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minus-squaregarretble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoSteam kinda killed physical PC games 20 years ago. And the Steam zealots will come and say, “Yeah, but but you can still buy games on other storefronts! So it’s not like this Sony thing at all!” OK, sure. But Steam still helped kill physical games on PC.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoBut since PS is an open platform, you can preserve your digital games for it. Not always legally, but buying isn’t owning anyway.
minus-squaregarretble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoYeah, no game bought on Steam is owned, just licensed. It sucks. Have to go to other places to actually own it digitally.
Steam kinda killed physical PC games 20 years ago.
And the Steam zealots will come and say, “Yeah, but but you can still buy games on other storefronts! So it’s not like this Sony thing at all!” OK, sure.
But Steam still helped kill physical games on PC.
But since PS is an open platform, you can preserve your digital games for it. Not always legally, but buying isn’t owning anyway.
Yeah, no game bought on Steam is owned, just licensed. It sucks. Have to go to other places to actually own it digitally.