real f-16 due their constant study of open falcon. Ok stereotypes aside the flight sim community is really one of the best gaming community's, But sometimes its a giant parody of itself. Yeah DCS isnt counter strike but you make it sound like the average person couldent pick it up in three hours. As for boxed versions, I know that gamestop is going to stop carrying PC games all together (they already have in my area). So the more digital download locations the better. And for the record I bought DCS already from the website like a week ago.

I am convinced you are just trolling now. Running things offline is exactly the same as anything else. You have the icon on your desktop you click it and run the game. Also there are no ad's in steam there is a news up date that pops up when you open steam but that's about it. Since this game has very little hope of seeing a wide store release here in America you better hope it sees a steam release. I mean just look at how multiplayer numbers have dropped it would suck to see the last great hope For flight simulation die a miserable death because "the fighter collection" has no idea how to rep a game.

I think you guys are horribly mis-informed about steam. A. You in no way have to be connected to the internet to play the games you have downloaded, there is an offline feature. B. Using steam is actually better for your system than installing everything raw. Steam keeps all of your game files de-fragged for you in turn allowing them to run faster. C: The community features have added a ton of longevity to multiplayer titles. Features like an omni friends list that tells you what game your friends are playing and allows you to message them in any game. Groups that allow for a ton of orginazation in clans and personal forums. D: Developers get to distribute their games to an absolutly huge market while still keeping something like 45% more than if they went through an actually publisher.

Steam is a brilliant idea mainly because for a PC game you cant buy the kind of public awareness that being on steam brings. Not trying to get the game on steam would be a huge mistake.