Steam doesn't let you keep your games... 

*Correction At one point I say every game in this video is available on GOG. This is technically not true. Easy Red 2 which I very briefly displayed to show how Steam DRM works is unfortunately as of the making of this video NOT on GOG. All the others are though. Sorry for any confusion that may have caused.

The time of "You'll own nothing and be happy" is getting closer everyday.

There could’ve been an alternate world where Josh Moon of the Kiwi Farms went to work for GOG. If that timeline turned out well we could’ve gotten Sneed-D Project Red.

Dude, a THOUSAND percent YES. I love having my game library aggregated as tightly as I can get it, and Steam seems to have like every notable PC game around! Of course there are some plenty of exceptions, but Steam is the BIG one. There is SO much to appreciate about Steam, and most of the features on offer there click into place when they need to and _just work._ That said, I've been trying to reduce my reliance on Steam for some time now, and I've been doing the exact same thing you have by buying from GOG instead whenever I can. It may not be as feature-rich and convenient to use GOG, but backing up my offline installers and keeping in mind that I've helped directly support the main driving force behind my ability to continue legally buying these games without DRM... The feeling is unmatched. Utterly delightful. ❤️❤️❤️ It does hurt to know that Young Horses had a pretty rough time when they'd released Octodad onto GOG, so they decided not to bring Bugsnax over... And of course there are plenty of other stories where talented and promising developers have been put off by GOG's inconsistent quality standards or communicational issues. I can't fault them for the real experience they had, and I wish them all the best regardless. But GOG does need to establish more clear guidelines for prospective publishers and greater communication and clarity for everybody. I want to be able to point at GOG and say they're just the BEST place to buy AND sell games! While they're unquestionably Steam's greatest competitor, they still have a good way to go. But holy CRAP are they ever on a great path now!! I still use Steam, and I probably always will if I can. But GOG's values and ideals line up VERY closely to my own, and that goes a long way! I'm a good and passionate customer, and I fight hard for those who treat me well. Despite their numerous mis-steps, I'm very happy to continue supporting GOG 💜💜💜

I didn't know that was the selling point of GOG, thank you.

Seems like a good alternative, though im not sure if all the games in my current steam library are available on it. I'll definitely check GOG out. Hopefully GOG will stick to it's consumer friendly tactics and not sell out, which is my main concern. Also have you heard about BRIDGE, which is essentially what DEI is being rebranded too (since DEI has gained such a bad reputation). Not a lot of people are aware of it, and it's even worse than DEI.

GOG needs to add a Workshop like option to mod games. It's just better simply pushing Subscribe to a mod rather than manually installing it, hoping it works.

Good points dude, I've been telling my friends this for years. Lets say you loose internet or access to your steam account.(for some ungodly reason) You are essentially screwed, your entire library goes "bye-bye". Pchysical copies ARE still the most safest way for you to own your games. (DRM FREE)

I like Steam, it's been good to me for many many years. I haven't lost access to any of the games I have purchased other than online games. I love the features and how it integrates with the Steam Deck too. I will agree that more people should make the effort to use GOG as well and in a perfect world every game available on Steam would be on GOG as well but that's far from being the case. If you only purchased PC games on GOG you'd be missing out immensely. Personally I'm not worried about losing my games but if that were to happen and a developer decides to remove a game I have paid for out of the blue I will pirate it. I don't believe the problem lies with Steam but with our government. Laws regarding digital ownership need to be updated yesterday. I don't know the perfect solution but developers should not be allowed to just remove games we have purchased. They shouldnt be on the hook for supporting a game indefinitely obviously but there's no reason why single player games would have to be removed. I would even like to see multiplayer games have the abilitty to be played P2P if a developer decides to end support for it but that's probably not happening.

I dont like steam since its drm, I like owning games.

If you are seriously concerned about steam DRM. You can remove it by emulating the steam DRM and remove the game from steam launcher.

If buying isn't owning then pirating isn't stealing

So what I'm hearing is that I should buy more games on GOG. As well as that's there's nothing really wrong with Steam, but if I want to really own that game GOG is the way to go.

For those who think this video is against steam, let me tell you it’s not, as a steam user myself I understand problems and concerns discussed in this video, like already mentioned gabe newel will not stay in business forever, I think valve is trust worthy in many ways which unfortunately doesn’t exclude the possibility that someone who steps in gabe’s shoes will be at least as good at management as gabe, can be different things since steam had features and functionalities which give possibility for the abuse of power, i will not repeat whatever was mentioned in video as it already explains those things, it’s kinda surprising to me why laws don’t prevent such predatory acts from game publishers like EA and ubisoft as their acts are against customer rights

You should've mentioned their refund policy which is a god send compared to Steam.

That's less of a steam problem and more of game company problem like EA and Ubisoft.

You will own nothing and you will be happy. 😀

Honestly, I'd like to see actual physical copies of pc games return. I miss those cool looking boxes and extra goodies they often came with. Just a dream, I know... I'm very skeptical of GOG staying good. I've already seen games get delisted that you cannot play now if you didn't purchase them. When buying older games, do your homework and make sure they'll actually work. Some will require outside patches/mods to get working, just like on Steam. And then there's the owner of GOG, CDPR. I'm very concerned with the political direction their going in. That way leads often to censorship and deletion of "problematic" games.

dont forget that mincraft cant be logged in to and played on a different computer from your msn/microsoft account...also a scary thought The Internet might not be available in the future...

Steam started this whole drm digital only nonsense, they killed off physical games with their garbage steamworks. People sacrifice freedom and ownership of games for small conveniences, and mods have drm now so you can't download them for the same game on other distribution platforms, I can't believe people are in agreement to this.

Steam said that if you pass away you won't be able to share your games with your family, or even friends. What a B.S move... since I heard that I purchase my games even more on GOG.

And this is why I stick with physical or emulation. If I have to buy my games on a platform that can pull them at any time whenever they feel like it I'd probably lose my mind. Selling the high seas is only as the last resort given the kind of risks involved, but sometimes you have to be willing to take those risks.

agree 100%. i saw all this coming 15 years ago.

1:58 They even put the game on sale a couple weeks before they removed it from people libraries, they literally tried to maximize their cash grab

Correction: Why you should pirate or physically purchase disk games and NEVER buy games digitally

great video :)

Because Gabe Newell will die one day and we will be in big trouble then

The problem is I have Mass Effect and Gears of War on my console, and I'd rather not lose them. The problem is they aren't on GOG.

Steam drm its not obligatory so if a game has no drm like baldur's gate 3 it can run without the steam launcher and you can uninstall steam after the download... I can see your point but no one backups their library. I have over 250+ games on gog how many hdd's i need to backup everything? I can see gog growing in the future for their drm free policies but not because they offer offline installers or no online check but just because people don't want shit installed on their pc just to run a single player game.

Amen, @BrokenCircle. Corporations are now pushing us instead of catering to the customer.

Microsoft jumped the gun in 2013... But they have given companies the heads up of doing it slowly over time. The Cooking the frog method.

sorry but when did Minecraft go woke? I have not heard anything about this.

I knew of GOG but I didnt know about it not having drm I just thought it was just another online video game retailer.

I wish I knew about the whole "not owning your games" thing sooner. Nonetheless I'm glad this video was here cuz I just heard about the new Californian law in regards to online storefronts.

Im curious if you still play MCC in your discord server, been trying to join it but all the invites are expired

Can drm hurt you computer?

Oh nononono steammies what happened

I think I'll just stop watching videos from this channel.

No

The only thing keeping Valve remotely ethical is the fact that they're not publicly traded.

God bless and forgive you

valve took away CSGO, i wont forgive them for that

Why, you know the steam mods workshop is where I get my MCC mods!

Minecraft is woke?

Still better than Epic Games Store.

This, this one argument is why many should go the route of the _seven seas._ If you're still morally conflicted about it, then just scour the _seas_ for games _you already own._ This is just to make sure that all the content you paid for will forever and always will be yours. This also benefit customers whose content are censored by (forced) future patches/update, eg; The removal of many custom arts by many artists on further versions of Skullgirls, or how Rockstar Games removed many memorable radio music on past games ported to newer hardware due to expired licenses, or how Marvel vs Capcom 1 and 2 aren't available for purchase due to the same reason as rockstar games radio music.

As a developer this is an very interesting topic. So far Steam got pretty good features to communicate with your community, push updates and get your game in front of people by putting it on steam. I am always looking on other platforms and I am really excited to see which other competitors like epic will try to get better than Steam!

I do like steam, but always prefer physival games. I mostly use my switch these days, even if games run worse I don't care. At least I own them, if the publisher doesn't ruin the physical

I stopped buying games from steam during the paid mods debacle. Pretty much killed my interest in the hobby.

-well i support your point of buying game more on gog but here some point i want to give a debunk -steam dont normally take away your games, the game you bought is in your steam libary and can still be redownload as many times as you want, publisher just dont let you buy the game anymore so in steam's store page will no longer have buy button -in rare case removed games are the scams, maleware, or anything suspect that have been reported and confirm by both steam and consumers. and steam issues refund. -steam do have option for you to do not update the games, if you dont want game to have any update, like you have learns that new version have massive bugs, performance issue or anything you dont like. there are option for you to turn of update for that game. this feature is available for many years. -steam dont let you play the games you refund even if you still have game files in it. it is obvious like console disc. still doesnt stop you to install crack files after ward, if you really want to push it. -DRM and thirdparty softwar launcher is not in steam's power to demand steam is just a market place. and they do have warning about DRM and third party software in the store page. my only issue with it is they should show them above the buy button. not on the side.

its still way better than epic games

Tbh the only reasons I exclusively use steam are because it's convenient, the sales, and it's the easiest for my parents to find gift cards for.

You guys buy games?

I don't get the argument, you say you want to buy from the company that let's you keep your games but it's not up to Steam or GOG if let's say Bethesda suddenly would pull their games from said storefronts... Has anything been pulled from GOG? I know Steam let's you keep your game even if a company suddenly decides it wants to delist it. That being said the biggest problem GOG has is that it barely gets any new release whatsoever, you get these random drops of a few semi new releases but the vast majority of new titles simply don't appear on there which is why I personally only use them for their 'Good Old Games'.

Only the pirate ship gives you real ownership over your games.

Personally I think with steam and gaben we're safe at the moment. gaben has also supported piracy saying that paying for a laptop, then internet connect and games is too much for a casual person. What I recommend people do is stop buying games that use the ubi and ea launcher.

I havent watched the video but I understand exactly what is being talked about with the description. I agree that GOG is better if you want to "own" the game but then and again what if the internet somehow goes out? Any collection you didnt download is also now gone, also GOG doesnt have a lot of the other services that Steam has, and GOG lacks alot of the games + no modding workshop that are on Steam. To be also honest the companies doing these scummy moves also just make really bad games imo, EA and Ubisoft have fallen from their once good status, the actual worthwhile games you can simply pirate, like old NFS games, since they arent even sold anymore

Deep Space Waifu is actually pretty fun...

dude i dont have the space to back up my games

fingers crossed gabe has a will and is giving steam to someone sensible.

i will still use steam if i find good deals on sale

GOG sounds good but I'd have to buy a bunch of games all over again. Does the Bethedsa CC content carry over to other copies of the games or would you have to have an alternate account for a GOG install?

Wife lol

g2a ftw

K you might hate me i watched the whole thing and yeah i see the points but i really dont care and ill keep using steam.

Quick question? If there is a game I have on my steam account and my device has had (almost) constant WiFi and internet access and I haven’t played it in a few years will it still work? You said that an old game you’d had on the shelves for years wouldn’t work or something like that

"at some point someone will buy out steam" Steam is a private company, they're not publicly traded Tell me you don't know how acquisitions and stonks works If a private company doesn't want to sell or be bought, they won't be, as there are no shareholders to appease or consider

"Turned the game woke." Damn, I agree with so much that you have to say, but I don't wanna watch anything else of yours if you're gonna do the culture wars. Diversity is important, representation matters, and it's a good thing when a game has something to say.

The problem is that Steam already has a captive audience and there's a literal cult surrounding an old fat man, so the majority will never be able to wean off of the platform until it shuts down for good. Sadly, not even GOG isn't completely DRM-free, but it's definitely the superior option, especially when paired with writable media. Fitgirl and the like are even better. I should also give Playnite and Radmin VPN a mention.

You speak truth here. I'am already put down my resignation on steam platform and currently waiting for account deletion with over 200 games which I don't own of course, because it's just a licence only 3 days left untill steam deletes my account, also I don't trust GOG too much either because it's what you said people in power change and values changes as well, that means that companies are not friends to gamers, they are enemies to gamers. The reasons why I left steam is because 1. Uncertain future of steam we don't what will happen to steam after Gabe passes away, and he will eventually that is why I started to think about leaving steam. 2 All this "modern audiences crap" in every movie in every game it's just a huge turnoff I just want to play games, not to see another politics fail show, this is probably the biggest reason why I decided to leave steam, because soon every game will become like that even japanese and indie games won't be able to resist the DEI money, unfortunately that's what will happen, it's just a matter of time, this is why I don't trust gaming companies. Last reason is because "you own nothing and be happy" this is too much if we buy our games we simply buy licenses and those can be taken away at any moment, another big reason why I put my resignation on steam. Right now I"am back to PS1 games they are so much fun to play and right know there are so many translated japanese games, also fans are making resident evil mods on ps1 it's just so nice to play on PS1, because in my past I owned PS1 and lots of games, my cousin at that time already owned PS2 well because his parents had more money, but I"am happy that I got memories of PS1 and right I"am back to the games I enjoyed the most. Eventually all platforms will fail, businesses will fail because of anti consumer, and "DEI modern audiences" politics. In the end what we need is perservation of all media.

GOG Galaxy > Steam