that's where you're wrong kiddo. Some games require the steam drm to be running or they don't start at all, others require your computer to phone home over the internet every 2-3 weeks or smthing, or they don't work.
>others require your computer to phone home over the internet every 2-3 weeks or smthing
you can literally turn off your internet right now, set your clock to the year 3000 and it'll still be able to launch. lol
I think Steam caches your session token or something and works off of that when you disconnect, as long as it remains valid.
If the session token expires or becomes invalid, that's when shit doesn't work. Used to be a big problem where Offline mode would refuse to work seemingly at random.
>others require your computer to phone home over the internet every 2-3 weeks or smthing
you can literally turn off your internet right now, set your clock to the year 3000 and it'll still be able to launch. lol
Literally any game that requires you to launch a party app like anything from ubi or ea. I literally couldnt run ME earlier today because I forgot my vpn was on and the EAapp wouldn't log me in. >inb4 but I dont give a shit about those games
You wanted an example
>Why would my money disappear? I don't live in a third world country. >Why would they raise the rent on my apartment? I don't live in a third world country. >Wait, why am I poor and on the street? I-I'm not in a third world country!
Only stupid people need to fear this.
Anybody that is at least a bit financially conscious invest in property or rare metals and buy their own living space.
>7pm every night? >better shut the server down for 5~50min EVERY NIGHT
more people would play their game if they werent so fricking rudely interrupted in the middle of peak hour
N-N-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I DON'T WANT MY GAMES TO GO OUT I WANT TO GMAE I WANT TO GAME I WANT TO GAME MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM TURN ON THE SERVERS MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
>At least a thousand or more roms and games on my external storage. >Even more sitting in storage and in the garage.
If the internet disappeared tomorrow I'd be fine for the rest of my life with the games that I have. I would definately start selling pirated shit at the flea market.
They promised at one point that if steam shuts down that they'd deactivate the service drm and release a tool that would decrypt a user's purchased games. That will literally never happen.
I've made sure I can run all my games no matter what anyone else does. I do actually own them regardless of what the corpo that sold them to me thinks.
Pirate backup copies, cracks, the whole nine yards. The only exceptions are a couple of mmo's. But then they're worthless without being able to connect to other people anyway.
Bros i had a blackout and i couldnt play my digital video games! The one thing i wanted to rely on while no power/wi fi was not available without wi fi. The meme is real! Buy discs frick the WEF
Especially since streaming giants are far more likely to screw you over and take away even movies that you paid for than Valve or even Epic. It's too much of a convenience to own nothing and be happy there.
this generation zoomer is moronic.
they will welcome cbdc, digital id and carbon credit social score with open arms and anus. totally blind to the hell their ushering in.
All the pirate games you can download have malware, so they definitely making sure that only steam is where you can get games at.
Good old games has good games but they are always going to be old releases or obscure titles. They doing it all on purpose, gog won’t even sell stuff they know we want.
Windows is along with the internet designing computers to tell people how their computer works.
Instead of how people want their computer to work. So the answer is to get rid of those aliens and their alien hybrid politicians that are wearing human disguises in Washington.
I only buy japanese games so I don't have this problem
steam games can be played indefinitely offline
that's where you're wrong kiddo. Some games require the steam drm to be running or they don't start at all, others require your computer to phone home over the internet every 2-3 weeks or smthing, or they don't work.
>others require your computer to phone home over the internet every 2-3 weeks or smthing
you can literally turn off your internet right now, set your clock to the year 3000 and it'll still be able to launch. lol
The DRM they've put millions into obviously doesn't clock time by the user-definable system date.
Source? Because Steam DRM isnt anything they've invested into, lmfao
If a computer isn't connected to the internet where else is going to get the time from chucklenuts? Computers aren't magic.
I know this is bait but don't most operating systems have this thing where they count from 1970 and work the date and time based on that?
You can still set the clock. What do you think happens if you take out the bios battery?
I think Steam caches your session token or something and works off of that when you disconnect, as long as it remains valid.
If the session token expires or becomes invalid, that's when shit doesn't work. Used to be a big problem where Offline mode would refuse to work seemingly at random.
>Some games
Such as?
Literally any game that requires you to launch a party app like anything from ubi or ea. I literally couldnt run ME earlier today because I forgot my vpn was on and the EAapp wouldn't log me in.
>inb4 but I dont give a shit about those games
You wanted an example
That's not steam's fault that some companies want their shitty launchers included
they should ban the ability to sell launcher shortcuts
*installs steam emulator*
what now big boy?
>Some games require the steam drm to be running or they don't start at all
Such as?
Why would my Internet go out? I don't live in a third world country.
>Why would my money disappear? I don't live in a third world country.
>Why would they raise the rent on my apartment? I don't live in a third world country.
>Wait, why am I poor and on the street? I-I'm not in a third world country!
Except this hasn't happened?
>but I did have breakfast
>Either/Or
What kind of moronic pronouns is that?
deworm your brain
Only stupid people need to fear this.
Anybody that is at least a bit financially conscious invest in property or rare metals and buy their own living space.
>play a clown
>complain when people treat you as one
WOOOOOOOW
>implying they will ever let the internet run out
kek the internet is the biggest opium to ever exist. it'll stay slow and shitty in burgerland thanks to isp corruption, but itll be up
Damn, I didn't know 1Gb up and down was slow. How do I cope with this?
Don Mattrick is that you?
Yeah I also can't play vidya when my electricity goes out. What is your point?
I can, on my portable games and my laptop, stupid corporated socksucker.
Tuesday night in America? Maintenance, servers are currently down.
>7pm every night?
>better shut the server down for 5~50min EVERY NIGHT
more people would play their game if they werent so fricking rudely interrupted in the middle of peak hour
I have every sony, nintendo and MS console from the NES up, including handhelds. I will never be cucked
N-N-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I DON'T WANT MY GAMES TO GO OUT I WANT TO GMAE I WANT TO GAME I WANT TO GAME MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM TURN ON THE SERVERS MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
>start up steam offline mode
easy
>your power is out?
>no games for you!
>your power
Steam is mad with your country? No games for you!
>some sperg was so mad that they made this image
>a single picture destroyed unpaid shills
lol, it truly works. Steam shills are pathetic.
poorgay hands typed this post
>he doesn't pirate his games
>bought DJmax on steam
>wasn't aware it's always online
it's ogre
Oops, looks like my intranet is still up.
god I love GOG
>At least a thousand or more roms and games on my external storage.
>Even more sitting in storage and in the garage.
If the internet disappeared tomorrow I'd be fine for the rest of my life with the games that I have. I would definately start selling pirated shit at the flea market.
>Game dev not supporting LGBTQP+-/?
>GAME REMOVED FROM STEAM, NO REFUND!
this has never happened and never will
>and never will
Wait until GabeN dies or retires and Valve goes public.
Kek
They promised at one point that if steam shuts down that they'd deactivate the service drm and release a tool that would decrypt a user's purchased games. That will literally never happen.
You own nothing, goy, it's just subscriptions
I've made sure I can run all my games no matter what anyone else does. I do actually own them regardless of what the corpo that sold them to me thinks.
Pirate backup copies, cracks, the whole nine yards. The only exceptions are a couple of mmo's. But then they're worthless without being able to connect to other people anyway.
>Our Internet is out?
>No games for you!
In 1st world countries internet blackouts are rare and don't last more than few minutes.
Bros i had a blackout and i couldnt play my digital video games! The one thing i wanted to rely on while no power/wi fi was not available without wi fi. The meme is real! Buy discs frick the WEF
Offline mode does exist y'know. Depends on what you're playing.
and if it is some kind of session token locally I have to assume you can't tamper with it because it's encrypted by Valve/Steam.
Its Tuesday AGAIN
What do we do Epicbros? Steamgays can just press the "Go offline" button and we cant..
can someone explain this meme? Who's that guy op keeps posting
Jokes on you, I only play ahoy'd SP games, mr. Globohomo.
>Zoomers can unironically have panics attacks if they lose internet access
>our internet is out?
>no games for you!
>You will play nothing.
>and you won't be happy.
muck israelites.
>He posts these threads while using electricity and internet, two things he doesn't own but he's happy to use
Hypocrite
What does the internet have to do with these dozens of handhelds I have?
I am so tired of this homosexual's stupid grinning face on evil lazy troll argument.
>Solar flare happens?
>No grocery store for you!
>No hospital for you!
You lost btw
>bait
Steam doesn't give a shit. Games still launch.
How come nobody ever points out
>your internet is out?
>no movies for you!
Especially since streaming giants are far more likely to screw you over and take away even movies that you paid for than Valve or even Epic. It's too much of a convenience to own nothing and be happy there.
Cause everyone with a grain of brain downloads movie with a better quality and saves them into hd if they like it?
But it wll not happen so where is the joke?
>go offline mode
>He doesn't pirate his games directly to his drives
this generation zoomer is moronic.
they will welcome cbdc, digital id and carbon credit social score with open arms and anus. totally blind to the hell their ushering in.
Imagine living in a 3rd world shithole where your internet goes out
Sounds like a pc problem. My ps hard drive has a bunch of awesome offline games I won’t delete for this reason.
All the pirate games you can download have malware, so they definitely making sure that only steam is where you can get games at.
Good old games has good games but they are always going to be old releases or obscure titles. They doing it all on purpose, gog won’t even sell stuff they know we want.
Windows is along with the internet designing computers to tell people how their computer works.
Instead of how people want their computer to work. So the answer is to get rid of those aliens and their alien hybrid politicians that are wearing human disguises in Washington.