DRM was not popular on PC before Steam became popular. It used to be possible to buy physical copies of games without DRM. On consoles that is still the case.
I didn’t participate in the used games market, but the steam sales are like paying used game prices.
I don’t know, but you can’t sell your game anymore if you get bored of it, so it’s still a loss. Games are overpriced most of the time only to have a -75% off sale a few times a year.
I must have missed how vavle contributed to lootboxes and microtransactions, was that in their games?
Yes, Team Fortress 2, Dota 2, CS:GO.
Updates are turned on by default, but honestly moat games need the regular updates and steam made those so much easier.
They have also removed content from people’s games.
The devices with steamOS installed are sold to distribute steamOS…
Which is proprietary software.
f course they have to use proprietary libraries to use features. That is how it works…
So I can’t release a libre game on Steam and use those features. I can’t compete on the same level with proprietary games.
Awesome photo!