lapan said:
bahumat42 said:
Valve has said on numerous occasions that if this were ever to happen they would patch in a constant offline mode and disable all drm, they already have the patch waiting just in case.
So you will definitely be able to play your games. Just be sure to download all your games if you hear their going under and boom you have all your games available.
octafish said:
Valve is on record that they will unlock your games in this unlikely event.
I hope that will be true, however, there is no guarantee for that other than their word. Who knows if they still have the same mindset when they go under.
If they are going under anyway, they really have nothing to lose. I don't see why they wouldn't unless they suddenly become very evil.
And given their track record of being fair to the consumer, I don't think that's really likely.
ph0b0s123 said:
Denamic said:
ph0b0s123 said:
Legion said:
That's because "legally speaking" your brother is expected to buy his own copy.
Erm no. If I buy a retail game I can do with it what I want, hence why second hand game sales are not illegal.
Actually, no.
The license you rent when you 'buy' a game is for you and you alone.
To lend out the game to other people, including your brother, is piracy.
Selling it has nothing to do with it.
How has selling got nothing to do with it. If it is legal to sell my retail game why is not legal for me to give it away. So all those second hand game bins in shops are full of pirated games?
As I said I have not brought these games through steam. If I had brought it from steam, then I would agree, due to it being digital distribution, that I could not pass the game around. The same way I would not expect to be able to lend out a movie I got from netflix. But I don't expect to be accused of piracy for lending or giving a friend a DVD I have brought. If I made a copy of the movie or game and gave that to friends that would be piracy, no question.
The media industry have done a good job of brain washing you.
Part of the thing with DRM is it was meant to cut down on used sales. The legality of all that is kind of up in the air right now, but you should just keep in mind that anything with DRM is probably going to be tied to your system. Even some console games are like that now.
So he's not really "brainwashed" he's just stating the way things are. If you don't like that, speak with your wallet and don't buy games with DRM.
Also, as an aside, where do you live? I've always found Steam to be extremely cheap (got the two games you mentioned for 7.50 USD each), but I've heard this isn't the case in some countries.