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PC is the most 'dominant' it's been this decade as two-thirds of devs say they're targeting the platform (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] FartsWithAnAccent 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

If you buy DRM free games. you effectively "own" them not in a legal sense, but in a practical sense.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, and that's only mostly true if you back them up.

That said, I can't sell a DRM free game, so I don't really own it like I do with physical media.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Nothing's stopping you from copying the game onto a flashdrive and selling it to a friend

[–] the16bitgamer 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What are you talking about selling it? We share our games with friends.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Before online DRM, we used to buy games once among friends, dividing the cost, and then share them. At first, everyone got the disc for a few days each, but then we figured out how to remove the copy protection...

[–] rambaroo 1 points 9 months ago

So you're going to put your USB stick on eBay? Because that's what I do with old console games