Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up1725arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1714arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square174fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareGreyBeard@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 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-squareKayn@dormi.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·1 year agoA good portion, yes. The rest you’ll have to crack.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·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.