The CEO of Stardock said that Sins of solar empire will go onto steam when portal, team fortress 2, and all those other steam-exclusive games get on impulse.

SO, unless you can convince your steam friends to break a deal with Brad, its  probably never going to happen.  So, basically, you have three options. 

1. Buy Sins on Impulse today.  You get the best strategy game of 2007, 20th best game of the decade,(https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/404714) + 2 expansion packs.  Ya, so you don’t like impulse. guess what, I have good news for you! As soon as you finish installing sins, you can delete impulse from your hard drive, and the game will run fine.  (Try doing that with steam).

2. Wait about ~20 years for sins to become abandon ware.    It still won’t be on steam, just on your local abandon ware site.

3. Wait for some magical deal between valve and stardock, or one of the companies goes under. something intresting might happen then.

Besides, you don’t want the GOTY edition anyway, you want Trinity.

Seriously.  I know you dont want to.  But, I think you can force yourself to have impulse on your computer for a length of time no greater than overnight while you download the game.  When I first got SINS, it was like.... I have to do this impulse thing? seriously? why?... grr... But, I suffered though it, and TRUST ME, it was WELL worth it. 

Well, I'll give you credit for consistency (jeeze you started this rant on May 18, 2008).

I have steam and impulse and neither is running unless I choose to start them up. Your decision limits your ability to play games. Fortunately, I don't have the same O.C.B. as you and am willing to purchase my games from whatever reputable company I wish.

I am leary of buying retail games though now, and wouldn't buy any game over amazon that I might envision playing online or wanting updates for. Why? I've already been burned buying retail games only to find the key was hacked and then spending weeks trying to resolve that I was the original purchaser of the key and not some douche bag that hacked it.

If I want a boxed game now, I'll buy it from the DD sight along with the immediate digital download.

Yes, you sound a bit angry. There's not much to discuss in the matter as Stardock has already stated when they will offer games on Steam. Further more your premise that DD's systems should all somehow offer the same games is devoid of any reality. Imagine if other industries had to operate in this fashion, we could all get McDonalds from Sonic or Chinese from Mexican restaurants. Damnit, I should be able to get an iPhone from Sprint. I like Sprint and Sonic and should only have to buy my food and phones from them...

It sounds silly when you apply it to other industries, why gamers feel DD's services should cater like this just doesn't mesh with me.

Impulse seems to be completely benign.  The only time I ever run it is when I want to update the game.  Also, even if Sins were available on Steam or if you purchased a physical boxed copy, you would still need to install Impulse in order to patch the game.  (Part of the DRM is that you need to register your CD-key with Impulse in order to get patches and to be able to play it in online multiplayer.)

If you really want to play Sins, don't let having to get Impulse stop you.

So do you insist on only buying your console games from Gamestop, and would refuse to buy a game you've been waiting 2-3 years more for over 50% cheaper just because its a little bit farther to drive to BestBuy? Your position is highly illogical, even your fellow steam users would tell you that if you pretended to be an impulse user and was upset you couldn't get portal. It is the exact same reason why you will never see Super Mario Galaxy for the Xbox or Halo on the PS3. Just be glad that competing digital platforms are free, while if you want one exclusive for a different console you'd have to pay a couple hundred dollars.

Again, competition is a great thing in the video game market, so it makes no sense to insist on giving one company a monopoly over your business.

nobody is obligated to pander to your unwarranted sense of entitlement, so get off your high horse and stop making a fuss about a non-issue

Steam is annoying. I have to shut it down for I can shut my computer down for the night. Meanwhile I don't even realize Impulse is there until I get an update or buy a new game. The irony here is I fully understand the desire not to buy anything connected to Steam. Its like say I don't want to buy anything with that ball and chain on it. Impulse? well having Impulse is like having a white dot on a vanilla colored board and saying you don't want it for that reason sounds kind of lame. Some people are just to picky.

Here a sample of pictures I have:

One of Carbon's TEC Galleries

Now dont delay Go get Trinity TODAY!

So? a good plug doesnt hurt. It still shows the potential awesomeness of the game.

Well I cant help what the AI picks for abilities. And to be honest i need to upload more. Ive just been MIA from the SINS universe for awhile. At any rate...Topic hijack over.

yes he is but it allows us to spout off at Steam

Lol, you again?

Sins will never be on Steam.

Full stop.

Sins will never be on Steam.

Full stop.

Sins will never be on Steam.

Full stop.

Sins will never be on Steam.

Full stop.

Lmao. Well in all seriousness I'm glad that after waiting so long you finally got what you wanted. Hope to see you around these forums now talking about the game itself and not just its distribution system.