Sunshine@piefed.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoGabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy gameswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square230linkfedilinkarrow-up1402arrow-down114 cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1388arrow-down1external-linkGabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy gameswww.pcgamer.comSunshine@piefed.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square230linkfedilink cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
minus-squarerainbowbunny@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·3 days ago“Buy” games on Steam? Sure wish they let you own them.
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoSome are DRM free and can be backed up at your leisure. I’m pretty sure that’s up to the developer to implement or not. It would be neat if steam let you sell a game back, but I’m not sure how to square that with “you have a drm free copy that’s trivial to copy”
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoBuying on steam has allowed me to play the same game for a decade on three platforms.
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minus-squareBNE@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoGod forbid people want to own their shit.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-22 days agodeleted by creator
“Buy” games on Steam? Sure wish they let you own them.
Some are DRM free and can be backed up at your leisure. I’m pretty sure that’s up to the developer to implement or not.
It would be neat if steam let you sell a game back, but I’m not sure how to square that with “you have a drm free copy that’s trivial to copy”
Buying on steam has allowed me to play the same game for a decade on three platforms.
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God forbid people want to own their shit.
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