User blog comment:Tansquare/Steam/@comment-1863391-20120320010830

The marketplace is fantastic.

The software, on the other hand, is utterly worthless. I can't tell you how many times I've been unable to play a game on my laptop because I couldn't connect to Steam. Yes, there is Offline Mode, but you may be surprised to learn that you have to actually connect to the Internet to enable it. That's right, you must go online to go offline. If you can't go online, your games are unavailable to you.

Never, under any circumstance, should a legitimate owner of any game be not allowed to play it. While pirates enjoy their DRM-free games, buyers are deprived the luxury of playing in a connectionless environment.