So easy… make sure you update your steam… make sure you launch your game for updates… then turn steam into offline that activates you game for offline… real great. That’s awesome if you plan to be disconnect all the time, but that doesn’t work when you turn on your machine and try and play a game you didn’t set up or whne Steam just doesn’t want to go into offline mode… MMO are not attached to your steam account… you can actually launch them even if you don’t have steam installed… many you can move out of the steam folder all together… like Everquest 1 and 2 and not have to worry about it

That’s strange, because I just played several games the other day in Steam Offline Mode

Your post makes no sense. You can play MMOs indefinitely once you download them? WAT?

And no, you don’t have to log on at some point for updates… only for the initial installation. After that, offline mode and you can play your games.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3160-agcb-2555

It’s easy once you figure it out.

What the steambox’s big difference from the consoles is the sole reliance on digital distribution. It is essentially what the phantom console wanted to be ten years ago but with a real company behind it. It is not an “outlier” it is just another console. Pick your preference like you will between the “big three”.

No you can not… there are some games (MMOs mostly) that you can play indefinitely once you download them, but most games require you be logged in at some point for updates. Steampowered games generally don’t work at all offline… there are a ton of hoop to jump through in offline mode when you start up in it.

You can play off line. Once you go off-line after an install you can save/play/restart to your heart’s content off-line.

Who knows…

wonder how many people will be bitching and moaning about steam’s DRM… always online/phone home system