Most games on PC worked first release, because most people didn't have good enough Internet to get a patch. What games are you thinking about that were buggy or didn't work pre-steam?

I can't think of a game pre-steam that didn't work or was so buggy it required a patch. They had to ship working products back then. There was no send it and patch it day one like there is today. Consoles %100 had to work day one.