r/masseffect • u/ConsciousStretch1028 • Jan 27 '25

NEWS THIS IS NOT A DRILL

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STEAM SALE RIGHT NOW WHOEVER DOESN'T BUY THIS YOUR MOM'S A HOE

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '25 edited May 15 '25

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u/Sentinelk12 Jan 27 '25

EA

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u/Chris2sweet616 Jan 27 '25

How steam does it for EA and Ubisoft games is by selling unlock “tokens” rather then the game itself, So if you already own it through EA then you don’t need to buy it again

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u/crowcawer Jan 28 '25

It’s very interesting.

What about when the EA launcher is dead? Does Steam give us the money back? lol

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u/Chris2sweet616 Jan 28 '25

Nope, it’s in the ToS, if the EA launcher died that’d be on EA to refund if they decided to. I assume their ToS also protects them from this tho

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u/AlkalineBrush20 Jan 28 '25

You're just "renting" the games until they go out of business. It's the same with every storefront.

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u/Karl-Doenitz Jan 28 '25

not gog

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u/AlkalineBrush20 Jan 28 '25

Unless you store your installers offline, you'll lose access if they go under just the same.

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u/AlkalineBrush20 Jan 28 '25

That's what I said but unless you store every single game installer you bought, you're bound to run into games you didn't save and can't access if it ever happens that they shut down.

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u/Maplicious2017 Jan 29 '25

Honestly, the boon is the option to do so. The fact that no other modern digital storefront allows for it is whack and unethical.

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