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Steam keeps on winning (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 11 months ago by nanoUFO to c/games

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I bought Factorio directly from the devs, and they provided me a free Steam key as well. So I could download it from them directly or through Steam, at my option. I want more of that.

Just an FYI, Steam allows all Devs to do that as long as their pricing is on-par with steam, AFAIK Steam is the only store to do this, which is yet another reason I keep buying from them.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

True.

My point was that I didn't get a Steam key right away and just played with the download they provided from their website. I've done the same with GOG games, and it works fine. The main problem is with library management, but that wasn't an issue when my selection was limited. Now I have >500 games on Steam, so remembering what games I even have is an issue that Steam solves. Also, finding new games was an issue because I had to go to individual sites, and Steam solved that with their store (could filter by only Linux games).

Ideally, we could go back to buying games directly from devs and only using a client to make managing that easier. That way you'd stay with a service because it's better, not because that's where all your games are. Currently, I'm with Steam for both reasons, but maybe Steam will make poor choices in the future and I'll only stay because I feel stuck with my library.