

Which means a lot of big publishers basically abandonned the platform. Because of what I said before, piracy rates were really high on PC. THose disc based release often had HARSH copy protections which often meant you couldn't even boot your productīefore Steam was big, PC gaming was going through a harsh phase.

Updates couldn't be done, you had to download files uploaded in shady russian websites.You still had to activate the game with a key (which could be either missprinted or already used, in which case you were screwed).Back then Disc based PC gaming was a pain in the ass for multiple reasons:

What you call the disc based PC gaming is seen with rose tainted glasses. Alright, I'll make a quick history for you, as you may lack the background for it, which is okay:
