Sunshine@piefed.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoGabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy gameswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square232fedilinkarrow-up1400 cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1400external-linkGabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy gameswww.pcgamer.comSunshine@piefed.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square232fedilink cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
minus-squarerainbowbunny@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 days ago“Buy” games on Steam? Sure wish they let you own them.
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoBuying on steam has allowed me to play the same game for a decade on three platforms.
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoSome are DRM free and can be backed up at your leisure. I’m pretty sure that’s up to the developer to implement or not. It would be neat if steam let you sell a game back, but I’m not sure how to square that with “you have a drm free copy that’s trivial to copy”
minus-squareBNE@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoGod forbid people want to own their shit.
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“Buy” games on Steam? Sure wish they let you own them.
Buying on steam has allowed me to play the same game for a decade on three platforms.
Some are DRM free and can be backed up at your leisure. I’m pretty sure that’s up to the developer to implement or not.
It would be neat if steam let you sell a game back, but I’m not sure how to square that with “you have a drm free copy that’s trivial to copy”
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God forbid people want to own their shit.
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