Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1778cross-posted to: technology@kbin.socialhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foogaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1778external-linkPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comLee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square179fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@kbin.socialhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foogaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareGreyBeardlinkEnglish7•7 months agoYou can make a backup of your Steam games too. A good portion of them can be copied out of the Steam folder and run completely independently. If you want to retain your steam games permanently, you are a free to hack them up as physical media.
minus-square@TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-27 months agoSo just like the DRM on physical media, only with fewer steps and no additional equipment.
You can make a backup of your Steam games too. A good portion of them can be copied out of the Steam folder and run completely independently. If you want to retain your steam games permanently, you are a free to hack them up as physical media.
A good portion, yes. The rest you’ll have to crack.
So just like the DRM on physical media, only with fewer steps and no additional equipment.