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Last edited by t3g on 13 April 2020 at 11:04 pm UTC
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I buy Steam keys from the likes of GMG, Humble, Fanatical and others when the keys are on sale. Normally I don't buy direct from the publishers simply because of the silly price.
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I can kind of understand it, as it's a bit of the same with me on GOG. It's a good platform and it's easy to keep a local library by using lgogdownloader. Don't give a rat's ass about their version of bloatware, but some people do (and ofc GOG "need" achievements too). I prefer to buy games directly from developers, though, as long as they are DRM Free. It's win-win. I get the same product that I want, and the developer get 100% of the money. Better for all concerned. Admittedly this is not often an option, but it's nice when I can do it.
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Nice. This sounds somewhat similar to the Bus factor.
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Well, for me it's just that Steam was the first. I am on Steam since the very beginning (although my first account got banned when I tried a already used Counter-Strike: Source BETA key :() and have hundreds of games there.
So I only have games on other platforms if I really wanted that game and there really was no Steam alternative. Steam by now is a full featured client and all the other clients are lacking in many aspects. The only reason I might fully switch to another client is if I can import all my Steam games to another platform.
That won't ever happen off course.
And by now, I am on Linux since Proton released. Valve is doing great work here and I want to reward that and it's just easy to play Windows games on Linux with Steam (or Lutris).
I never really thought about Steam dieing. It is possible, but if it happens it happens. It sucks but since I rarely, if ever, replay games, it's not a big loss. There are worse things in the world.
Last edited by Sojiro84 on 17 April 2020 at 6:28 am UTC
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Don't think I will be buying anymore games from Steam. I usually hit GOG, itch.io and then Humble Bundle for the DRM-FREE games.
It's very rare for me to buy a game on GOG. I like DRM-Free games, but GOG is just not efficient to use on Linux in my opinion, especially if you compare it to Steam.