Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1793arrow-down112cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1781arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comLee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square178fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareGreyBeard@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 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-squareKayn@dormi.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·7 months agoA good portion, yes. The rest you’ll have to crack.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 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.