Google can shutdown Stadia because VP changed or Director got promoted to another part of business and nobody is there to sell this product internally - which means it gets shut down.
I can play NES games from 35 years ago despite the fact that Nintendo has ceased manufacturing the console and publishing the games. As soon as Steam decides to shut down and it will one day, be it tomorrow, or 30 years from now, those games are no longer playable.
Nothing lasts forever. Except Valve could issue a final update that disables the DRM Check, and the game is still playable locally, right? They have an agreement with publishers that they will supply it. They actually do have the right to do this and a technical implementation. Essentially they've escrowed enough cash to run the drm for many years in the future even if they went out of business so they keep their agreements and their customers happy.
Also, having worked in game sales, it turns out that buying "drm free unlocks of long tail" games is not expensive. Realistically though, Steam won't croak. It'll just be bought up by the competition. Originally posted by Xaelath :. Winchester View Profile View Posts. Idk how this will work tho, but Steam have to do this if it ever gonna happen, because if they dont, you have the right to sue it. A Global Moderator has indicated that this post answers the original topic. No, Valve is not going bankrupt.
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Previous Next. Craig Lifer. May 1, 38, Some of us have many thousands of dollars spent on games on Steam. We act like they can't go out of business. They can. What if they do, say in 8 years and we want to keep our games? Seems like there's a hope they'll somehow figure out a way to let us keep our games.
Even while game companies have made people lose thousands in purchases before, especially when MMO's shut down. Companies go out of business. JTsyo Lifer.
Nov 18, 10, Download your games and play in offline mode. Multiplayer games would have to depend on the devs or 3rd party support. Fanatical Meat Lifer. Feb 4, 31, 11, Craig said:. Reactions: MrPayne93 , Arkaign , clamum and 1 other person. KeithP Diamond Member. Jun 15, 5, Jul 15, 80, 12, Gabe has repeatedly said he would make all your stuff available for download and offline use without Steam IF something ever caused Valve to go bankrupt.
And I know people are pissed off at Gabe for various things but thats because we hold him to a much higher standard than Donald Trump or Bill Gates.
He's also been considerably more honest and straightforward than Donald or Bill. I believe him. Reactions: MrPayne93 and whm Jul 24, 9, 1, Fanatical Meat said:. More pressing question is will your games run on hardware in 8 years? Steam is far to valuable of a company to just close up shop and be gone.
Someone would buy them. Microsoft has attempted to buy steam for around a decade. Reactions: MrPayne Jun 5, 5, 1,
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