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Steam now says ‘game’ you’re buying is really just a license
Upcoming Steam Game Is Free If You Download Within 24 Hours
An upcoming Steam game — which is to say, a Steam game not even out yet — is free to download right now, for the next 24 hours. How much the game will cost when it releases, we don’t know, but it won’t be free.
Steam now says the ‘game’ you’re buying is really just a license
Valve is now explicitly disclosing that you don’t own the games you buy from its Steam online store. The company has added a note on the payment checkout screen stating that “a purchase of a digital product grants a license for the product on Steam,” as reported earlier by Engadget.
Steam adds the harsh truth that you’re buying “a license,” not the game itself
There comes a point in most experienced Steam shoppers' lives where they wonder what would happen if their account was canceled or stolen, or perhaps they just stopped breathing. It's scary to think about how many games in your backlog will never get played;
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14 best free Steam games to play right now
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Beautiful city builder Kingdom Two Crowns explodes on Steam during free weekend
Stunning city-building strategy game Kingdom Two Crowns demolishes its record player count as it becomes a free Steam game ...
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Steam gamers can grab two of the best-rated games of all time for pennies – 90% off
PC gamers get showered with deals on great games all the time, and an incredible series has now dropped to its lowest-ever ...
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This homebrew plugin that lets you install GOG and Epic games on your Steam Deck is getting a standalone Steam release
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Steam Now Makes It Clearer That its Users Don’t Own Their Games
Steam has started warning consumers who are about to purchase games on the platform that they will just purchase a license to ...
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'Junk Store' plugin may bring GoG and Epic games to your Steam Deck library
Junk Store lets you load Epic Games and GOG on your Steam Deck, gets a Steam Store page in preparation for its eventual ...
Rock Paper Shotgun
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Metaphor: ReFantazio is bad for graphics nerds but good for the Steam Deck
Metaphor: ReFantazio might not be the most graphically sophisticated RPG of 2024, but that does make it easier to run on a ...
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