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> I have that game for life Not for life, but rather for the life of Steam as a platform. I don't see Valve going away anytime soon, but you never know...

• nitrogen 15y ago
  Rumor has it that if Valve went under and Steam was shut down, they'd release a patch to allow their games to continue to function.
  • suivix 15y ago
    But how could you back the games up or move them to another computer?
    • sukuriant 15y ago
      Torrents. And I bet it would be legal because Valve would do something like releasing the games for free just before they tanked. I'm not so sure about some of the other labels that exist on Steam, though.
    • nitrogen 15y ago
      Steam supports generating backup discs and images. They could release a way of using them without requiring online verification.
    • shuzchen 15y ago
      Same way that you do it now - copy the relevant files out of ~/Steam/steamapps/ to wherever you need. I've gotten around re-downloading huge games because everything you need is in there (when I've already done it once before on a different machine, or when I'm getting a game a local friend of mine already downloaded). The only thing stopping you from playing it is the DRM on the executable, but the mythical Steam-is-dead-here-you-go-patch will solve that.
• Poyeyo 15y ago
  That's probably a lot longer than my own life expectancy. I would only think in those terms if I could get to live forever.