Valve funding VR projects, exclusivity-free, with pre-paid Steam revenue

Re:Valve funding VR projects, exclusivity-free, with pre-pai... by thejosh on Saturday June 18, 2016 @03:43AM (#11927491)

"good" drm where if they decide to ban you for whatever reason you cannot access the games you have "bought".

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Re:Valve funding VR projects, exclusivity-free, with pre-pai... by PhasmaFelis on Saturday June 18, 2016 @04:13AM (#11927548)

That's not true. The only way to get VAC-banned is to cheat in online games, and it only affects the game you cheated in and--for Source or GoldSource games--a few other multiplayer games that use the same engine. Source: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7849-RAD...

That's no different from what you'll get in non-Steam games. You cheat, you get banned.

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Re:Valve funding VR projects, exclusivity-free, with pre-pai... by tgb on Saturday June 18, 2016 @08:28AM (#11928249)

That's entirely false: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5406-WFZ...

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Re:Valve funding VR projects, exclusivity-free, with pre-pai... by PhasmaFelis on Saturday June 18, 2016 @01:14PM (#11929516)

That's suspended, not banned. Suspended accounts can usually be recovered if you talk to Steam support, and suspension still doesn't block you from playing your games, just from buying/selling/trading games and in-game items. (At least since 2013 or so; it may have been different before that, it's not entirely clear, but it's definitely the case now.)

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Re:Valve funding VR projects, exclusivity-free, with pre-pai... by tgb on Saturday June 18, 2016 @02:02PM (#11929817)

Oh interesting, thanks for the correction!

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Re:Valve funding VR projects, exclusivity-free, with pre-pai... by madeofpalk on Saturday June 18, 2016 @06:09AM (#11927805)

I would say that that has less to do with DRM and more to do with banning you from their multiplayer servers.

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