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Originally Posted by TopCat
I guess it's Valve's fault that Germany has harsh ( and even stupid ) censorship laws as far as video games are concerned, right ?
Steam's DRM is perfectly fine as it provides you with loads of benefits like automatic game updates, achievements, cloud saves, etc. Skyrim's console versions got leaked way before the PC version because of the fact that Skyrim's a Steamworks game.
Gabe Newel once said that if Steam was to close down a patch would be issued to allow for all the games to be played without the need of the client.
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a) German's laws are not Valve's fault, but not providing any means to authenticate your persona on Steam is. Germany in particular even offers an electronic infrastructure specifically for cases like this (eID, ePA).
b) It is possible to provide all those benefits without enforcing DRM.
c) Gabe is a nice guy! Unfortunately, he can't guarantee this. I'd be surprised if they included this in their ToS.
EDIT: ozzie beat me to it. Also, I'd like to clarify that I'm in no way opposed to any publisher or developer bringing their games to steam
as an alternative to other distribution methods.
