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Steam itself is a form of DRM.
by cjh_ 14y ago
Steam itself is a form of DRM.
- Semaphor 14y agoThough only in so far as to requiring you to install it through steam.
- Shivetya 14y agoNot true. I have physical media for some of my games that are "steam" connected. I cannot lend these to another person, nor give them to another even in my own household because they are locked to my account in Steam. I cannot play some of my Steam, actually I think I only have one that will play, without first connecting to Steam. So if Gabe wants to sell us on a brave new world perhaps he should free the games Steam holds hostage now.
- Semaphor 14y agoAs I said, that's the publishers/developers choice, NOT Steams. Outdated list of DRM-free (once installed) Steam games: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_drmfree_games_on_steam/page1 http://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_drmfree_games_on_st...
- cjh_ 14y agoEvery steam game I own requires the steam client to be running while I am playing the game, the games become bricked if I remove steam so this is DRM. I can go into offline mode for most games, but the client must always be there. Installing the game requires both the steam client and a connection, this is authorizing the install and is DRM.
- Semaphor 14y agoAs I said, that's the publishers/developers choice, NOT Steams. Outdated list of DRM-free (once installed) Steam games: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_drmfree_games_on_steam/page1 http://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_drmfree_games_on_st...