-Bloo-,
Xenomorph,
15 years ago
Steam IS free, regardless of having bought a game or not.
I would much rather buy the disc and then activate it on Steam, mostly because I've never been a huge fan of downloading a major game. I avoid strictly digital copies whenever possible.
I know it's safe because of the whole 'not on your computer but your Steam account' thing, but still. I'm an old-fashioned guy. Which is probably why I haven't pirated a crap load of games by now.
Really, the only thing I 'steal' is songs. And everybody does anyway. It's called Youtube.