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Analysis: Why Steam isn't DRM

Cyanic

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I agree, while some people consider it DRM its actually not traditional DRM. However I think a lot of people seem to think that needing steam to launch game = DRM. 

Except that is indeed DRM.

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Cyanic
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After writing about Steam DRM, I came to a realization about Steam. I noted on the wiki article reasons that developers use Steam DRM. Two in particular stands out for the purpose of this discussion:

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"If DRM was forced by Steam, those games wouldn't exist in their DRM-free form." - Crucial oversight here: You're ignoring games that, even when purchased elsewhere, have to be registered with Steam.

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Well, I can tell you that the percentage of developers who use Steam DRM is not as high as 90%, and Steamworks wasn't designed as DRM. I don't think the original intention of Steamworks was to be DRM-

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