At least steam lets you back them up onto another drive.
But it sucks that physical media is disappearing.
Adrian_Alucard
Well, ubisoft removes the games from you account and makes them unplayable
1DarthMario
Show me your AC Valhalla and Shadows discs.
I dare you.
I double dare you.
ThisIsNotMyPornVideo
…you do realize with even the slightest amount of context, that this meme is fucking stupid.
Malding_frog
When was the last time Valve pulled a game out of your account and revoked your access to game files ? Why are you trying to meme on something you don’t understand ?
NighthawK1911
IIRC steam has an exit plan should their services go kaput. Might not be an official statement but you can see that it’s on brand for them to do that. Steam is very customer friendly.
If by tomorrow Steam is dying, they’d probably still try to make what you bought accessible one way or the other. That’s just how they do things.
Unlikely_Patience_71
Steam has never been an issue for me however ubisoft is such a shit company
Lord_MagnusIV
steam tells you “by the way, you don’t technically own your games and they can be taken away from you the second the publisher wants to take them away!” and then has valve where they basically said “you paid, you own the copy”. steam is the launcher for many many games, some from EA, some from Ubisoft, both very much known for their incredible amounts of ugly greed.
Thick_Carry7206
steam: autologin, no problem at all
ubisoft: have to type username and password every single time, “remember usename and password” checkmark doesn’t work
small differences, huge impact
Var446
One steam is a market, thus not claiming the ownership themselves, instead they’re informing you you do not.
Ubisoft is a developer that’s saying THEY own your game.
Leptosoul
I can still download and play Fist Of Jesus. That’s the difference.
Magos_Rex
I own Deadpool on Steam and can still play it without issues, despite the fact that it was pulled from digital storefronts like 8 years ago.
Ubisoft removes games from people’s accounts and/or makes them unplayable.
That’s the difference
ShiestySorcerer
I love not being able to play my offline Ubisoft games because of always online DRM!
Thy_Maker
Honestly, with so many games being delisted due to rights issues, I am really happy that [Xenon Recomp](https://github.com/hedge-dev/XenonRecomp) (this is the tool that made the Sonic Unleased PC port) came out when it did.
I was just about to sell a bunch of my 360 games for the money, many of which have ever never been ported to PC officially, been delisted, or only exist on nonexistent OSs and then this came out last month.
Seriously, if you have not seen this tool yet, please check it out and the developer’s other projects. They are amazing.
POTATOeTREE
If you don’t want me to own my games I do not care. I paid for what I paid for. It said buy, purchase. These words imply ownership. You take it away from me, I can get it back for free, but don’t expect me to ever pay for it or anything from you ever again if you’re so willing to take it away. This sentiment is not uncommon, take note service providers. Piracy is not a pricing issue, it’s a service issue. You make your service too shitty to use, I can find other ways to enjoy my games.
jessedegenerate
yes, companies earning the trust of a massive legion of users does happen from time to time. It would go away on it’s own if they did things to violate that trust.
crazy right
Drakahn_Stark
You don’t own the games anyway.
Even buying a physical disk/cart it will state that buying media doesn’t give you ownership over the software, just a licence to use the software.
tumaren
If ubisoft invested 1% of what they spend to find new ways of screwing up their players into making actually good games they wouldn’t be on the verge of collapsing.
Rakesh_Natsuno
Easy. One of these, while still a large business. Is pro consumer in most of their practices.
The other one, tells us to be quiet and bite the pillow.
Eldestruct0
Buy on GOG and problem solved, since you can download and store everything you need to play the game and it doesn’t require some online based DRM.
That said, Valve has a much better track record than Ubisoft when it comes to customer service and treatment.
Devdut1
The thing is over the years valve has gained the trust of gamers by not allowing bs on their platform, such as forcing publishers to disclose stuff like using AI generated content and not allowing games with ads in them on their platform.
Whereas ubisoft has been trying to appeal to everyone by making generic games, shutting down fan fav games so that they are forced to buy the xxx 2 and trying to inflate prices of games by calling the slop they create as AAAA games and including cash shops in their singleplayer monotonous games.
As for the digital ownership thing, i ideally wouldn’t want to trust any online service, but in the modern age GOG is the best for ownership and then comes steam, which is still essentially a contract to play games, but it is better than the other options available.
TrickOut
The only games I own are the physical ones in my retro collection, when I buy a digital game I know it’s not actual ownership, steam is just a consumer friendly marketplace that has a lot of trust from its consumers.
Ubisoft is an incredible piece of shit
There are benefits to owning something digitally, and there are games like live service games that it makes no sense having a physical copy of it.
fearsomesniper
Nice try ubislop but I can still download my steam games even if they’re old af can’t be bought and don’t even have a steam page anymore
Virus-900
“Steam, if the game gets delisted after I buy it, will it still be available on my account?”
“Yes.”
“Okay, that’s fine. Ubisoft, if the game goes delisted -”
“You lose it and can no longer play it.”
“Oh, that’s bullshit.”
TehGemur
nope, not the same
the_Athereon
The difference being that Steam RARELY (But it does happen) takes your games away from you. At least if a game is removed from the store, people who have a copy on their account they can still download it.
Darth_Balthazar
They do enough good things for the gaming industry to get away with it. Ubisoft does not. Simple as.
Zetra3
jokes on you, its easy to remove Steam DRM
adhal
I don’t mind steam because they have been very honest and fair since the beginning, siding with gamers over corporations most of the time. Also it’s the best digital platform out there (GoG a close second)
Ubisoft has been slimy as fuck for years.
Imperial_Bouncer
GOG: Here you go. Do whatever you want with it; it’s yours now. Please consider not sharing the files with others (optional).
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At least steam lets you back them up onto another drive.
But it sucks that physical media is disappearing.
Well, ubisoft removes the games from you account and makes them unplayable
Show me your AC Valhalla and Shadows discs.
I dare you.
I double dare you.
…you do realize with even the slightest amount of context, that this meme is fucking stupid.
When was the last time Valve pulled a game out of your account and revoked your access to game files ? Why are you trying to meme on something you don’t understand ?
IIRC steam has an exit plan should their services go kaput. Might not be an official statement but you can see that it’s on brand for them to do that. Steam is very customer friendly.
If by tomorrow Steam is dying, they’d probably still try to make what you bought accessible one way or the other. That’s just how they do things.
Steam has never been an issue for me however ubisoft is such a shit company
steam tells you “by the way, you don’t technically own your games and they can be taken away from you the second the publisher wants to take them away!” and then has valve where they basically said “you paid, you own the copy”. steam is the launcher for many many games, some from EA, some from Ubisoft, both very much known for their incredible amounts of ugly greed.
steam: autologin, no problem at all
ubisoft: have to type username and password every single time, “remember usename and password” checkmark doesn’t work
small differences, huge impact
One steam is a market, thus not claiming the ownership themselves, instead they’re informing you you do not.
Ubisoft is a developer that’s saying THEY own your game.
I can still download and play Fist Of Jesus. That’s the difference.
I own Deadpool on Steam and can still play it without issues, despite the fact that it was pulled from digital storefronts like 8 years ago.
Ubisoft removes games from people’s accounts and/or makes them unplayable.
That’s the difference
I love not being able to play my offline Ubisoft games because of always online DRM!
Honestly, with so many games being delisted due to rights issues, I am really happy that [Xenon Recomp](https://github.com/hedge-dev/XenonRecomp) (this is the tool that made the Sonic Unleased PC port) came out when it did.
I was just about to sell a bunch of my 360 games for the money, many of which have ever never been ported to PC officially, been delisted, or only exist on nonexistent OSs and then this came out last month.
Seriously, if you have not seen this tool yet, please check it out and the developer’s other projects. They are amazing.
If you don’t want me to own my games I do not care. I paid for what I paid for. It said buy, purchase. These words imply ownership. You take it away from me, I can get it back for free, but don’t expect me to ever pay for it or anything from you ever again if you’re so willing to take it away. This sentiment is not uncommon, take note service providers. Piracy is not a pricing issue, it’s a service issue. You make your service too shitty to use, I can find other ways to enjoy my games.
yes, companies earning the trust of a massive legion of users does happen from time to time. It would go away on it’s own if they did things to violate that trust.
crazy right
You don’t own the games anyway.
Even buying a physical disk/cart it will state that buying media doesn’t give you ownership over the software, just a licence to use the software.
If ubisoft invested 1% of what they spend to find new ways of screwing up their players into making actually good games they wouldn’t be on the verge of collapsing.
Easy. One of these, while still a large business. Is pro consumer in most of their practices.
The other one, tells us to be quiet and bite the pillow.
Buy on GOG and problem solved, since you can download and store everything you need to play the game and it doesn’t require some online based DRM.
That said, Valve has a much better track record than Ubisoft when it comes to customer service and treatment.
The thing is over the years valve has gained the trust of gamers by not allowing bs on their platform, such as forcing publishers to disclose stuff like using AI generated content and not allowing games with ads in them on their platform.
Whereas ubisoft has been trying to appeal to everyone by making generic games, shutting down fan fav games so that they are forced to buy the xxx 2 and trying to inflate prices of games by calling the slop they create as AAAA games and including cash shops in their singleplayer monotonous games.
As for the digital ownership thing, i ideally wouldn’t want to trust any online service, but in the modern age GOG is the best for ownership and then comes steam, which is still essentially a contract to play games, but it is better than the other options available.
The only games I own are the physical ones in my retro collection, when I buy a digital game I know it’s not actual ownership, steam is just a consumer friendly marketplace that has a lot of trust from its consumers.
Ubisoft is an incredible piece of shit
There are benefits to owning something digitally, and there are games like live service games that it makes no sense having a physical copy of it.
Nice try ubislop but I can still download my steam games even if they’re old af can’t be bought and don’t even have a steam page anymore
“Steam, if the game gets delisted after I buy it, will it still be available on my account?”
“Yes.”
“Okay, that’s fine. Ubisoft, if the game goes delisted -”
“You lose it and can no longer play it.”
“Oh, that’s bullshit.”
nope, not the same
The difference being that Steam RARELY (But it does happen) takes your games away from you. At least if a game is removed from the store, people who have a copy on their account they can still download it.
They do enough good things for the gaming industry to get away with it. Ubisoft does not. Simple as.
jokes on you, its easy to remove Steam DRM
I don’t mind steam because they have been very honest and fair since the beginning, siding with gamers over corporations most of the time. Also it’s the best digital platform out there (GoG a close second)
Ubisoft has been slimy as fuck for years.
GOG: Here you go. Do whatever you want with it; it’s yours now. Please consider not sharing the files with others (optional).
Nice try Ubisoft intern