▲ 113 ▼ Steam is a ticking time bomb (www.spacebar.news) submitted 2 years ago by corbin@infosec.pub to c/technology@beehaw.org 156 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Steam at least promised the games be playable without needing Steam to be online. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) A promise they have never honored. This was made blatantly clear when the steamdeck came out. Only some games can run in offline mode. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, some games are dependent on online mode, or don't make sense in offline mode. Especially MMOs. In the end, it's just shutting down the game servers. Got any specific names? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Almost every of the 1000 games in my steam account. Almost every game on there has coherent singleplayer mode. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) A promise they have never honored. This was made blatantly clear when the steamdeck came out. Only some games can run in offline mode. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, some games are dependent on online mode, or don't make sense in offline mode. Especially MMOs. In the end, it's just shutting down the game servers. Got any specific names? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Almost every of the 1000 games in my steam account. Almost every game on there has coherent singleplayer mode. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, some games are dependent on online mode, or don't make sense in offline mode. Especially MMOs. In the end, it's just shutting down the game servers. Got any specific names? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Almost every of the 1000 games in my steam account. Almost every game on there has coherent singleplayer mode. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Almost every of the 1000 games in my steam account. Almost every game on there has coherent singleplayer mode. permalink fedilink source parent