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Mann Jul 17, 2016 @ 11:21am
Ability to compare a game's system requirements to your PC's specs
I've always wanted this feature to be on Steam, so that people don't need to go to other sites such as systemrequirementslab to check if their PC meets the game's requirements. Steam does scan your hardware, as seen in the upper left corner of the Steam window under "Help" > "System Information". To people who have some experience in computers, it might not seem much, but it'd still be cool for this to be added for people who are new to PCs.
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Gwarsbane Jul 17, 2016 @ 12:53pm 
How about a system where you could search a discussion area to find that your suggestion has been suggested and rejected many times because its not accurate and because then people would start blaming Valve because the game they didn't bother to look into first didn't work on their system and they would say the system said it would so it would cause more spam to steam support.
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akhv Jul 17, 2016 @ 2:20pm 
OP, this is a good idea and should be implemented
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⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧ Jul 17, 2016 @ 2:24pm 
lol no
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Start_Running Jul 17, 2016 @ 3:52pm 
Originally posted by Gwarsbane:
How about a system where you could search a discussion area to find that your suggestion has been suggested and rejected many times because its not accurate and because then people would start blaming Valve because the game they didn't bother to look into first didn't work on their system and they would say the system said it would so it would cause more spam to steam support.

SOmetimes I think The rise in popularity of opC gaming was a bad thing. DIdn't get such lazy people back in ye olde days.
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Gwarsbane Jul 17, 2016 @ 4:45pm 
Originally posted by Start_Running:
SOmetimes I think The rise in popularity of opC gaming was a bad thing. DIdn't get such lazy people back in ye olde days.

Yup, kids these days, just don't know how to do things for themselves.
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Start_Running Jul 17, 2016 @ 4:47pm 
Originally posted by Gwarsbane:
Originally posted by Start_Running:
SOmetimes I think The rise in popularity of opC gaming was a bad thing. DIdn't get such lazy people back in ye olde days.

Yup, kids these days, just don't know how to do things for themselves.

Can you imagine todays gamer back in the days when COnventional Memory was a thing?
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Mann Jul 17, 2016 @ 8:25pm 
Originally posted by Gwarsbane:
How about a system where you could search a discussion area to find that your suggestion has been suggested and rejected many times because its not accurate and because then people would start blaming Valve because the game they didn't bother to look into first didn't work on their system and they would say the system said it would so it would cause more spam to steam support.
How sure are you that things like those are going to happen?
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Gwarsbane Jul 17, 2016 @ 9:02pm 
Originally posted by FreeMann:
Originally posted by Gwarsbane:
How about a system where you could search a discussion area to find that your suggestion has been suggested and rejected many times because its not accurate and because then people would start blaming Valve because the game they didn't bother to look into first didn't work on their system and they would say the system said it would so it would cause more spam to steam support.
How sure are you that things like those are going to happen?

Because I live on planet earth and have been around a while and see what stupid things people get ticked off about and will actually sue over.

They will blame Valve instead of taking a bit of time and learning about their own computer system.
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zachjd Jul 18, 2016 @ 3:09am 
Yeah unfortunately as good as the idea seems, it would backfire on Valve.
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shiel Jul 18, 2016 @ 3:39am 
Originally posted by Start_Running:
Originally posted by Gwarsbane:

Yup, kids these days, just don't know how to do things for themselves.

Can you imagine todays gamer back in the days when COnventional Memory was a thing?
Imagine the rage if they had to launch games from dos...
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Theblaze Jul 18, 2016 @ 3:43am 
Originally posted by shiel:
[...] Imagine the rage if they had to launch games from dos...

I highly doubt they know what "DOS" is and what it means.
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76561198001062896 Jul 18, 2016 @ 4:19am 
Originally posted by shiel:
Originally posted by Start_Running:

Can you imagine todays gamer back in the days when COnventional Memory was a thing?
Imagine the rage if they had to launch games from dos...


Good old dos...I miss gaming on Win 98/2000 sometimes
Last edited by Zetikla; Jul 18, 2016 @ 4:19am
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Start_Running Jul 18, 2016 @ 4:54am 
Originally posted by Zetikla:
Originally posted by shiel:
Imagine the rage if they had to launch games from dos...


Good old dos...I miss gaming on Win 98/2000 sometimes

My gaming started on MS-DOs 5.5. No one will need more than 1 meg my ass! I still want to hunt that guy down.

Safe to say,. where in ye old days the PC ghamer was a well informed self fixing, motivated trouble shooter. Today....
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Agis non orginal Jul 18, 2016 @ 4:55am 
lol
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shiel Jul 18, 2016 @ 5:35am 
Originally posted by Start_Running:
Originally posted by Zetikla:


Good old dos...I miss gaming on Win 98/2000 sometimes

My gaming started on MS-DOs 5.5. No one will need more than 1 meg my ass! I still want to hunt that guy down.

Safe to say,. where in ye old days the PC ghamer was a well informed self fixing, motivated trouble shooter. Today....
Didn't Bill Gates have a similar quote?

Edit: turns out maybe he didn't... http://www.computerworld.com/article/2534312/operating-systems/the--640k--quote-won-t-go-away----but-did-gates-really-say-it-.html
Last edited by shiel; Jul 18, 2016 @ 5:49am
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