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dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

build a steam library that you’ll have 20 years from now

How do you know that Steam will be around in 20 years? Use GOG instead, since the DRM-free game installers will outlive Steam :)

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woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

How do you know that Steam will be around in 20 years?

Use GOG instead, since the DRM-free game installers will outlive Steam :)

How do you know Windows will keep compatibility in 20 years? Valve money partially goes into Proton/WINE development and an evolution of that will absolutely be around in 20 years, just WINE was around 20 years ago already. CD Project doesn’t put any GOG/Cyberpunk money into breaking the Windows monopoly. (Also plenty of titles on Steam come without DRM because DRM is optional.)

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- dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  
  plenty of titles on Steam come without DRM because DRM is optional
  
  That’s true - for the DRM-free Steam games, you can just keep a separate backup copy of the game files. They usually run fine without Steam installed.
  
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- cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  My GOG games run great on wine, it just takes a bit more work to install them. Wine has better support for early windows games than windows does now.
  
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