Honestly, I disagree. I will speak for myself, but I can stay busy, have a good time while pirating games, and keep the money for myself (perhaps spend it on something else). Sales or not, there’s still the whole issue with Denuvo DRM (at least for me) and sales are not what they used to be. I have had Steam for years too and only bought a few games and Wallpaper Engine. Not everyone keeps purchasing games on Steam and never play them.
I just think that piracy is the better option nowadays, economically (keeping money for yourself), ownership of the game(s), and not having to deal with Denuvo DRM.
Haven’t heard of Denuvo DRM in a long time. Is that still a thing? I’m running on Linux, and I think Steam is pretty devoted to as open an OS as possible.
And piracy doesn’t have Denuvo, but it sure as hell can have viruses; it’s not risk-free.
I’m not too worried. If Valve ever goes public, I’ll buy a drive and download all my games from the server, but otherwise, Í trust I’ll be able to download whatever I need in the future.
Yeah, Denuvo DRM is definitely still a thing. In fact, they recently announced that they’re suing the anonymous person who is cracking their DRM. They rather sue a person or group that they don’t even know than actually getting their DRM better. Funny, isn’t it?
I know piracy does not have Denuvo; that’s why I love piracy as well. I mentioned Denuvo DRM because people who purchase the games legally still have to deal with it. Certainly, piracy is not risk-free, but if you follow the right guides, use your common sense, and have knowledge regarding technology, the risk is very minimal.
Yes, but how do I have to “deal with it” on Linux? Is it spyware? I know some games basically want kernel level access to prevent cheating, and that’s Steam’s only real stumbling block on Linux.
Honestly, I disagree. I will speak for myself, but I can stay busy, have a good time while pirating games, and keep the money for myself (perhaps spend it on something else). Sales or not, there’s still the whole issue with Denuvo DRM (at least for me) and sales are not what they used to be. I have had Steam for years too and only bought a few games and Wallpaper Engine. Not everyone keeps purchasing games on Steam and never play them.
I just think that piracy is the better option nowadays, economically (keeping money for yourself), ownership of the game(s), and not having to deal with Denuvo DRM.
Haven’t heard of Denuvo DRM in a long time. Is that still a thing? I’m running on Linux, and I think Steam is pretty devoted to as open an OS as possible.
And piracy doesn’t have Denuvo, but it sure as hell can have viruses; it’s not risk-free.
I’m not too worried. If Valve ever goes public, I’ll buy a drive and download all my games from the server, but otherwise, Í trust I’ll be able to download whatever I need in the future.
Yeah, Denuvo DRM is definitely still a thing. In fact, they recently announced that they’re suing the anonymous person who is cracking their DRM. They rather sue a person or group that they don’t even know than actually getting their DRM better. Funny, isn’t it?
I know piracy does not have Denuvo; that’s why I love piracy as well. I mentioned Denuvo DRM because people who purchase the games legally still have to deal with it. Certainly, piracy is not risk-free, but if you follow the right guides, use your common sense, and have knowledge regarding technology, the risk is very minimal.
don’t have to. I’m not living frugally and no game in my library uses denuvo
Yes, but how do I have to “deal with it” on Linux? Is it spyware? I know some games basically want kernel level access to prevent cheating, and that’s Steam’s only real stumbling block on Linux.