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Ever since steam started pulling games and locking out people's ability to play them at publishers' behest, I've been working to re-buy my entire library on GoG. Haven't regretted it since.

Steam has always been DRM from the start. People forget about the early protests, which VALVe quashed by holding Half Life 2 hostage.




>Ever since steam started pulling games and locking out people's ability to play them at publishers' behest

Name the game that you mean. Activision pulled "Transformers Devastation" from steam some time ago. It is not in the store, it is not for sale, and in my library it doesn't even have the background image, because it was pulled before that functionality existed.

However, I bought it before it was pulled. It is still in my library, I can still download it, and can play it whenever I want.

So again, provide a link to this story or don't spread rumors.


Rather than provide my intial example, here's a more recent and well known one instead :)

https://www.pcgamesn.com/only-up/steam-removed

You might have heard of this little indie game, streamed by only a few tens of thousands of people on twitch and youtube.


That article seems to prove the parent poster’s point, no? It says that it’s no longer for sale but still playable afaict


There's also the famous example of PT on the PS4. If I remember the name of the game that made me switch my position, I'll add it here.


How it PT on the PS4 at all relevant in a discussion about games being taken off steam?


"locking out people's ability to play them at publishers' behest" Can you please elaborate? Is it like the publishers permabanning people from games then denying a refund? Or how does it look like?


You're going to need to bring some receipts if you're throwing around accusations like that.


Just one data point I remember - I believe the GTA games had music tracks removed.




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