If Steam allows DRM-free games on their platform why don't they give you the option to download an offline installer like GOG?
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>>729223447>If Steam allows DRM-free games on their platform why don't they give you the option to download an offline installer like GOG?They don't want to cannibalize GOG's already small userbase kek
it only takes someone to make a simple, retard-proof bypass script and piracy blows up
>>729223521I don't know even know what your talking about but fuck off back to >>>/pol/ where you belong
>>729223447Because if you go through Steam for everything, then you sit through advertising and product placement meant to encourage more consumption.
>>729223560>corporations don't want to make money
>>729223447Just zip them yourself.
>>729223447>Weekly launcher update just like windows>Can't play offline>Expensive compared to other platform>Can scam steam support into giving you someone's account via key exploit >Popus and constant ads>Recommend shit gamesDon't care still give my money to valve
>>729223693>>729225793Will they work on another PC without properly installing them though? I found conflicting answers on the Internet about it.
>>729223447Because its already installed. Just repackage it in a .zip and its the same thing. Are you retarded?
>>729223447I thought you could play games in offline steam mode
>>729223447Why would you want to download an installer Nothing is stopping a developer from packaging in an installer I suppose, but steam doesn't have installers. You want them to make a new system to have like 1% of games use it for 1% of their userbase? What a waste of time
>>729227863I read something about the fact when the game is installed normally it has to access the registry and it creates folders for config files and such elsewhere in the computer, so copyng and pasting just the game files might not always work
>>729227891>Why would you want to download an installer>seriously asking this in the age of "own nothing and be happy"
>>729227729Generally, they should. However, the games might have some Steam scripts for installing additional dependencies(like VC++ redist) so you might have to do that manually if you move the installation to a new system. So yes, you CAN run into trouble, but it's not really Steam's fault.
>>729223649How does that work when you can launch steam to the library page automatically?
>>729228563Steam doesn't "install" games the way old setups did, it literally is just downloading files over the internet from their servers to your computer, no changes are made to registry at all except the ones that game exectuable file will do after you launch it.
>>729227729Yes. The only time you might have a problem is if you use a Microsoft Installer to install your game because the registry entries are not transferred and they may be required, but Steam doesn't use that.
>>729228845Downloading an installer doesn't make you own the game any more than downloading the game does
Reminder, you don't own any games on Steam. You're just leasing them.
>>729231405You don't own any software, retard. Read the license terms.
>>729231540>You don't own any software, retard.It's mines the moment it's on my computer and they cannot take it away. Nay, on the internet itself.
>>729227729you'd be surprised at the amount of steam games that do work like that, yeah
>>729231606That's called piracy.
>>729231653It's called, I don't give a fuck.
>>729231663I don't care if you care. The point is that you own a game from Steam that's DRM free every bit as much as you own a pirated game. Which is to say you don't.
>>729231732>The point is that you own a game from Steam that's DRM free every bit as much as you own a pirated game"Piracy" is just a jew invention.
>>729223447most of DRM free games can be just zipped up and unzipped or just copied and still work perfectly well
>>729231786Intellectual property in and of itself is a social construct, piracy is just an emotionally loaded term to refer to intellectual property infringement which is a legal construct.If you were to take it logically, you literally CAN'T own software nor can "intellectual property" exist because it doesn't have a tangible form. It's like owning a word or an idea, completely fucktarded.
>>729231940>Intellectual property in and of itself is a social construct, piracy is just an emotionally loaded term to refer to intellectual property infringement which is a legal construct.All jew terms. I dont care about your bloated definitions. It's on my computer, I own it.
>>729231653it's called GOG
>>729231997Yeah I'm sure you own every single one of those 1s and 0s and caress them each morning before getting out of bed, sub 60 IQ retard.
>>729232145triggered kike
>>729223447Because steam doesn't want you to have this level of freedom
here you go saarhttps://github.com/SteamAutoCracks/Steam-auto-crack
>>729231606So are my Steam games.
>>729232834>So are my Steam games.Gabe says you dont.
>>729230489Gives you permanent access to it without depending on third parties however.
>>729233606I don't care what he says. I own them since there's nothing he can do to take them away.
>>729235698>I own them since there's nothing he can do to take them away.https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4F62-35F9-F395-5C23
>>729223447What is the purpose of an offline installer for a digital distribution service?
You don't actually need installers
>>729223447>DRM free games on steam>DRM free>on steam...
Most of the games on mac do this. I have an ancient macbook and I move the apps over to it and 95% of the time they work.
>>729223447I thought they did? I distinctly remember there being an "archive" feature or something along those lines that let you burn an installer to a disc.
>>729238829Yeah that's still there and I'm pretty sure it still works, although I haven't been to a LAN and passed it around to get everyone up and running lately.
>>729228845>when zip files are too difficult
>>729240291>7zipWhy? WinRAR is closed source and therefore better.
>>729231732I own my PC that my game installs are saved on so by extension, I own the game installs:^)
>>729238829You might be thinking of steam backup? I've never used it but they have a help page for it.
>>729223447>download an offline installerWhy would anyone want that? Steam is more convenient.
>>729244151Because then you can waste extra space hoarding games you "own." GOG has a very real possibility of going under within the next few years, and GOGlems think that instability + offline installers > stability + the ability to copy shit out of a directory after installation.
>>729223447You download a game and then copy it's folder to use when you want it. Steam has no need for installers, it itself is a network pipeline installer. The real question is why the are so few drm free games on steam
>>729247623GOG has under 7000 games. Steam has over 60000. I'd bet on Steam having more DRM free games than GOG has total.
