"Steam Is The Only Good Monopoly" – The Danger of a Digital-Only Future for Gaming

[Chrkeller]

BraLoD said:

Chrkeller said:

I don't know. I mean my Steam games work, they aren't going anywhere in my lifetime. If they had economic issues, given their user base, somebody would buy them up and keep it running.

I guess the short version my concern is 0.001%.

Edit

I also find the physical lasts forever argument a bit iffy.  Disk readers break.  Storage drives break.  Older consoles don't connect to modern TVs without an adapter.  My DC, ps1, OG xbox, 360 and Wii U all died..  meanwhile if my computer breaks, I fix it and carry on.  Nothing lasts forever.  And the other aspect I don't understand, is I couldn't even replay all the games I own, so does it really matter?  

I still have Sega Master System games from the 80s which I got in the 90s and they work just fine...

Really?  I didn't know the Sega Master System had a disk reader and hard drive.  I guess I stand corrected about disk readers failing and storage drives dying.