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You can't take it with you, but you can't leave it for someone else either: Valve says you aren't allowed to bequeath a Steam account in a will (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Physical media today isn’t really much better though, increasingly frequently all a disk gets you is a license to activate a digital copy anyways, with a “must be online for first play” requirement.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly how I ended up with a steam account. Bought a Civ V cd and the game isn't on the cd, just an installer for steam and a key.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's sadly true. I have been lucky so far, but I know one day I'll accidentally give money to a developer who does this

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm curious what recent games you've been able to purchase physical copies of that ran without updating or validating using the internet. I didn't know any publishers still did that, at least not on PC.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 1 points 5 months ago

I admittedly don't buy many games lately, especially not from the big budget crowd. BG3 seems to run fine without internet, as do Sea of Stars and Noita.