Publishers already tried this (EA, Ubisoft, etc) and it didn't really work. They came back to Steam.
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Hopefully they add Linux support soon.
Apparently, Linux hosts do not show up when setting up the connection. Hopefully Linux support gets implemented ASAP.
I remember something about that from The Matrix.
I did take a look at them and bookmarked one of the news sites, thanks 👍
The only issue with that is their prices go up if their costs go up. Kind of like how grocery stores claim that theft causes prices to go up. It is their money, though it does feel bad paying them.
"in a world where search doesn't exist, one man, one labrinth of folders he must click through."
I stopped looking at Lemmy for a long time, up until yesterday, due to the content being really depressing. Reddit didn't hate society, capitalism, or really everything as much as the Lemmy users seem to. I might stop doomscrolling here again.
Oooh, pirates!
Right now Valve could disappear and gaming on Linux would continue, better for the efforts Valve have already made. I would think that the improvements would stagnate without Valve, though.
Non-Steam utilities like Lutris, Bottles and Heroic run games nearly as well as Steam. We'd carry on.
I remember the physical media PC game days. At the end, the games had horrible copy protection/DRM. I remember not having an internet connection for a while and I went to buy a game that I could play. All the games on the shelf had a notice on the box that said "internet connection required". Single player games needed to be activated, and if you ran out of activations you either had to contact the company to reset it or you were shit outta luck. I far prefer the combination of Steam and GoG.