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Makes me wonder what would happen with my Steam games if the publisher pulls it from the store, or what if Steam decides it won't support my system anymore (and

Makes me wonder what would happen with my Steam games if the publisher pulls it from the store, or what if Steam decides it won't support my system anymore (and I don't want to update).

NineStarPoint 5y ago
I feel like there were a few cases where this has happened, and Steam actually still had the game stored for people who had purchased to download, it was just that no one else could buy the game. Not sure if those cases were the publisher not wanting to generate bad will among its customers, or if Steam's contract with the publisher states outright that even when the game is pulled from the platform it must remain available for people who have already purchased it. Either way, it would certainly be the case that any future patches wouldn't be pushed to Steam.
VRay 5y ago
Easy answer: Quit giving money to Valve, and use GOG instead GOG for buying stuff DRM free, and Game Pass for renting it cheaply if you don't care to own it
- account42 5y ago
  DRM free used to be an argument for GOG but they significantly watered down their stance: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/drm_on_gog_list_of_singleplayer_games_with_drm/page1 https://www.gog.com/forum/general/drm_on_gog_list_of_singlep... On the other hand, many games (by number at least) on Steam do not have any DRM and you can back up the installed files as easily as you can back up a GOG installer. Many more games only need Steamworks which is easily bypassed. Meanwhile Valve is actively working on making Linux gaming better (which I care about) while GOG/CDPR can't even be bothered to port their own games or their store client.
thedevelopnik 5y ago
Alpha Protocol was removed from stores over music licensing issues. I freaked out because I didn’t have it downloaded, but it’s still in my library and I can download it. You just can’t even view it now if you don’t already own it.
depereo 5y ago
I own a few games that got yanked from the Steam store. I can still download, install and play those games as much as I want to. Generally this has only happened with games that are no longer developed, but if they got yanked for any other reason I believe Valve wouldn't distribute any new patches to me.

Makes me wonder what would happen with my Steam games if the publisher pulls it from the store, or what if Steam decides it won't support my system anymore (and I don't want to update).

NineStarPoint 5y ago

I feel like there were a few cases where this has happened, and Steam actually still had the game stored for people who had purchased to download, it was just that no one else could buy the game. Not sure if those cases were the publisher not wanting to generate bad will among its customers, or if Steam's contract with the publisher states outright that even when the game is pulled from the platform it must remain available for people who have already purchased it. Either way, it would certainly be the case that any future patches wouldn't be pushed to Steam.

VRay 5y ago

Easy answer: Quit giving money to Valve, and use GOG instead GOG for buying stuff DRM free, and Game Pass for renting it cheaply if you don't care to own it

account42 5y ago
DRM free used to be an argument for GOG but they significantly watered down their stance: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/drm_on_gog_list_of_singleplayer_games_with_drm/page1 https://www.gog.com/forum/general/drm_on_gog_list_of_singlep... On the other hand, many games (by number at least) on Steam do not have any DRM and you can back up the installed files as easily as you can back up a GOG installer. Many more games only need Steamworks which is easily bypassed. Meanwhile Valve is actively working on making Linux gaming better (which I care about) while GOG/CDPR can't even be bothered to port their own games or their store client.

thedevelopnik 5y ago

Alpha Protocol was removed from stores over music licensing issues. I freaked out because I didn’t have it downloaded, but it’s still in my library and I can download it. You just can’t even view it now if you don’t already own it.

depereo 5y ago

I own a few games that got yanked from the Steam store. I can still download, install and play those games as much as I want to. Generally this has only happened with games that are no longer developed, but if they got yanked for any other reason I believe Valve wouldn't distribute any new patches to me.