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Re:Ending Support for macOS and Linux by sillysaurusx on Thursday January 23, 2020 @10:36PM (#22135189)
Worked real well for TV. Lots of people went back to piracy because you have to be on so many platforms.

I guess it's not a fair comparison though, since you can't really subscribe to steam. So I regret saying anything.

Has anyone tried that model? "Pay us $30/mo and play whatever you want."

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Re:Ending Support for macOS and Linux by mroche on Thursday January 23, 2020 @11:00PM (#22135288)
EA has this with Origin Access (2 tiers, $5m/$30y and $15m/$100y), alongside Ubisoft with UPlay+ ($15m). And I guess platforms like Stadia would fall under this category.

Of course, the games are specific to the publisher or the partnerships the platform has.

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Re:Ending Support for macOS and Linux by jamie_ca on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:27AM (#22135632)
See also Xbox Game Pass for PC (10+ games, Windows 10), and VivePort Infinity (for VR, 600+ games).
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Re:Ending Support for macOS and Linux by oarsinsync on Friday January 24, 2020 @09:02AM (#22138300)
Playstation Now for PS4/PC (800+ games, PS4 / Windows)
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