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Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get 'Comfortable' Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off (www.ign.com)

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Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get 'Comfortable' Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off::An executive at Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft has said gamers will need to get “comfortable” not owning their games before video game subscriptions truly take off.

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[-] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"A lot"

How many? Because I think the actual % might surprise you quite a bit.

Can you play the games by purchasing them and then not having to ever download them using Steam?

The only DRM free games are physical copies, otherwise you rely on a specific service to be able to play, even if it's only once (like with GOG), it's a form of DRM.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"A lot"

Yes, a lot.

Can you play the games by purchasing them and then not having to ever download them using Steam?

Yes.

The only DRM free games are physical copies

No. Evidently you don't know what Digital Rights Management is.

If you can run it with no launcher, no software verifying purchase, you can back it up, copy it, distribute it, etc, then it's not DRM.

otherwise you rely on a specific service to be able to play, even if it's only once (like with GOG), it's a form of DRM.

Wait, what? You think buying a DRM-free game from a storefront is a form of DRM?

Ok then, let's use that logic. Buying a physical game from a shop is therefore also DRM, because you have to buy the game from them.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Proportionally it doesn't look too great

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steam

`>Can you play the games by purchasing them and then not having to ever download them using Steam?

Yes.`

Tell me how do you buy a game on Steam and play it without downloading it from their servers? 🤔

Wait, *what?* You think buying a DRM-free game from a storefront is a form of DRM?

It is, you depend on a digital storefront to have a proof of ownership and to download the game in the first place.

Buying a physical game from a shop is therefore also DRM

What's digital about physical copies?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That list doesn't have literally every DRM free game, almost every VR game I have doesn't have DRM and they are not on the list.

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