what if steam shut down one day ?how can i download my library again ?

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any risk steam will shut down in the next 5 to 10 years ?
if they ever shut down how can I re download my library again after a clean windows install ?
what about denuvo protected games ? we then cant play the games we bought for ever .
 
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Risk? Somewhere greater than 0.
Probable? No.

But if they do, and also do not give some function to download and play your games offline...guess what. You are out of luck.
Just like any other game server/publisher. If they go offline or out of business....you're out.

Same with any software that needs an online contact to use. If that entity goes under, too bad, so sad.
As has happened many, many times over the years.
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I don't have a source, but Valve has a contingency plan in place to allow everyone the opportunity to download what they're entitled to, and play without issue. Since I don't have a source handy, I'll speculate that there's money set aside to host the needed files for some amount of time. It'd be the user's responsibility to have enough storage space to grab their entire library.

If you think about it, this type of backup plan is necessary to instill confidence in buyers who are buying digital goods.
 
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I doubt steam will shut down for a long time. If you switch pcs, or clean install, when you download steam you library will be there, maybe not f2p games, but all your content should be there, but any local data, like characters, worlds, anything like that. I'm not sure what denuvo is though
 
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No impact here. While my 3 boys were growing up, Steam was a nightmare. Instead of buying a single game, I know had to buy 3 "copies". If XMas brought 2 games to each of them, by march, they had completed playing 6 games. It took a while but now with DRM free games available from legitimate distribution outlets like GoG, I see little reason to "do Steam".
 
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Risk? Somewhere greater than 0.
Probable? No.

But if they do, and also do not give some function to download and play your games offline...guess what. You are out of luck.
Just like any other game server/publisher. If they go offline or out of business....you're out.

Same with any software that needs an online contact to use. If that entity goes under, too bad, so sad.
As has happened many, many times over the years.
 
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What are you out with distribution channels like GoG when you already own (as opposed to rent) the game DRM Free and no online account is required.

Lotus is gone, but i still find myself loading up 1-2-3 several times a week :)

 
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Your 1-2-3 doesn't require phoning home on a regular basis.
Nor are you having to go through the defunct Lotus server to share your spreadsheet with others in real time.
 
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Again, same question ... how is that different from GoG ... playing Witcher 3 on a box w/o even an internet connection. Gog games never phone home, they do not need to share anything "in real time", now would i want them to.

I download DLCs to my server and then can install them and play W3 on any of the 4 boxes which connect to the server ... even all at the same time.
 
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For some games, sure. No problem.
For some poor fools who would be expecting to continue with their multiplayer rampage, after that server goes away....
Oh well.
 
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Of course, MMOs require a server or they ain't MMOs.... but I would much rather use the native client / server than go thru Steam. For example, my 14 year old son was disappointed when he didn't get into the WoW beta ... at the time our business was doing a lot of beta testing for PC utilities and other software and sent our "resume" to the developers of another game called The Saga of Ryzom. He "got in" and I set up a toon for him so that it would be ready when he got home.

He, his brothers and I played for about 2 years and though I take 6-12 month vacations, i still find myself going back.... and yes, with 63 skills that can be brought to level 250, I still have things to do in game :)

The game is available in both 32 and 64 bit versions for Linux, OSX Windows. Two weeks ago it launched through Steam. When I do get a chance to get in game of late, I spend a good part of my time helping users switch from the Steam to native clients, reason being that the former are experiencing no multiple graphics. GUI and connection related issues that just "disappear" with the native clients.

I'll note that I'm moving them from the Steam (win32/64) clients to a beta native client for Win64. The Steam overlay adds additional complications which are just best avoided if another alternative exists

EDIT: For anyone interested in playing the game (free up to level 125, then about $10 a month), you can create an account here:

http://ryzom.com/

The native client is still 32bit as only the steam version has been released in 64 bit. You can get the 64 bit beta clients here:
http://ryzom.kervala.net/clients/



 
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