| Captain_Yuri said: Well firstly, Valve says they will send out patches and what not to make sure the games don't rely on steam if something like that were to happen. Secondly, the drm on steam is optional and it is up to the developers on whether or not they want to use the DRM. There are many games on steam but granted are the minority which do not use steam drm but are still sold through steam. I do agree that DRM is nonsense tho. |
The promise of patching games is just something they said on interviews. It isn't on their terms of use, so it's an empty promise. I'm not even sure if they would be legally allowed to do so or if it would depend on a per-publisher agreement. So it's far from guaranteed.
As you said, the absolutely majority of games use it. As it is up to publishers, it means that once again your choice was ignored and publishers will decide what you can do with your original copies.
