sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGamers push back: 71% say they’re not ready to let physical games die as PlayStation and Xbox move toward a digital-only future”www.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square197linkfedilinkarrow-up1673arrow-down18
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minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYeah that’s my problem with it as well. People keep going “but steam does the same thing” but with steam I actually have the install on my computer, a computer which valve does not control and they cannot take things off me after the fact.
minus-squaredatavoid@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI believe you are thinking of GoG, not Steam.
minus-squareJohanno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoYesnt. Steam can absolutely remote remove your library. They never did and probably won’t do it. But they could
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThey can take a game off sale but they can’t take something from me that I’ve already downloaded.
minus-squareJohanno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·30 days agoIn most European countries yes. They can’t legally. But they can technically.
minus-squareLwL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoThey cannot if you back it up to a folder outside of the steam directory. Provided of course the game doesn’t use Steam’s DRM.
minus-squarematthurtme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoHow can they do that? I’m curious
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minus-squarematthurtme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days agoDamn dude, thanks for the insight
Yeah that’s my problem with it as well. People keep going “but steam does the same thing” but with steam I actually have the install on my computer, a computer which valve does not control and they cannot take things off me after the fact.
I believe you are thinking of GoG, not Steam.
Yesnt. Steam can absolutely remote remove your library.
They never did and probably won’t do it. But they could
They can take a game off sale but they can’t take something from me that I’ve already downloaded.
In most European countries yes. They can’t legally. But they can technically.
They cannot if you back it up to a folder outside of the steam directory. Provided of course the game doesn’t use Steam’s DRM.
How can they do that? I’m curious
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Damn dude, thanks for the insight