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[-] HKayn@dormi.zone 105 points 11 months ago

Don't find yourself in a false sense of security.

Your games on Steam are just as ephemeral as any other digital content purchased online.

[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 35 points 11 months ago

All the physical games i ever owned went up in flames when my house burned down. I can still play games i bought on steam in 2008

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[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

True, but at least at this point, Valve is not a publicly traded company. Gabe clearly understands that piracy is an availability/distribution problem.

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago

Even then in a worst case scenario due to the open platform piracy is a possibility. That's where some of the peace of mind comes from compared to purchasing of digital goods for a closed system.

[-] Aurix@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

Pirates are the librarians of the new age. But I caution you, much media cannot be found as soon as you step of the path of the big releases. So it really isn't the final solution.

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 14 points 11 months ago

It's the best we've got unlike the rather ridiculous proposals of backing up their own games some have made. Average person does not have the storage or the determination to digitize everything and keep it safe in case of corruption with multiple back ups.

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[-] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago

You’re just one heartbeat away from seeing Steam turn into an EA competitor by some billionaires son/ self made CEO

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

Incorrect. Steam games are licensed to you. If the dev or publisher want to remove the game from Steam, it will still be in your library.

[-] HKayn@dormi.zone 12 points 11 months ago

You conveniently left out that Valve can terminate your account for reasons unrelated to the games you'd lose that way.

[-] punseye@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

there is this old game "Blur", it got discontinued and delisted on Steam, yet those who owned it can still download and play it

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[-] Syrc@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

It still is, the Single Player is still available if you read the article. They just shut down servers, and that’s on Square Enix.

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