Re:Steam Hardware pre-order
by squeaky-clean on Friday June 05, 2015 @10:50AM
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> Steam in itself is DRM. You can't run games without it.
Not at all true. The publisher/developer have to implement the DRM. I could put the folder for Bastion into my dropbox and share the game with you right now. You wouldn't need Steam to play it.
> You must be online to use it, unless you manually specify offline mode( you must be online to do this ).
This hasn't been the case for a few years. Offline mode now works without having to specify it beforehand.
Not at all true. The publisher/developer have to implement the DRM. I could put the folder for Bastion into my dropbox and share the game with you right now. You wouldn't need Steam to play it.
> You must be online to use it, unless you manually specify offline mode( you must be online to do this ).
This hasn't been the case for a few years. Offline mode now works without having to specify it beforehand.