Sunshine@piefed.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoGabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy gameswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square229linkfedilinkarrow-up1399arrow-down115 cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.worldpcmasterrace@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1384arrow-down1external-linkGabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy gameswww.pcgamer.comSunshine@piefed.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square229linkfedilink cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.worldpcmasterrace@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squarerainbowbunny@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·2 days ago“Buy” games on Steam? Sure wish they let you own them.
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoBuying on steam has allowed me to play the same game for a decade on three platforms.
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day 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”
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minus-squareBNE@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·23 hours 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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