Valve reminds Steam users they don't actually own a darn thing they buy, GOG pounces and says its games "cannot be taken away from you" thanks to offline installers
www.gamesradar.com
GOG previously said it wants "to ensure your gaming legacy is always in your hands"

I guess it’s just a matter of time before you subscribe to games, and you lose access when you stop paying.

  • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    132·
    2 months ago

    Good job completely missing my point.

    I was talking about the actual event that happened in the recent past and what all of these lazy copy-remix-paste articles are parroting. Let me break it down for you.

    • Steam was selling licenses a month ago.
    • California passed the law in question at some point.
    • Steam is selling licenses now but with a different label.

    Do you see how fuck all has changed in that period? You are getting the same deal, but journalists need the sensationalism, so they’re retelling the same known facts (known since the controversy decades ago where some famous person wrote into his will that his daughter should inherit his iTunes library and Apple said no) about the revocable licenses as if they had just discovered them.

    I’m fully aware of the consequences of digital-only distribution. I have stacks of PC game discs, and have dedicated a large part of my NAS to storing game installers. Do not talk down to me like I’m an idiot.

    • 1984@lemmy.todayOP
      212·
      2 months ago

      Yet you are trying to talk down to me. Sometimes the mirror is a great tool for learning about your own flaws, and it seems you read a lot more into what I wrote than was actually there.

      Anyway, I don’t really care. :) Plenty or angry people on Lemmy and I guess you have your reasons.