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I agree. Although I know Steam games have DRM, I regularly use it. I figure if Steam ever goes out of business, somebody will break the DRM because there are so
by js8 10y ago
I agree. Although I know Steam games have DRM, I regularly use it. I figure if Steam ever goes out of business, somebody will break the DRM because there are so many users out there that have games from it.
- creshal 10y agoSteam's DRM is opt-in too, not all games distributed via Steam actually use it.
- vacri 10y agoIn my experience (YMMV, I've a long history of gaming), if steam disappears I'll be disappointed to lose my titles, but it won't be the end of the world. Games I've played yesteryear rarely hold up over time - the vast majority I've fired up again feel very dated. And there's always a ton of new, interesting, and cheap games coming forward. Games are somewhat ephemeral/disposable, I find, so the "won't be around in five years" is less of a problem than for other software. Again, that's my use case, others may differ.
- ajuc 10y agoPeople still play Star Craft:Brood War as a profession. And I still like to play Master of Magic or Doom 2 from time to time. GOG.com made business on these kinds of games, so I'm not alone. DRMs and always-online requirements are sad and I hope they go away.
- creshal 10y agoIt really depends on the games. The vast majority won't even be interesting after a year, but there's a few gems that are timeless. Although those are also the games that tend to get regular remakes; while I still have my Final Fantasy VII disks for Playstation 1 I'd rather fire up the Steam port than mess around with an emulator. Or OpenXcom rather than the DOXBox'd original.
- Asooka 10y agoIf Steam disappears tomorrow, you'll still keep all your downloaded games and circumventing Steam drm is rather trivial.
- erikb 10y agoYeah, Steam is also not an angel. But right now it gets us something we need deeply: Playing on a free OS. Let's worry about the next step after that one succeeded.