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I don't think Valve provides statistics, or indeed searchability or even a mention on whether Steam itself is required. The only games where I've heard of that option being chosen have been small indie ones. That would point to something like 99.5% of Steam games requiring it.
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Originally posted by kringel View PostWhat sucks about not owning the copy entirely is sometimes forced auto-updates ("update required"). Example from the Windows world: People who would love to play an older version of Half-Life 2, e.g. from the physical copy they bought. There are some reasons to want this, but legally it is impossible. Or sometimes games get new features or updates can break something. That's a point against Steam, I agree.
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Originally posted by stqn View PostUnfortunately the games descriptions never mention if they require Steam or not. I?ve never seen it anyway. And I think many games with achievements and most games with multiplayer do?
That being said I?m not on a crusade against Steam. It?s fairly unobtrusive DRM (if it is), still works when the net is down (at least it did when I lost my internet for 2 weeks recently). I buy DRM-free games (i.e. Humble Store) when I can, but Steam is convenient and my life does not depend on being able to play every single one of the 130 games in my library .
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/lis...games_on_steam
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Originally posted by curaga View PostI don't think Valve provides statistics, or indeed searchability or even a mention on whether Steam itself is required. The only games where I've heard of that option being chosen have been small indie ones. That would point to something like 99.5% of Steam games requiring it.
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Originally posted by Kivada View PostYou are aware that you can disable updates on a per game level in Steam?
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Cant believe all the Valve hate here. Any improvement to linux is a great thing, even if Valve does it for financial reasons. Their interests happen to match your own, so be glad. Microsoft right now wants Xbox One to be successful as well as Windows, but gaming is bigger on PC than Xbone. They can't support one without losing the other. Microsoft don't care, they just want you to buy the latest Windows.
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Originally posted by Kivada View PostValve has already stated that in the unlikely event of them going out of buisness they will kill the need to log in
Not to mention the fact that many companies distributing their games on Steam will not give permission to Valve to release their game DRM free.
Originally posted by mike4 View PostWithout Valve, OpenGL might even die in the long run with people moving to dx12, metal, mantle.
Honestly, I do not hate Valve. I think I hate people who accept DRM though :/Last edited by kpedersen; 08 June 2014, 12:27 PM.
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Originally posted by kpedersen View PostIt is daft and naive to believe this. A company which has gone out of business does not have money to fund developers to update software (i.e Steam). A company which has gone out of business also has no money to host that patched version of the software (i.e Steam).
Not to mention the fact that many companies distributing their games on Steam will not give permission to Valve to release their game DRM free.
Disabling the call home would take a single patch only a few lines long that turned it off permanently. Thus leaving the only games that may give you any trouble being those that use 3rd party DRM, which is always clearly stated on their purchase page, these games are usually those put out by EA and Ubisoft.
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