New AMD GPUs to launch July 7th.

[Pemalite]

fatslob-:O said:

Pemalite said:

What? If Steam gets shut down, I can just crack my steam library and continue on.

My games still function offline with all the graphics bells and whistles.

Preservation is certainly always an option... Especially on PC, it's generally where game preservation actually happens for all platforms.

Really ? I don't think I've heard of anyone being able to circumvent Valve's DRM system. Even if that is the case, how do you suppose we'll be able to do that with all of the other growing digital retailers out there ? Valve also makes no promise that they'll make sure that your library of games will work offline in perpetuity without authentication for new systems if they shut down as well ... 

It used to be true that PC was all about preservation but that hasn't been the case in large part today because the biggest game publishers keep perverting their games with online DRM ... 

PC gamers don't have as many options as they think anymore when they keep subscribing to the likes of Battle.net, Origin, UPlay, and EGS so they don't have much moral grounds to chide about preservation as a downside against cloud gaming when both are under the mercy of online DRM at the end of the day ... 

There are cracks for Steam games available which makes your entire argument pretty much redundant.