[Jason1]

I see many good things about steam and some bad things also. The auto-updating is great, like Null said. Also being able to buy the game straight off steam, after you have allready pre-loaded is nice, because you then dont have to bother going to the store or even installing the game for that matter. It does suck that you MUST be on steam to play HL2 and such though, which means you have to have an internet connection. Not a problem for most people, but I guess it could be for some people. Also it takes too long to boot up.