I notice that it also states that you must sign up for a STEAM account in order to activate your game....

That sucks !

meh steam is not bad i haven't had ANY problems with it. those specs are just a little higher than cod4.

COD4:
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 2.4 GHz or AMD(R) Athlon(TM) 64 2800+ processor or any 1.8Ghz Dual Core Processor or better supported
RAM: 512MB RAM (768MB for Windows Vista
Harddrive: 8GB of free hard drive space
Video card: NVIDIA(R) Geforce(TM) 6600 or better or ATI(R) Radeon(R) 9800Pro or better

COD5(WaW):
Processor: AMD 64 3200+ or Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz+
RAM: 512MB (XP) / 1GB (Vista)
HDD Space: 8GB
Video Card: 256 MB nVidia Geforce 6600GT / ATI Radeon 1600XT or better

COD6(MW2):
OS: Windows Vista/XP
Processor: AMD 64 3200+ or Intel Pentium 4 3.0Ghz or better
Memory: 512 MB RAM (XP) / 1 GB RAM (Vista)
HDD Space: 16 GB free hard drive space
Video Card: Shader 3.0 or better 256 MB nVidia Geforce 6600GT / ATI Radeon 1600XT or better

and what happens if you want to play the SP version, and don't have an internet connection ?

Uhhm doesn't it seem unusual that there you need 16 GB of free space as compared to 8 from COD4?

Steam I guess could be on the disc and IWnet could have an application on there as well.

I use a 75 gig Raptor for my gaming and that takes a big chunk.

On second thought that is freaking huge.Steam is only 4MB

How many accolades and widgets can you get for 8gb

Maybe the 1st 2nd and 3rd DLC is on there waiting to be unlocked

Before you discount this take a read and imagine how easy the distribution will be at a later time if packaged this way.You will only be purchasing the key. http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/970/970396p1.html

I dont think steam app that big , must be there IWnet crap . ????

steam installer is 1.6mb i think its like 4-5mb in total but they probally added alot of "eye candy" which adds to the size.

Sorry about the edit 2 post up. I was gathering information.It's worth going back and rereading.

some info on steam also
http://store.steampowered.com/app/10180/

Internet: Broadband connection and service required for Multiplayer Connectivity
Co-op/Multiplayer Hosting: To host Co-op or MP matches, a 2Ghz dual-core or better processor is recommended.

First reports are slightly wrong

Official System Requirements

System Requirements
OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better
DirectX: Microsoft DirectX(R) 9.0c
Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space
Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Internet: Broadband connection required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet Connection required for activation