我们都有Steam游戏库。当它们消失时会发生什么？
我觉得关于这个话题的讨论很多都归结为冷漠或放弃。人们常说如果Steam真的关停，他们就会开始盗版自己所有的游戏库，但这听起来更像是一种本能反应，而不是一个实际的计划。要让Steam完全消失，必须有某种关键因素在全球范围内崩溃。要明确，这并不是一个现实的短期情景，但我只是想谈谈这个问题，看看其他人对此有什么看法。
即使你想要保存自己的游戏库，很多人的收藏已经超出了任何常见的消费者存储设备的容量。我们说的是需要多个TB，甚至十几个TB才能完全归档的游戏库。支撑这些数据的基础设施既不便宜也不简单。因此，当你考虑到实际的后勤问题时，“我就全部盗版”的回应开始显得空洞。
对我来说，这引发了一个令人不安的问题：当初积累这些游戏的意义是什么？有多少人的游戏库里堆满了Humble Bundle的额外内容、Steam促销时的冲动购买，以及那些他们发誓有一天会玩的但从未触碰过的游戏？顺便说一下，我也对此深有感触。
我花了很多钱建立了一个还算不错的游戏收藏，但其中很大一部分都在那儿积灰尘。
所以，当假设发生时，你的游戏库变得无法访问，你会如何合理化这一切？你真的会怀念那些游戏吗，还是会意识到你其实只关心其中的少数几款？
你会寻找一个新的平台开始购买游戏吗？
我现在的观点稍有转变，购买游戏却从未玩过，实际上相当于对维持Steam存在的30%捐赠，以及对开发者/发行商继续做他们所做事情的70%捐赠。
当你这样合理化时，感觉就没那么痛苦了，但我很好奇HN对这个话题的看法。
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I feel like a lot of discussion on this topic comes down to apathy or just giving up. People say they'd start pirating their entire library if Steam ever went down, but that feels like more of a knee-jerk reaction than an actual plan. For Steam to simply cease existing, something critical would have to fail on a worldwide scale. It's not a realistic near-term scenario to be clear but I just wanted to talk about it and see how other people feel about it.<p>Even if you wanted to preserve your library, many people's collections have outgrown any commonly available consumer storage. We're talking libraries that would require multiple terabytes, maybe even tens of terabytes, to archive completely. The infrastructure to back that up isn't cheap or simple. So the "I'll just pirate it all" response starts to feel hollow when you think about the actual logistics.<p>To me this raises an uncomfortable question: what was the point of accumulating all those games in the first place? How many people have libraries packed with Humble Bundle extras, impulse buys from Steam sales, and games they swore they'd play someday but never touched? Just note that I'm guilty of this too.<p>I've spent a lot building a half decent gaming collection but a huge chunk of it sits there gathering dust.<p>So when the hypothetical happens and your library becomes inaccessible, how do you rationalize it? Will you actually miss most of those games, or will you realize you only ever cared about a handful?<p>Will you seek out a new platform to start buying from?<p>I have a slight shift in perspective now that buying games and never playing them is essentially a 30% donation to keeping Steam existing, and a 70% donation to the developers / publishers to keep doing what they are doing.<p>When you rationalize it like that it feels a bit less painful but I'm curious what HN's take on this topic is.