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Is there a reason for non-console players to even buy in DVD form anymore, instead of Steam or similar markets? I mean, I get that if you live in Canada or Aus
by zzleeper 10y ago
Is there a reason for non-console players to even buy in DVD form anymore, instead of Steam or similar markets?
I mean, I get that if you live in Canada or Australia your bandwidth sucks and you have caps, but for most cases download speeds are way faster than DVD shipping speeds.
- throwanem 10y agoI've heard a few people express concerns around whether they actually own Steam games, and whether those games might suddenly be pulled or otherwise made unavailable without the courtesy of a purchase price refund. I'm not entirely unsympathetic, but on the other hand, to the best of my knowledge that's never actually happened, so...
- scintill76 10y agoMaybe not Steam or games, but Amazon has remotely pulled back digital books they sold to their customers (with refund though): http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18ama...
- throwanem 10y agoI know. That's Amazon, though, not Steam.
- mikeash 10y agoIf you dispute a credit card charge with Steam, they'll ban your entire account even if the charge just relates to one game out of many in your library. There's also the possibility of bugs or other errors causing items to disappear from the library. Searching around, it sounds like it's happened to a few people.
- rodgerd 10y ago> whether those games might suddenly be pulled or otherwise made unavailable without the courtesy of a purchase price refund. A legit concern, but so many physical games seem to be tied to shit like uplay I'm not sure avoiding Steam gets you anything.
- tamana 10y agoAnd DVDs are often incomplete anyway, so you still have to download updates and authenticate to a keyserver to play.