Steam sucks so bad holy fucking shit. Please, please do not make me install and run this bloated, buggy, ad-riddled proprietary spyware to pay you for your game and play it. I'm not going to. I will just pirate it. I am certainly not alone. Sorry.
I wouldn't go to a store that required me to install a big noisy security camera in my house. I'm not going to install an application that does the same thing to my computer. Please sell your software through a storefront that has a modicum of respect for its customers and suppliers.
Are you worried about software piracy cutting into revenue? Don't be. You can't stop it. Steam's DRM can be cracked in seconds with software like Goldberg. All but the most sophisticated anti-piracy measures will be circumvented within an hour of your game's release. It's a battle you can't possibly win, and it's certainly not one worth fighting.
Any realistic projection of potential revenue lost to software piracy will almost certainly be dwarfed by real revenue lost by Valve taking their cut of your sales. Many (if not most) people who pirate games, movies, and music are also the people who buy the most games, movies, and music.
I already only have so much money to spend on art. Same goes for everyone. I do not want to spend that money by passing it through an abusive, invasive middleman. I'm simply going to spend it elsewhere.
