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Larian Studios defends Valve: Steam's success is deserved (www.gamereactor.eu)

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[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As far as I know the Steam DRM is not mandatory to use for developers.

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[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, I still need to go through Steam for every install.

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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Non-drm steam games can actually just be copied around like you would copy the installer

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[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I still need the client once (RIP Windows 7), and installations are not guaranteed to be portable.

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