Added Dave the Diver to my wishlist!

I've been playing Minecraft modpacks, DDNet, and Last Epoch though. I'll get back to BG3 after I finish LE.

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Quoting: GuestWhy one should install a prepackaged flatpak with tons of deps to have something that works better in a tab of an already installed web browser?

Push to Talk is not available on the Web app.

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Native performs pretty great now, but there are a couple bugs still. Most notably is the missing character models on the character select and creation screens. It's annoying but not difficult to deal with, especially since on the character select you can click your character names on the right.

One time the features on the minimap disappeared but a quick Verify Files fixed it.

I can even play it on my new S76 Pangolin, the AMD integrated graphics handle LE like a champ!

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Quoting: wytrabbitYou can still have your physical media and ownership... many games on Steam are DRM-free, and don't require online access, so if you lose your account you keep those games.

Steam always enforces it's DRM, it doesn't matter if the game is DRM free or contains third party DRM. You can work around it if the game is DRM free. But then why use an "anti consumer" service like Steam in the first place? And the workaround works really poorly on the Steam Deck.

Quoting: wytrabbitYou can burn them to a physical disc if you want a hard copy. After that you could lend it to someone else, but keep in mind that selling or distributing your physical copy is a loss for the developer. It may not mean much for a big company, but indie teams need that revenue to stay afloat. Just food for thought.

I don't see the relevance of this information. Copying & lending is not allowed by the EULA (maybe it's even disallowed to run the games outside of Steam). The point about revenue would be true for physical releases, too.

Obviously a digital store can be good from a consumer stand point, it simplifies distribution. But this works very well without Steam's DRM (even if a game itself requires [Steam] DRM).

The point is: Valve actively restricts users, I don't see how freedom was ever an important concern of Valve.

I guess you're unaware that DRM free games that don't require any Steam services, can be launched outside of Steam... it's not illegal

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Quoting: poiuzValve was the company which killed physical media & took ownership away. Prior Steam you owned a copy you could lend or sell. With Steam you only received the license attached with additional constraints.

You can still have your physical media and ownership... many games on Steam are DRM-free, and don't require online access, so if you lose your account you keep those games.

You can burn them to a physical disc if you want a hard copy. After that you could lend it to someone else, but keep in mind that selling or distributing your physical copy is a loss for the developer. It may not mean much for a big company, but indie teams need that revenue to stay afloat. Just food for thought.

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Quoting: finaldestI would give up gaming in a heartbeat if valve were purchased by Microsoft.

Valve saved PC gaming when retailers gave us the 2 fingers in favour of consoles. At least prior generations had the advantage of physical media allowing game ownership. Now they want to kill the physical games media market also.

I own a Series X which is gathering dust and I would not have purchased it had I known Microsoft would make it impossible to play the game from the disk offline. I chose this option because I have poor internet so my anger was strong when I was forced to download these huge games files despite having the disk in my hand.

So I only buy physical games on PS5 now as SONY at least allows games to be played without updates but the bulk of my purchases are on PC simply because I trust Valve more than the competition to not somehow screw me over.

Microsoft can have Nintendo though as they are as anti consumer as Microsoft so would be a match made in heaven for them. The only problem is they are both just as greedy as each other so negotiating a deal in my view is highly unlikely to ever happen.

If you live in the US and have decent T-Mobile signal where you live, you should see if T-Mobile home Internet is available for your area. The speeds are not great, just 4g LTE or 5g, but they offer unlimited data without throttling. Perfect for some of the more remote areas of the US.

I recently switched my house over from Comcast, and I'm pretty happy to not have an Xfinity contract anymore.

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Quoting: pb"Unity", right. Time to change the name.

Discord is already taken.

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So co-op does currently work on Steam Deck?

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I think I'll wait for Fraymakers which goes into Early Access next month and has native Linux support

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Quoting: ljrkFurther, they don't support this product anymore.

I am skeptical that a company that chose to do what they did with installCore, has given up on being shady.

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