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They’re actually not just licenses. When you download a game from steam you get the game data. You can back up this gamedata if you wish. Sure it will have steam DRM but thats something onrme may get around one way or another.

This is the power of open platform like PC

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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Real and based. If you get them on GOG, you can download offline installers with no DRM. My GOG collection isn’t as big as my Steam, but it’s also fairly significant as well.

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GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
The same is true of Xbox consoles btw. You can back-up your game files from your Xbox to a external hdd and transfer them back to your Xbox in 50 years time and play them even if they’ve been delisted and Xbox no longer exists.

They are still only licenses though, same with steam. Steam still has verification servers. If steam disappeared you are no better off than if xbox did.

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