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He's not wrong. All my games are in the cloud and it is great; it's just not Google's cloud.

Ekaros 4y ago
You know why I keep buying stuff on Steam? This is why... It is putting all the eggs in single basket, but at least it is the sturdiest and oldest basket.
- tempest_ 4y ago
  It helps that Valve is privately owned and thus less likely to chase growth over other things. Hopefully when the current owners age out the new leadership will continue as it is.
  - Aeolun 4y ago
    Honestly, I have no idea what the hell Valve is chasing. They don’t need to chase growth, it comes to them :P
    - LegitShady 4y ago
      valve is worried about being made irrelevant by Epic Game Store, by whatever facebook uses to distribute games, by amazon, etc. There are plenty of companies who already run or could run a competitor to steam, and slowly they could eat their lunch. Epic Game Store bought exclusives and gives away coupons to bolster their market share. IF everyone starts burning cash for market share, Valve will have to figure out a new way to compete. Until then its sort of business like normal.
- robotnikman 4y ago
  With Steam you can basically make your own personal Stadia with the steam link app, no need to re-buy any games again and no need to rely on anyone else's cloud services (as long as you have a decent connection and PC)
- js8 4y ago
  I backup all the games I have on Steam locally. If they ever go under, I will get a DRM crack.
- jldugger 4y ago
  I saw something the other day that really struck home on this: for any given software technology you encounter, your best estimate is that it's halfway through its useful lifetime. I know some TED level influencer had some story about basically everything in mail order catalogs from 100 year ago is still for sale somewhere today, so maybe it's wrong, or maybe software is just more prone to vanishing.
- cptskippy 4y ago
  In addition to Steam, I have GOG and Epic linked to my Steam Account, they sync my Steam purchases in their library if the publisher allows. So I would imagine if Steam did go under, they would all be clamouring to help users transition to their platforms.

You know why I keep buying stuff on Steam? This is why... It is putting all the eggs in single basket, but at least it is the sturdiest and oldest basket.

tempest_ 4y ago
It helps that Valve is privately owned and thus less likely to chase growth over other things. Hopefully when the current owners age out the new leadership will continue as it is.
- Aeolun 4y ago
  Honestly, I have no idea what the hell Valve is chasing. They don’t need to chase growth, it comes to them :P
  - LegitShady 4y ago
    valve is worried about being made irrelevant by Epic Game Store, by whatever facebook uses to distribute games, by amazon, etc. There are plenty of companies who already run or could run a competitor to steam, and slowly they could eat their lunch. Epic Game Store bought exclusives and gives away coupons to bolster their market share. IF everyone starts burning cash for market share, Valve will have to figure out a new way to compete. Until then its sort of business like normal.
robotnikman 4y ago
With Steam you can basically make your own personal Stadia with the steam link app, no need to re-buy any games again and no need to rely on anyone else's cloud services (as long as you have a decent connection and PC)
js8 4y ago
I backup all the games I have on Steam locally. If they ever go under, I will get a DRM crack.
jldugger 4y ago
I saw something the other day that really struck home on this: for any given software technology you encounter, your best estimate is that it's halfway through its useful lifetime. I know some TED level influencer had some story about basically everything in mail order catalogs from 100 year ago is still for sale somewhere today, so maybe it's wrong, or maybe software is just more prone to vanishing.
cptskippy 4y ago
In addition to Steam, I have GOG and Epic linked to my Steam Account, they sync my Steam purchases in their library if the publisher allows. So I would imagine if Steam did go under, they would all be clamouring to help users transition to their platforms.