One day, Steamworks will also crap itself and we'll find ourselves in the exact same situation. But that day isn't today!
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2025
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Luckily PC has alternatives
If someone could actually compete with Steam, that would be great. Both gog and Epic don't have linux launchers and lack many releases. If Steam is offline, it will be console gamers laughing at us.
I mean, you literally don't even need the launcher from GOG to play/install the games
If you sail the seas your games never need online authentication. Some even require you patch out the ability for it to connect to the internet.
I just switched to Linux and there are multiple Launchers that support GoG. It is not official but honestly, that makes it better in my eyes. They are open-source, no bloat, no tracking, ...
Games not being on GoG is much more of an issue. :(
I personally don't want to put money into something that does not offer official support, as the community launchers might stop getting updates.
I don't want to convince you here, you do you.
But it seems funny to say that while you are using Linux, where almost nothing has official support.
I personally love that even if GoG shut down or otherwise was inaccessible, I would still have offline installers (that can be installed to wine manually). Obviously having a launcher is nicer, but I hate that there is no backup with Steam.
I don't pay $80 annually to play my Steam games online.
You can start steam offline, what is the issue?
Offline Steam is a pretty inconsistent experience.
Wait, does that imply that PSN users can't even play the games that they bought and paid for without connecting to the internet?
We can play offline game without internet if the PS5 is set as primary (not using game sharing)
Even if Steam itself goes down, I'd still be able to play the games I have installed. Might not have leaderboards and achievements; but MP would still work since Steamworks has nothing to do with that.
A little late, aren't you?
Or a little early.
A wizard is never late nor he is early.
🫢 Kof! kof! Hmm..steamdeck KOF!
what country spells cough like that?
Judging by th k I'd bet German :D
Nope
Krap
Even if the "grace period" (aka "offline mode"), Steam also times out without connection, and if market coverage statistics are to be believed, most people don't seem to use services that provide DRM-free gaming. And as Steam also provides movies and series (they still do, right?), the situation is worse as barely any stores offer DRM-free videos.
(On an upside, at least musics seem to be fairly common DRM-free, including on Steam.)
You have free internet?
the playstation network is not an internet service provider… they require you pay for it to play any games online with your console…
I am aware but the post title implies that online gaming is normally free but not everybody has internet at home, though it is becoming rather common meaning it doesn't always appear to be an additional cost. I was merely being a little pedantic though I suppose that might not have been clear.
so you’re saying you have to pay to play online technically on a pc because you have to pay for internet?
groovy
Yes and I really wasn't expecting (m)any downvotes. I personally would probably have neither up- or down-voted it myself which is why I am baffled by the number of downvotes.