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I did not realize they were trying to compete in the first place.

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[-] Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 62 points 1 month ago

To be honest I really do prefer buying games on GOG. One day steam will go shit and we will be stuck with huge game libraries locked there. The day GOG goes dark I’ll still have all the offline installers of everything I bought.

[-] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

Piracy is our friend. If Steam ever goes to shit, gamers would go back to piracy.

[-] florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 month ago

Steam also never took it's eye off the piracy ball. Offer up a service better than free piracy.

Just pulling from my memory:

  • Family Share
  • Easy controller support
  • Game Casting
  • Gameplay recording
  • "Invisible Login" for social network
  • Torrent from a local area network friend who has the game on their computer
  • (list goes on)
[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago

Steam Workshop is pretty nice to.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Exactly. Steam makes it easier and better than piracy. That said I paid for my games. I recognize that they say they're a license or whatever, but nah, they remove access, I go get what I've purchased elsewhere.

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