Lee Duna to TechnologyEnglish • 11 months agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1778arrow-down112cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]technology
arrow-up1766arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comLee Duna to TechnologyEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square178fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]technology
minus-squareGreyBeardlinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoYou can make a backup of your Steam games too. A good portion of them can be copied out of the Steam folder and run completely independently. If you want to retain your steam games permanently, you are a free to hack them up as physical media.
minus-squareKaynlinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoA good portion, yes. The rest you’ll have to crack.
minus-square@TheGrandNaguslinkEnglish1•edit-211 months agoSo just like the DRM on physical media, only with fewer steps and no additional equipment.
You can make a backup of your Steam games too. A good portion of them can be copied out of the Steam folder and run completely independently. If you want to retain your steam games permanently, you are a free to hack them up as physical media.
A good portion, yes. The rest you’ll have to crack.
So just like the DRM on physical media, only with fewer steps and no additional equipment.