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by Freak_NL 1684 days ago
With those big titles I always treat them as something I can only reliably play for a while after I get them on Steam. This is also why I won't ever buy them at anywhere near the full price. I think I got GTA 5 for €15 in a sale.

The whole notion that if I install that game in five years time and half the music is gone due to licensing issues is just absurd. I have no expectations that I'll be able to (legally) play such games five or ten years down the road when I buy them today.

I'm looking forward to playing Hitman 3 eventually (if the previous two instalments are anything to go buy it will work flawlessly on Linux too), but I'm not getting it until its on sale (I guess Christmas 2022?); it seems like a game that is way too dependant on the parent company's servers to run as well, even though I only play the single player content.

I miss the days when even the big titles just booted up without phoning home for permission to run.