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Both gentle and vigorous snuggling.*Hard* or soft snuggling?![]()
The man has no limits to the depravity that he is capable of.
Both gentle and vigorous snuggling.*Hard* or soft snuggling?![]()
Well then we need to send him to the Bun-Bun jail for rehab.Both gentle and vigorous snuggling.
The man has no limits to the depravity that he is capable of.
"What if" scenarios. It's definitely happened on other store fronts and likely has on steam at some point. Is it something they do on a daily basis? No. Is it something to be concerned in about in the long term since they're often not giving you a refund? Yes. Sure you have your downloaded copy, but if something happens to that copy, there's a solid chance you're SOL unless you're sailing the high seas for an alternate copy.People keep saying Steam can just take my games away but, like... They're stored on my computer hard drive. I can play them without an internet connection. I can uninstall steam and still play them. I've done so.
So what the fuck are you lot on about? Is Gabe Newell going to kick down my door and purge my SSD?
They are stored on your hard drive, but most of them have a requirement that you have to connect to Steam to play it. So if they take it down, you can't play it, even if it's still on your drive. And it also means that you won't be able to reinstall it again after that either.People keep saying Steam can just take my games away but, like... They're stored on my computer hard drive. I can play them without an internet connection. I can uninstall steam and still play them. I've done so.
So what the fuck are you lot on about? Is Gabe Newell going to kick down my door and purge my SSD?
Not every person keeps every game they own permanently installed, steam has (usually due to the publisher) revoked download privileges in the past (I've lost a few older mainstream games this way), and if this happens and you don't happen to have the game installed at that point in time, you're SOL.People keep saying Steam can just take my games away but, like... They're stored on my computer hard drive. I can play them without an internet connection. I can uninstall steam and still play them. I've done so.
So what the fuck are you lot on about? Is Gabe Newell going to kick down my door and purge my SSD?
That's interesting, I didn't know they could remove it from your library entirely.Not every person keeps every game they own permanently installed, steam has (usually due to the publisher) revoked download privileges in the past (I've lost a few older mainstream games this way), and if this happens and you don't happen to have the game installed at that point in time, you're SOL.
I've had both happen I think valve would rather you keep it in your library but the publishers can do EULA bullshit and get it completely removed if they want to. At least in the land of no consumer rights, maybe not in the EU.That's interesting, I didn't know they could remove it from your library entirely.
I have a few games in my library that were removed from the store, but I can still download them just fine.
I mean, what are the chances that Steam takes away my game (for some reason? That's never adequately explained either) AND then I lose my hard copy?"What if" scenarios. It's definitely happened on other store fronts and likely has on steam at some point. Is it something they do on a daily basis? No. Is it something to be concerned in about in the long term since they're often not giving you a refund? Yes. Sure you have your downloaded copy, but if something happens to that copy, there's a solid chance you're SOL unless you're sailing the high seas for an alternate copy.
I mean sure. If you keep games in library, undownloaded, then you can have that taken away. But it seems silly, to me, to avoid the platform entirely when it's quite trivial to just... Download the games and have a backup. Consider the alternatives:Not every person keeps every game they own permanently installed, steam has (usually due to the publisher) revoked download privileges in the past (I've lost a few older mainstream games this way), and if this happens and you don't happen to have the game installed at that point in time, you're SOL.
Oh yeah that's just paranoid foolishness imo. I've got a huge steam library.But it seems silly, to me, to avoid the platform entirely when it's quite trivial to just
I mean, my own post that you quoted the entire point of the conversation. "What if". And I responded much as you did - do you need to worry about it? Likely not. Can/Has happened? Yes.I just don't understand the logic here.
Wait, you don't even claim your free game each week? I at least do that much....I just don't understand the logic here. I've used all kinds of distributors, from physical game stores and pawn shops to Epic and Ubisoft's platforms to Steam and Good Old Games, and honestly Steam is the most robust one I've yet to find. Between it and GoG Galaxy the only reason I even open Epic's program any more is to run Unreal Engine 5 for development purposes.
Licensing. People who bought Deadpool or... Transformer:Generations, for example, can no longer re install them.I mean, what are the chances that Steam takes away my game (for some reason? That's never adequately explained either) AND then I lose my hard copy?
That's because the exe for it doesn't "call home", Stellaris is the same way.I literally just launched Victoria 3 on a Virtual Box without Steam installed.