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[–] Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately the VR game selection in GOG seems pretty slim and they might still need steam VR to run anyways so either way i don't have much choice.

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago
[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (17 children)

Okay steam, if its just a digital license and not ownership.. Then surely you'll be significantly lowering prices, Since you charge full ownership prices for games, not license prices.. Right?

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

What the hell happened to Steam's built in offline backup system, anyway? It used to have that when it was brand new.

[–] chameleon@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It technically still exists in the game properties -> installed files tab, but it doesn't really work. The backup files you get require you to be online to meaningfully restore and will trigger a patch to the latest game version.

Practically speaking it's better to just make a copy of the game install directory manually, gives you a better chance of things working (even though most games require some kind of external tooling for that).

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