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Steam is a ticking time bomb. in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] Skabby73@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

"Steam is a lot better now than it was in 2004, and issues with internet connectivity and always-on digital rights management (DRM) have mostly faded away as global internet infrastructure improve."

Uhm, unless Im misunderstanding this article from a year ago: Denuvo is alive and well, buddy.

And yes I too have a Mac, and mainly just stream to it because the hardware can't cope, but there's no way in hell I will drop the kind of money to Apple to even get close to my mid tier rig to play on it locally.

Balatro 1.1 will include new jokers plus a revamp of a really confusing existing one in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] Skabby73@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Honestly, I'm just happy that these guys are kicking against the dlc micro transactions normalization. And I love that they included a mini version of the card game in Dave the Diver!

Sony removes PlayStation account requirement from 4 single-player Steam games in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] Skabby73@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Huh... Did not have money on Sony blinking on this. Happy to be wrong. Guess that Steam revenue was getting threatened.