Subj : Gaming's conundrum
To   : phigan
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Jul 16 2026 18:21:32

  Re: Gaming's conundrum
  By: phigan to Nightfox on Thu Jul 16 2026 04:16 am

 >> Yes, I understand the issue.  And specifically for streaming services,
 >> that' why I've never bought a movie from a streaming service.

 ph> But the same goes for games on Steam. If Steam goes down and you try to
 ph> run or install a game you got from them, it's not going to work. Epic too,
 ph> iirc. From what I hear, games from GOG would work fine.

Steam at least used to have a way to let you back up your games to an archive somewhere (and it used to let you split the archive so you could burn it to DVD-R discs).  I thought you could run the games offline, but recently I realized it seems you need to be connected to Steam to run them - at least for newer titles.  One of the games I have on Steam is Unreal Tournament '99 Gold, and I've been able to run its executable by itself, bypassing Steam - at least, after applying the 469 update, which consists ssimply of binaries that you can replace.

 ph> Or you could just warez? But I guess that doesn't work for online games.

yeah..  I suppose it might work for some games but maybe not others.

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