nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 hours agoGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down16cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.casteamdeck@lemmit.online
arrow-up1219arrow-down1external-linkGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'www.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.casteamdeck@lemmit.online
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-28 hours agoSteam is undoubtedly convenient. But if any game you care about keeping is on GOG, it’s a good idea to buy a copy on there, and then squirreling away the offline installer files/extracted game files somewhere safe.
minus-squareindex@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 minutes agoSteam is undoubtedly inconvenient. Imagine a third party proprietary launcher filled with ads was required to use your browser.
Steam is undoubtedly convenient.
But if any game you care about keeping is on GOG, it’s a good idea to buy a copy on there, and then squirreling away the offline installer files/extracted game files somewhere safe.
Steam is undoubtedly inconvenient. Imagine a third party proprietary launcher filled with ads was required to use your browser.