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[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

So there will not be a way to play it when they eventually turn off their online service for the console. Uh huh. They were what we thought were the last bastions of protecting content/games, now... yeah, okay, they are just shooting themselves in the foot again and again here.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 33 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Then they're all shocked Pikachu that people are so determined to emulate them. You know what games aren't being jailbroken en masse right now? Steam games. Because the store has been trustworthy since day one. They may break that trust but it hasn't happened yet.

[–] EowynCarter@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Piracy not a thing from pc games?

Then yeah, preserving games will be as problem, but it's not a Nintendo specific issue.

Say valve goes under, think you'll still have games accessible?

As far as know, only gog allows for backup.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Some Steam games don't come with any DRM and function like games on GOG.

https://steam.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games

It's a pain to deal with it, just pointing out that there are Steam games that are fully DRM free.

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