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Valve said they're actively working with nvidia to support their gpus. While I'm sure valve hardware will always be the primary concern, they seem to actively pursue the goal of SteamOS being more widely compatible.

Kinguin is more of a mediator, the keys are from other sellers. To my knowledge they're usually bought with stolen credit cards. So it's just money laundering. Don't buy from there or similar sites unless you want to actively hurt the developer (since they end up paying chargeback fees).

100ms more is absolutely enough to be massive because it just subtracts from however long you need to recognize the other player after they become visible. Not to mention that in slower paced shooters, people might just remain stationary near a corner for very long, and you can't magically know when they start to move. Also in games where you can die with one well placed shot it could be 10ms and still be a significant advantage because you just need to be faster than your opponent.

Afaik valorant does try to not send any info that won't be needed, that doesn't mean it's immune to wallhacks, it just limits their effectiveness.

They cannot if you back it up to a folder outside of the steam directory. Provided of course the game doesn't use Steam's DRM.

Yeah, while I don't love kernel level AC, the argument that because it doesn't stop cheating entirely it's useless has always been so fucking shit. Barrier of entry is what matters, I don't give a fuck if one in 100 games has a cheater, I do if it's one in 5 (or worse which can easily happen when AC is complete garbage)

Later on? Yea the US is absolutely not there. Early stages? I don't see why not.

I don't think I can think of a software where I find the menu more confusing than in MS office products. But then again I'm probably not using computers like the average person.

The data on that is worthless with online DRM, and I'd bet that GTA 6 would require online activation regardless. The real enemy is DRM, disks being gone is just a symptom.

Games have also always been tied to licenses, the details are what matters really. A license to use a program that can no longer launch because a server is down isn't any more useful if you have the program on a disk.

But working less is the same as being paid more per hour, and I'd much rather work less than have a bit more money? Finding a job that is nominally 30 hours/week while paying as much as my current one would be quite hard.

Online activation requirements. Physical media going away is really just a symptom, DRM is the actual issue. Games have always been just a license, what changed is that the licenses are no longer transferable and irrevokable. (They might even still be legally irrevokable, not sure, but they can just shut down drm servers and you can't install).

Ofc DRM-free steam games or GOG games etc. aren't transferable either, but the main issue for most people is clearly that they might lose access.

Consoles could just include a feature to back up game install files to USB storage or NAS and losing disks becomes irrelevant, but DRM will always fuck the customer in the ass.

While true, this is not easily solved and also I think the meme is more about people who then use this to justify total inaction. Doing anything at all is still better than doing nothing.

If I'm not mistaken that's from The Ancient Magus' Bride