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> (and has no tabs, grr - it's built on IE)

Nope, they switched to Webkit a couple years ago. [1] (Still no tabs though..)

>I still think DRM sucks, but it's largely irrelevant once the game is done.

Wouldn't the success of something like GOG [2] kind of prove that there's a market and a reason for DRM-free games? I all but guarantee 20 years down the road, we'll still be playing games from this generation.

1. http://store.steampowered.com/uiupdate/

2. http://www.gog.com/



there's a market and a reason for DRM-free games

Sure, absolutely. I was talking in terms of my own experience with that line. I'd prefer there were no DRM, and as makomk says above, it causes problems to others that I don't see. I just meant that that one particular argument of "no ownership in X years" didn't hold much water with me personally.

This being said, I have bought System Shock 2 twice and lost it both times (once stolen, I think) and today I have been playing a pirated version (hooray for the new texture mods). That game is one of the exceptions :)


GOG is pretty badass, and I really really hope they (continue to) succeed in the marketplace.

But, selfishly, if I could buy every GOG game on Steam, GOG wouldn't get a penny of my money. I value the Steam features more than I value the DRM-free-ness. I'm befuddled that this is my position, but it is.




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