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"has your entire collection / achievements / whatever, that can be accessed from anywhere" And also taken away from you on a whim. I had this happen for about

"has your entire collection / achievements / whatever, that can be accessed from anywhere" And also taken away from you on a whim. I had this happen for about 3 weeks, without a clear reason and without communication (aside from "we're looking into it"). I will never buy another DRM'd game through Steam or anywhere else.

overcast 10y ago
The chances of that are probably lower than the chances of someone breaking into your house, and stealing the PC containing all of your DRM free games. Every case I've ever read into regarding this, had a lot more to the story than was being led on. Steam isn't going anywhere, the thing is a giant cash cow, and it's in their best interest to keep users active and making purchases.
- jasonkostempski 10y ago
  The beauty of DRM free data is that it can be copied and thus backed up, offsite, which I do. It's more likely that someone will attempt to hack a Steam account and trigger a hold on an account. I did leave out that my money for the 3 games I had bought was refunded while the investigation was pending which may have made it sound less scary, but I wasn't trying to claim anyone was stealing my money. However, the whole reason I signed up for Steam that day was to buy a game that was on sale, even though my computer at the time was not good enough to play it. When I finally got my account back, the game was no longer on sale and they said they couldn't give it to me at the sale price so I ended up paying full price for it, about a $15 difference.
douche 10y ago
GoG is the next best option, then. Their catalog isn't as deep, but it's expanding all the time. They are also starting to allow you to sync some titles that you've purchased on Steam and download it from them instead, sans DRM/SteamWorks/whatever.
- jasonkostempski 10y ago
  I use them and Humble Bundle sometimes. I'm not a huge gamer but recently I bought SUPERHOT from GoG. In fact, I sought it out after hearing of it years ago and then being reminded of the projects existence when I saw it in a random YouTube video. At the time, their site made it looked like it was only available through Steam and I was going to pass because of it, but luckily I thought to check GoG. You should check out SUPERHOT, it's the most innovative shooter I've played in years.

overcast 10y ago

The chances of that are probably lower than the chances of someone breaking into your house, and stealing the PC containing all of your DRM free games. Every case I've ever read into regarding this, had a lot more to the story than was being led on. Steam isn't going anywhere, the thing is a giant cash cow, and it's in their best interest to keep users active and making purchases.

jasonkostempski 10y ago
The beauty of DRM free data is that it can be copied and thus backed up, offsite, which I do. It's more likely that someone will attempt to hack a Steam account and trigger a hold on an account. I did leave out that my money for the 3 games I had bought was refunded while the investigation was pending which may have made it sound less scary, but I wasn't trying to claim anyone was stealing my money. However, the whole reason I signed up for Steam that day was to buy a game that was on sale, even though my computer at the time was not good enough to play it. When I finally got my account back, the game was no longer on sale and they said they couldn't give it to me at the sale price so I ended up paying full price for it, about a $15 difference.

douche 10y ago

GoG is the next best option, then. Their catalog isn't as deep, but it's expanding all the time. They are also starting to allow you to sync some titles that you've purchased on Steam and download it from them instead, sans DRM/SteamWorks/whatever.

jasonkostempski 10y ago
I use them and Humble Bundle sometimes. I'm not a huge gamer but recently I bought SUPERHOT from GoG. In fact, I sought it out after hearing of it years ago and then being reminded of the projects existence when I saw it in a random YouTube video. At the time, their site made it looked like it was only available through Steam and I was going to pass because of it, but luckily I thought to check GoG. You should check out SUPERHOT, it's the most innovative shooter I've played in years.