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Posted December 04, 2015
I'm happy with this option. Not something that i'll use often, but i'll definitely use it. Have some prototype games that are just sitting around. Never gonna use them, as most of them got full versions, so no point to keep them in library. Also, some Early Access "gems", that seems to be in an "we only did 2 levels" state for a while now. Not gonna keep those around either after i'm sure that they will never be finished.
Posted December 04, 2015
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Tamamba: This is great news for someone with ocd.
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Vythonaut: Exactly! There are too many people that live with the OCD nightmare and this option is great for them. Not sure what will happen with deleted games from hacked accounts though. Valve must have had already millions of support tickets for game removals from accounts and I guess that's one good reason to implement this option; no more lost work hours for the support team.

That being said, I can already see them getting a million support tickets for games that got deleted unintentionally or the said user changed their mind and want their game back, haha! :P
It's already built into the system that you can recover 'permanently' removed games through the support pages. It's instant. Basically it's an advanced hide feature.
Posted December 04, 2015
Well... not really a revolution, but.. why not? This may be useful if someone lose the access to a 3rd part DRM account, like uplay. Still, he has to buy it again. Anyway, on GOG I would never want to delete a DRM free game :D
Posted December 04, 2015
I created a category caled "AA" for all the shitty games I have on Steam (only 12). AA is always at the top of my categories (closed it, so it doesn't annoy me) and is, coincidentally, the German equivalent of poo-poo (the small kids friendly word for shit/crap/scat/whatever). That's all I need. Labeling a game as shit is way better than deleting it^^
Posted December 04, 2015
While it may have been requested, I'm not sure what the point of the feature is when you can simply hide games in your library (they added that a few years ago) instead of outright removing them from the account. It does open the door to an account being hacked and then all the games getting deleted. The one useful thing would be ftp games that get added to the library, at some point you would want those out of there. I guess someone needs to explain why 'hide' isn't as useful in this instance.
Posted December 04, 2015
Steam adds an option to remove games from library, but not an option to download DRM-free installers (not even for DRM-Free games on Steam). This is exactly the direction I imagined they would be taking at some point. First, you offer people an option to spontaneously get rid of their games. I suppose the step after that is updating the Subscriber Agreement to establish some rule that allows Valve themselves to remove games from user's libraries.

Apple, for example, already removes apps and games from accounts when those apps and games are removed from their store. It seems like only a matter of time before we see a similar policy getting adopted by Steam.
Posted December 04, 2015
I want that feature HERE.

I hate having a redundant copy of Guacamelee and Ethan Carter.
Posted December 04, 2015
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brunosiffredi: Steam adds an option to remove games from library, but not an option to download DRM-free installers (not even for DRM-Free games on Steam). This is exactly the direction I imagined they would be taking at some point. First, you offer people an option to spontaneously get rid of their games. I suppose the step after that is updating the Subscriber Agreement to establish some rule that allows Valve themselves to remove games from user's libraries.

Apple, for example, already removes apps and games from accounts when those apps and games are removed from their store. It seems like only a matter of time before we see a similar policy getting adopted by Steam.
I think you're like a decade or so behind the times. Pretty sure both Valve and GOG have had those terms since the start. The big point is that they don't act on it unless they have no other choice.
Posted December 04, 2015
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brunosiffredi: Steam adds an option to remove games from library, but not an option to download DRM-free installers (not even for DRM-Free games on Steam).
Why would they do this? They want you to use the client. They don't advertise themselves as a DRM-Free platform.
Post edited December 04, 2015 by synfresh
Posted December 04, 2015
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brunosiffredi: Steam adds an option to remove games from library, but not an option to download DRM-free installers (not even for DRM-Free games on Steam). This is exactly the direction I imagined they would be taking at some point. First, you offer people an option to spontaneously get rid of their games. I suppose the step after that is updating the Subscriber Agreement to establish some rule that allows Valve themselves to remove games from user's libraries.

Apple, for example, already removes apps and games from accounts when those apps and games are removed from their store. It seems like only a matter of time before we see a similar policy getting adopted by Steam.
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Pheace: I think you're like a decade or so behind the times. Pretty sure both Valve and GOG have had those terms since the start. The big point is that they don't act on it unless they have no other choice.
I think you are missing the point. Why does Apple remove apps from people's accounts when they get removed from the store? Because there's a cost to maintain user access to old software that isn't bringing in revenue anymore.

It's a matter of maximizing profitability. If Valve ever goes public with their stocks, you bet they'll start finding more and more excuses to remove old games from people's accounts.
Post edited December 04, 2015 by brunosiffredi
Posted December 04, 2015
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brunosiffredi: I think you are missing the point. Why does Apple remove apps from people's accounts when they get removed from the store? Because there's a cost of maintain user access to old software that isn't bringing in revenue anymore.

It's a matter of maximizing profitability. If Valve ever goes public with their stocks, you bet they'll start finding excuses more and more to remove old games from people's accounts.
Considering GOG is the one that's actually publicly traded they're the ones at a higher risk of doing so. Personally I'm pretty sure both of them will avoid it like the plague since doing it will mean they'll start losing future sales.
Posted December 04, 2015
I fail to see how Valve giving consumers greater control over their Steam accounts is a bad thing.
Post edited December 04, 2015 by Asbeau
Posted December 04, 2015
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brunosiffredi: I think you are missing the point. Why does Apple remove apps from people's accounts when they get removed from the store? Because there's a cost of maintain user access to old software that isn't bringing in revenue anymore.

It's a matter of maximizing profitability. If Valve ever goes public with their stocks, you bet they'll start finding excuses more and more to remove old games from people's accounts.
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Pheace: Considering GOG is the one that's actually publicly traded they're the ones at a higher risk of doing so. Personally I'm pretty sure both of them will avoid it like the plague since doing it will mean they'll start losing future sales.
The difference is GOG doesn't have a reason to do it. The user base is much smaller and there are 1340 games on the store right now. Even if we try to add to that games that were on the store and got removed, the number wouldn't reach 2.000 games.

Steam has something like 15.000 games on the store right now, with more or less 20 new games being added on a daily basis. It doesn't take a mathematician to see that it won't be sustainable for them to keep every game they ever sold on their servers forever.
Posted December 04, 2015
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Pheace: It's already built into the system that you can recover 'permanently' removed games through the support pages. It's instant. Basically it's an advanced hide feature.
So, for anyone who wants to get back their deleted games, doesn't require to get in touch with the support. This is nice for both sides! And you're right, it does look like a more advanced hiding feature after all.
Posted December 04, 2015
Well, this is something I've wanted for a long time. Only problem is that now that it's there, and I'm staring at stuff like Confrontation, Risen, and the Ship, stuff that I'm never going to play, this is going on:

https://youtu.be/O7X1BCCH9a8?t=2m41s

The funny thing is that Guardians of Middle Earth is on the list of stuff to be deleted.

ISILDUR!
Post edited December 04, 2015 by nmorello11
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