Karnewarrior

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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?
 

shadowtempered

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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?
"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.
 
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TheDevian

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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.
 
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TigerWolfe

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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.
 
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