▲ 181 ▼ Steam Owner Valve Faces $900 Million Lawsuit Over PC Monopoly Claims, Following UK Tribunal Ruling - IGN (www.ign.com) submitted 6 months ago by iamthetot@piefed.ca to c/games@lemmy.world 57 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) How many devs actually take advantage of it though? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago It happens all the time. Sometimes it's a disclaimer on the store page, or sometimes they just list "multiplayer", and I have to find out via forums if the game is actually DRM-free or if they're using the equivalent GOG multiplayer service. And the reason it's there is to entice those developers who rely on the equivalent Steam services, but I wish those API calls could somehow be co-opted into actual DRM-free multiplayer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago It happens all the time. Sometimes it's a disclaimer on the store page, or sometimes they just list "multiplayer", and I have to find out via forums if the game is actually DRM-free or if they're using the equivalent GOG multiplayer service. And the reason it's there is to entice those developers who rely on the equivalent Steam services, but I wish those API calls could somehow be co-opted into actual DRM-free multiplayer. permalink fedilink source parent