What do you think will happen to your Steam games when Steam gets shut down someday?
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Dude, don't contest the valve circlejerk. Gaben is love. Gaben is life.
What good is a steam key when steam is dead? The CD keys might do you some good though.
I might have fumbled what I meant to say.
I meant that they can release access to the servers so that people can download the installers for the games instead of just installing through Steam.
That way people could just keep the games in an external drive or even burn them to DVD's.
In this scenario Valve has collapsed, to what server would they release all the games to? Who would pay for these server, valve certainly not
I'm thinking they wouldn't close overnight, so they could do this with maybe a month in advance, no?
Good thinking, I was sorta thinking like in an apocaliptic type situation when they just abandon everything and shut it all down.
Well Steam is releasing the SteamOS consoles so they are even cutting other consoles from the loop, I can't wait form having a console that can play Steam's huge games library.
Kandikkal
Member
We can't expect that much from Valve.
Reaper_13
Member
We can't expect that much from Valve.
Dude, don't contest the valve circlejerk. Gaben is love. Gaben is life.
Kandikkal
Member
Reaper_13
Member
What good is a steam key when steam is dead? The CD keys might do you some good though.
Oakster
Member
I might have fumbled what I meant to say.
I meant that they can release access to the servers so that people can download the installers for the games instead of just installing through Steam.
That way people could just keep the games in an external drive or even burn them to DVD's.
Reaper_13
Member
In this scenario Valve has collapsed, to what server would they release all the games to? Who would pay for these server, valve certainly not
Oakster
Member
I'm thinking they wouldn't close overnight, so they could do this with maybe a month in advance, no?
Reaper_13
Member
Good thinking, I was sorta thinking like in an apocaliptic type situation when they just abandon everything and shut it all down.
Oakster
Member
Well Steam is releasing the SteamOS consoles so they are even cutting other consoles from the loop, I can't wait form having a console that can play Steam's huge games library.
kaitheteen
Member
I'm pretty sure it's gonna be after I stop caring about videogames in general. Haha! Sadly, I'm probably gonna grow out of it when I get older.
Wubwub
Well-Known Member
There definitely would be an uproar and I guess the only thing that would prevent them is the terms of agreement which I'm sure they have covered.
I think that if they wanted to shut down Steam someday, they would give you a notice a month before they do so, so that you can download all of the games that you want to the PC or an external drive. This is the only way that you will be able to access the games when Steam wouldn't be online anymore in my opinion.
Yup, people here have said it. DRM-free and unlocked games for all, once Steam goes down.
That said, though, I think Valve made that promise with the confidence that Steam would be alive virtually forever, don't you guys think so? I don't think it's in any danger with the current business model. Some people like to think of Steam as DRM itself, but it's actually a good product and service that I voluntarily use because I like it, and enjoy its many features, especially with the beautiful new interface and capability for in-home streaming.
That said, though, I think Valve made that promise with the confidence that Steam would be alive virtually forever, don't you guys think so? I don't think it's in any danger with the current business model. Some people like to think of Steam as DRM itself, but it's actually a good product and service that I voluntarily use because I like it, and enjoy its many features, especially with the beautiful new interface and capability for in-home streaming.
