Sunshine@piefed.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoGabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy gameswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square235linkfedilinkarrow-up1404arrow-down115
arrow-up1389arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square235linkfedilink
minus-squarerainbowbunny@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·1 month ago“Buy” games on Steam? Sure wish they let you own them.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down4·1 month agodeleted by creator
minus-squareBNE@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoGod forbid people want to own their shit.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-21 month agodeleted by creator
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month 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-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoBuying on steam has allowed me to play the same game for a decade on three platforms.
“Buy” games on Steam? Sure wish they let you own them.
deleted by creator
God forbid people want to own their shit.
deleted by creator
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”
Buying on steam has allowed me to play the same game for a decade on three platforms.