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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Would it be worthwhile to add an additional metric for people who now own Steam Decks? Like we could select which version we bought (or will buy in approximately 48 days once my reservation is eligible) and what tools/tweaks we use.

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Quoting: torhamespecially since they will shutdown their servers at some point.

You only need to login once, you can continue to play offline if the servers shutdown. I verified it a little while ago, the offline mode kicks in after 10 seconds of no response from the server.

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Quoting: dmoonfireI also recall that the developer said you only had to log in the first time, then you could play the game disconnected. I don't remember having to log in again after the first time but even if it is, my Steam games log far more activity and I'm willing to accept that.

For a small development, it is an impressive game and very enjoyable, though difficult since it took me forever to figure out how to make coal properly.

I just verified by disabling my internet connection, there is an offline mode that kicks in after 10 seconds of no response from the server. Since I logged in previously it assumed the same account.

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Quoting: torhamB2P

Buy To Play

I guess you could say it's a form of DRM, but typically what people refer to as DRM is third-party software built-in to the game which this doesn't have.

Quoting: torhamThe fact that you have a copy of the game verifies that you bought the game.

That doesn't mean much, it's the same deal with Minecraft. You could have acquired a copy of the game from a friend you want to play with. However since this is not a subscription based service (where you can download it free but need to pay monthly to play), you need to verify in some way that you did indeed buy it at some point, and logging in with an account is the least invasive option in my opinion.

EDIT: Also I installed the flatpak version, so clearly having a copy of the game verifies nothing. And I just tested it with my internet disabled, there is an offline mode that lets you play singleplayer as long as you logged in at least once before.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyNot without reaching out . . . but for all the games I play, the reaching out doesn't have to be successful.

Sure sure, but you will need to connect to Steam for any multiplayer that uses Steam's services. They could separate the singleplayer gameplay but they choose not to. *shrug* Logging in with an account is the least invasive option in my opinion and I'll take that over 3rd-party software any day.

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Quoting: torhamLast I looked this game had pretty annoying DRM

I bought it in 2020 and don't remember any DRM back then. Can you elaborate?

From what I recall you need to create an account and login when installing the game and then authenticate with their servers each time you want to play the game.

That's not exactly DRM, your account verifies you bought the game. It would be the same if you wanted to play a B2P game on Steam but you need to log in first on the Steam client. Yes it's still required.

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