Over the months having gotten Sins of a Solar Empire, and thusly downloading Impulse, i have been browsing the forums a good amount.  What i keep running into is discussions about whether or not Impulse is better than Steam.  I use both, Steam since 2005 (got it for HL2) and Impulse since this year for SoaSE.  When i had fisrts gotten Impulse i was somewhat weary, i def likes steam better but that was just because I was used to Steam.  But since the recent update to impulse i have come to like both of the equally.  To have options on who you buy your games from keeps prices down and creates compitition, which generated benifits for the PC gaming community.  And at the same time they both offer very different gaming selections at varying prices.  While it is not truely balanced on both sides in terms of options and support etc, they are still much better, much much better, then any large department store or Videogame specality stores that focus more on consuls then we the PC community.  While it may seem that i am riding the line here on this "issue" but that is my honest to goodness opinion, that they are both great and any gamer that Downloads directly should probably use the different options to their advantage and try to save some money here and there.  Hope to hear some good discussions, have at it!