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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by fluoridation on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @11:54PM (#48756356)
You can at least make local backups of your Steam games. If a game is removed such that you can't even download it anymore, you can always just install it manually.
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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by dtech on Thursday July 02, 2026 @02:09AM (#48757185)
Steam has DRM,so no. Easily cracked yes, but then you can just go the full pirate route.
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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by fluoridation on Thursday July 02, 2026 @02:42AM (#48757421)
The point is that with Steam you have more options than with consoles.
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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by lordfrikk on Thursday July 02, 2026 @02:37AM (#48757386)
Not completely true, many games on Steam in fact do not have any DRM. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48755132.
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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by Hikikomori on Thursday July 02, 2026 @06:49AM (#48759375)
Optional DRM, but essentially on by default. Could maybe consider it malicious compliance as its so easy to bypass but still allows them to check the DRM checkbox.
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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by j1436go on Thursday July 02, 2026 @04:40AM (#48758360)
That's what GOG offers. And I'd advise anyone to use GOG over Steam for their principles alone. Every game you purchase through their platform is DRM free and they go to a lot of effort to preserve retro titles that would be difficult to play nowadays without a lot of tinkering. They also put no limitation on how many family members you can share your games with.
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