• @[email protected]
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    1592 days ago

    In defense of the ‘drunken sailors’ of Steam, many of the games they’ve bought are likely to still be playable for a long time, some were bought in half-yearly sales, and some were part of ‘bundles’ that were bought for a different game. The 30% also pays for the Content Delivery Network, marketing, a forum and sometimes moderation, and a genuine customer feedback mechanism. Who wouldn’t want to be part of an un-enshittified system? Fanboy? You bet. I’m not saying they can do no wrong, but they’re doing a lot right.

    • natryamar
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      932 days ago

      buying a game for 90% off sure sounds responsible to me lol

      • @[email protected]
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        522 days ago

        I’ve spent ~$1200 and have 227 games to show for it. Plus now works on almost any computer and cloud saves. Steam offers so much gonna be hard to unseat them.

      • TheLowestStone
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        212 days ago

        Yup. I bought The Forest for $2 a year ago and I’m sure I’ll play it eventually.

    • @[email protected]
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      132 days ago

      If gaben decides tomorrow to shut it all down, everything is gone. They might have a lot of good will based on past behavior, but in the end it’s still a company and you have zero control over what they do. You don’t actually own any of those games.

      • Rentlar
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        152 days ago

        Technically, uh no. Many of the games I haven’t loaded onto my PC would no longer be accessible, correct. But I have a copy of Goldberg emulator, in case Valve doesn’t hold up their end of the bargain.

        • @[email protected]
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          42 days ago

          Then technically I am correct? If Valve just shuts down, it’s all gone. You might find a workaround for some of the stuff you happen to have downloaded right now, but in general, everything you “bought” is gone.

          • @[email protected]
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            142 days ago

            Technically it would be the same case for GOG too if that happened, since the average consimer doesn’t back up all the games they pay for.

            In the end when it comes to digital most consumers rely on convenience and trust than taking the extra step to back up stuff so they remove the dependency.

            That’s why the actual back up for lot of people is piracy as the final line of defense and archiving.

          • @[email protected]
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            52 days ago

            “Technically, if your computer breaks and you can’t recover those games after Valve decides to close its doors, those games are gone forever.” Yeah, and? Is there a storefront that doesn’t apply to? Just how long do you think CDs and floppy disks (and the hardware to access them) last, if you haven’t lost them already? Is it more or less than Valve’s lifespan so far?

      • @[email protected]
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        52 days ago

        If steam shutdown it would probably mean PC gaming itself is dead and the industry is in really big trouble.