▲ 255 ▼ Yep, I actually own 7,255 games on Steam. I’ve played 23% of my library. I regret nothing. (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by atomicpoet@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments Why do I play all these games? Because it’s important that they’re played. Because every game is a story, a world, a moment in time crafted by someone who cared enough to create it. Because each one teaches me something new—about design, about culture, about myself. Because in a sea of pixels, there’s magic waiting to be found. And because, honestly? Sometimes I just want to escape, explore, and lose myself in different worlds. So yeah. I own thousands of games, and I’ll keep playing them.
[+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Why would you think another company doing it better makes Valve not responsible? I don't understand the logic. As BL2 offers online-coop, and is also the major selling point of that game, a fragmented market is impossible. ...no? It's not. You don't have to play it online. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) It doesn't matter if you prefer offline or not or that you CAN play solo, it is online coop. Of course it does? Hence it begs the question whether it's the platform's fault per se. There is no question. GOG is proof that you can do it. Therefore if others don't do it, it's their fault. Once again, all of this is beside the point. The point is that those games are effectively gone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) It only matters in the sense that you're allowed to not purchase online games. Virtually every game in existence has some sort of online element. But what you seem to be unable to grasp is that many of them have single player modes that don't require any internet connection. It's as simple has having a server that checks the version of the game installed before allowing access to online services. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago No problem 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Why would you think another company doing it better makes Valve not responsible? I don't understand the logic. As BL2 offers online-coop, and is also the major selling point of that game, a fragmented market is impossible. ...no? It's not. You don't have to play it online. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) It doesn't matter if you prefer offline or not or that you CAN play solo, it is online coop. Of course it does? Hence it begs the question whether it's the platform's fault per se. There is no question. GOG is proof that you can do it. Therefore if others don't do it, it's their fault. Once again, all of this is beside the point. The point is that those games are effectively gone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) It only matters in the sense that you're allowed to not purchase online games. Virtually every game in existence has some sort of online element. But what you seem to be unable to grasp is that many of them have single player modes that don't require any internet connection. It's as simple has having a server that checks the version of the game installed before allowing access to online services. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago No problem 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) It doesn't matter if you prefer offline or not or that you CAN play solo, it is online coop. Of course it does? Hence it begs the question whether it's the platform's fault per se. There is no question. GOG is proof that you can do it. Therefore if others don't do it, it's their fault. Once again, all of this is beside the point. The point is that those games are effectively gone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) It only matters in the sense that you're allowed to not purchase online games. Virtually every game in existence has some sort of online element. But what you seem to be unable to grasp is that many of them have single player modes that don't require any internet connection. It's as simple has having a server that checks the version of the game installed before allowing access to online services. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago No problem 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) It doesn't matter if you prefer offline or not or that you CAN play solo, it is online coop. Of course it does? Hence it begs the question whether it's the platform's fault per se. There is no question. GOG is proof that you can do it. Therefore if others don't do it, it's their fault. Once again, all of this is beside the point. The point is that those games are effectively gone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) It only matters in the sense that you're allowed to not purchase online games. Virtually every game in existence has some sort of online element. But what you seem to be unable to grasp is that many of them have single player modes that don't require any internet connection. It's as simple has having a server that checks the version of the game installed before allowing access to online services. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago No problem 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) It only matters in the sense that you're allowed to not purchase online games. Virtually every game in existence has some sort of online element. But what you seem to be unable to grasp is that many of them have single player modes that don't require any internet connection. It's as simple has having a server that checks the version of the game installed before allowing access to online services. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago No problem 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) It only matters in the sense that you're allowed to not purchase online games. Virtually every game in existence has some sort of online element. But what you seem to be unable to grasp is that many of them have single player modes that don't require any internet connection. It's as simple has having a server that checks the version of the game installed before allowing access to online services. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago No problem 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago No problem 👍 permalink fedilink source parent