▲ 390 ▼ Gabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy games (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 3 months ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 233 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 28 points 3 months ago (5 children) "Buy" games on Steam? Sure wish they let you own them. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Rooster326@programming.dev 10 points 3 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) God forbid people want to own their shit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Rooster326@programming.dev -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] jtrek@startrek.website 8 points 3 months ago 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" permalink fedilink source parent [–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago Buying on steam has allowed me to play the same game for a decade on three platforms. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Rooster326@programming.dev 10 points 3 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) God forbid people want to own their shit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Rooster326@programming.dev -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) God forbid people want to own their shit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Rooster326@programming.dev -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Rooster326@programming.dev -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jtrek@startrek.website 8 points 3 months ago 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" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago Buying on steam has allowed me to play the same game for a decade on three platforms. permalink fedilink source parent