Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1777arrow-down112cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1765arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comLee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square179fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareGreyBeardlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year 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-square@TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year 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.