Steam Game Ownership

[ExiledGuardian6]

Will it ever be possible to actually own the games I have purchased on steam I have a library of 200 games. What do I have to do or pay to fully receive the games. Steam is my favorite platform and I don't want to have to purchase somewhere else to actually own the game I have too much money invested into gaming on steam and I would be heartbroken if I ever lost my library.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

You don't. You purchased a license that gives you access to the games.

Every other platform is the exact same too....Ubisoft, EA App, GoG, Battlenet, Epic, etc....

[MemeMachine]

If you want to truly own the games you buy, go to GOG.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Originally posted by MemeMachine:

If you want to truly own the games you buy, go to GOG.

https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/212632089-GOG-User-Agreement?product=gog

Originally posted by GOG License:

2.1 We give you and other GOG users the personal right (known legally as a 'licence') to use GOG services and to download, access and/or stream (depending on the content) and use GOG content. This licence is for your personal use. We can stop or suspend this licence in some situations, which are explained later on.

[MemeMachine]

Originally posted by C²C^Guyver |NZB|:

Originally posted by MemeMachine:

If you want to truly own the games you buy, go to GOG.

https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/212632089-GOG-User-Agreement?product=gog

Originally posted by GOG License:

2.1 We give you and other GOG users the personal right (known legally as a 'licence') to use GOG services and to download, access and/or stream (depending on the content) and use GOG content. This licence is for your personal use. We can stop or suspend this licence in some situations, which are explained later on.

That's great, I can still get the offline installer, and backup the games, as far as I'm aware, most if not all the games on GOG are DRM free, so that's a huge plus.

[Komarimaru]

You own the license and nothing more, even on physical copies. Been this way since 1966. But you can use GoG as a placebo affect of you want, and even they are license limited.

[veracsthane]

no and to add insult to injury* you got companies hurting for money thanks to the politcal left so they take games that dont need third party accounts and are trying to force people to make accounts.

i cant even defend baulders gate 3 anymore because i cant support larian because divinity orignal sin 2 didnt require a third party account for years. now these idiots want me to make a larian account to play the game out of no where. id refund it if i could but the games so old its not possible and no you cant play it. ive sat there for 40 mins clicking anything i can find to try and get the game to start without it.

i bought the game and there where no issues running it. now i cant even start it without a third party account. for no reason at all despite the excuses people want to make.

gabe better wake the ♥♥♥♥ up before the goverment makes him wake up. i didnt agree to this ♥♥♥♥ and if i knew it was gonna be like this i would have just bought it through larian or skipped it.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by MemeMachine:

That's great, I can still get the offline installer, and backup the games, as far as I'm aware, most if not all the games on GOG are DRM free, so that's a huge plus.

Which have EULA's. End User Licence Agreement.

Example: Witcher 3 Eula:

2. WHAT YOU GET WITH THE GAME

We (meaning CD PROJEKT RED) give you the personal right (called a 'licence' legally) to download, install and play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on your personal computer as long as you follow these Rules. This licence is for your personal use only (so you can't give a sublicense to someone else) and doesn't give you ownership rights.

At all times we continue to own all of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, all in-game content, any updates or additional content for them, manuals or other materials about them and the intellectual property rights in them, including all copyright, trademarks, patents and legal things like that (all of this together we call the ‘Game’).

[ุ]

Effectively, almost all digital distribution services sell you a license of sorts. Some more open ended than others.

Steam also has its own in-house policies for how these keys/licenses are handled, to tone down would-be abuse of said system.

For example when the Day of Dragons dev hard-coded SteamID bans into the launcher for a group of people who gave his asset flip a poor public review, so it'd crash when launched from any of those accounts. Steam stepped in and forced him to undo it.

[veracsthane]

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

Which have EULA's. End User Licence Agreement.

which are meaningless which are going to get them sued based on denial of service and consumer rights law and contract law which are going to end up slapping them down.

[peppermint hollows]

Originally posted by veracsthane:

gabe better wake the ♥♥♥♥ up before the goverment makes him wake up.

I wouldn't get your hopes up

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by veracsthane:

i cant even defend baulders gate 3 anymore because i cant support larian because divinity orignal sin 2 didnt require a third party account for years. now these idiots want me to make a larian account to play the game out of no where. id refund it if i could but the games so old its not possible and no you cant play it. ive sat there for 40 mins clicking anything i can find to try and get the game to start without it.

i bought the game and there where no issues running it. now i cant even start it without a third party account. for no reason at all despite the excuses people want to make.

gabe better wake the ♥♥♥♥ up before the goverment makes him wake up. i didnt agree to this ♥♥♥♥ and if i knew it was gonna be like this i would have just bought it through larian or skipped it.

Divinity Original Sin 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 are drm-free. You can run them from a desktop shortcut of the exe. Steam is only required to download them.

[76561198407601200]

Originally posted by ExiledGuardian6:

Will it ever be possible to actually own the games I have purchased on steam I have a library of 200 games. What do I have to do or pay to fully receive the games. Steam is my favorite platform and I don't want to have to purchase somewhere else to actually own the game I have too much money invested into gaming on steam and I would be heartbroken if I ever lost my library.:FC5_Boomer:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/7/4843149226487640078/

Join the existing topic.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by veracsthane:

which are meaningless which are going to get them sued based on denial of service and consumer rights law and contract law which are going to end up slapping them down.

Take CPDR to court and prove meaningless after all they clearly state you have a licence only and no ownership rights.

CDPR do not own the rights to 3rd party games therefore take Bethesda etc to court.

NOTE: The offline installers are BACKUP installers in case you find yourself without internet in the future. They do not grant you ownership rights.

[primeinsurrection]

The same goes for sites with movies and music. This is why discs have always been the true way of the gamer.

[xBCxRangers]

The only thing you can do is rebuy them on console, and make sure they can be played offline with the plug pulled. If they can you'll always own your games. Here on Steam or those online only games, you own nothing. It's nothing more than a Lease Agreement.