Steam is the same as sony.
works on my machine
>need to be online to go offlineI don't get Steam
>>745916523Don't bother, you will never get it through their thick skulls that calling out Valve for the things it does wrong is a good thing.
>>745916523>gogvssteam (1)
>>745916523how 2 crip images?
Its sad PC gamers threw away this and their ownership for convenience.You say physical on retail is dead for consoles because you can never trust companies, sure, but why are we all OK with steam's DRM. We should boycott steam like sony, until we get always offline ownership FOREVER.
>>745916523Haha, I get it! It's funny because Cuphead is also playable offline on steam and you can't buy Age of Empires II: DE on GoG! Great joke OP! top kek
>>745916523>drop in custom steamapi.dll>launch .exe
>>745916770Most of Steam's services use their servers to validate and update things like the license, playtime, cloud saves, achievements, etc. By manually telling Steam that you're going offline, it can change how it saves data so it can save that data locally until it has a chance to reconnect and update it on Steam's online servers, which would then be ready to receive all that data at once. The actual DRM involved depends on the game: some require Steam to have validated offline mode, some work regardless, and others will require their own internet connections separate from Steam.
>>745917746nakadashi
>>745916770literally never happens. you sure you arent mixing it with Epic?
>>745916523its been 20 years and I was never forced to log in in order to play games. why do """people""" keep repeating this bullshit? is it some windows 11 thing or something?
>>745916523saar i will redeem the steamyou cannot stop me
>>745918841No, it's a certain remote-muncher dog seething 24/7 about his competitor being objectively better in every possible way.
>>745917746
>>745918736A long time ago, it was true. You couldn't start Steam, it fails to connect, and it falls back to offline mode. You literally had to manually choose it while online. That was changed early, though.
>>745916523Works for me.I bet your pay Nintendo an extra Internet subscription don't ya
>>745917692You logged into a DRM client, offline mode isn't offline. It's still connected. Still not always offline forever or DRM free. That's not ownership of the games always offline forever.Even if you turn off updates, they can still update it through hidden updates because it's a proprietary client, and they have the right to choose how long you can play the game offline embedded in the launcher itself.It's not ownership it's DRM.
>>745921817>offline mode isn't offlineSo if I disconnect my network connection, it's still connecting through the ether?>hidden updates>source: my ass
>>745918841You don't know that and that's not the point either. Whether they have or haven't doesn't matter it's that they can and it's a proprietary DRM client. They can update the client in any way they want they can specify how long you can play offline you have no control over the game you don't own it.You should not give a company who uses restrictive DRM your money.I can download my GOG game or a pirate of game since I'm not going to give steam money and it will work forever permanently with a guarantee you can't say that about steam.
>>745921898You cannot guarantee that the game will run forever because it's a proprietary client it is using DRM. DRM free with no proprietary client means it's guaranteed to work offline forever.
>Steam dies>Lose all my games>GOG dies>Still have my gamesSimple as.
>>745922013Furthermore if you do go online and update games on the same computer they can sneak in an update that can completely remove all your offline access if they wanted to. If you try to use a different computer to download games from Steam they can update the steamworks DRM API to make it incompatible with older versions of steam. I say again if you do not own it DRM free and always offline forever you do not own it.
>>745922013I can smell your favela. Who's actually offline for more than 15 minutes?
>thread goes silent again because all the different personalities of the anti-Steam schizo are eating borscht
>>745922152>steam dies>lose nothing since i pirate>gog dies>lose nothing since i pirate
>steam dies>I've been dead for 100 years>gog dies>go pick up new years 2027 fireworks
>>745923557>mfw i get fireworks AND my games
>>745922152>>Steam diesWill never happen, too big to fail now>GoG diesWill happen
>>745916523you are right, but as long as Gabe is still there it works, might not forever though, sad
>>745923782>too big to fail nowYou're naiive to think that lol
>>745916523I just use bothYou homos need real problems to complain about
>>745921532So why did the frognigger lie?
>>745923782>Will never happenYeah, it will just get bought by Sony when Gabe dies and become PSNOnline
GOGfor old gamesSteamfor modern slopsimple as. I don’t know why but older game are optimized way better on GOG
>>745925696GOG makes sure it's updated and has any fan mods that people would install from the get go instead of whatever the publisher/dev ship
>>745925696GOG steals community patches and cracks, and applies them to the game in the bundle. It becomes a frankenstein mess of shit you need to undo to get a virgin (like GOG users) copy.
>Daily anti-valve thread #4>Every day since rothschilds lost their lawsuitPlease rajeet, just tell your israeli masters the campaign failed. No one gives a fuck.
>>745926778Hell the schizos and shitposters that would spam these threads hardly care anymore
>>745923920because lots of people lie just to get a rise out of people
>>745916523>>745921817>>745922013https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_games_on_SteamretardI also have a bunch games on GOGretard
>>745928704Signing your posts is against the rules.
>>745916523Fuck steam. Give me the damn exes.
>>745928909Steam gives you the exes.
>>745917675If you take the GOG and pirate pill, then physical is just disgustingly restrictive. Show me a single sony or Nintendo game that openly lets you modify it and rip it apart, for the sake of modding and backup purposes. That means no DRM or copy protection of any kind.
>>745928760funny, but my replied still makes you look like an retard
>>745929220>/v/ is one person
>>745929252I just posted a link showing that there are games sold on Steam without DRM and that you don't need the launcher to play themWhat do you think about that?
>>745929716I'm not the guy you're arguing with.
>>745916523Steam lets me install GOG games on my GabeCube.Sony doesn't.
>>745930020So why are you answering me? If you play on Steam and GOG, you're fine
>>745917746>look up the artist behind the animation>cunt uses fucking FOMO on his paywalled stuff and deletes old stuff forever, for the people who are paying for itHoly shit I hate artists so much it's unreal.
>>745916523I haven’t been offline since the early 2000s. What third world country do you live in?
>>745916523A single line of numbers in a text file is all you need to disable steam's online DRM on any game.
>>745916523Steam>already logged in, why would i be logged out?>double-click on game>if installed, it launches.>if not, it downloads, then launchsGOG>have to log onto horrible websight>oh good it thinks this is an unrecognized browser, gotta do MFA>refresh email, refresh email, refr- fucking finally, here's my code>alright now i have to navigate this pretend physical library for the box art.>"DO YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD THE GOG GALAXY VERSION???" no of course holy shit!!!>locate the much smaller option that says offline launcher download>wait what the fuck it's split into like 30 distinct 4gb downloads? huh???? i have to download all 30 of them manually? what the fuck>and download and patch the DLC manually lmao that's another 10 download links i have to click>many hours later i remember oh yeah i want to play a gog game>navigate to downloads folder>lol yep 40 fucking 4gb files, jesus christ, this is a nightmare>accidentally double click on the latest porn video i downloaded from /gif/>plays full volume
>>745921945is this a pasta?
