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Streaming-exclusive games are a notable exception to this, which is why it's so important to smash things like Stadia before they can gain a foothold.

Not even from a piracy standpoint, just a "I want to play this after the server/company shuts down" standpoint.

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I know I won't spend a penny on a service like stadia or xbox game pass. Even if it does have good here and now offerings. Games are the last category of software you can still generally "buy" these days and get permanent access with a one-time payment.

In actual fact, games need to be kept up to date in order to run okay on newer OS versions, and most of them are trying to get you to subscribe or otherwise DLC / microtransact you to death. Shame really

>Games are the last category of software you can still generally "buy" these days and get permanent access with a one-time payment.

This isn't even remotely true.

Almost every game seems to have an online element and won't run at all if you aren't on the latest version.

Not for single player games, no. Or for many indie titles.

Eh, it’s still ownership. If they wanna stop offering me updates they need to release Farm Simulator 2022, but Farm Simulator 2021 will keep working indefinitely. Steam let’s you play the vast majority of your library offline (99%+ of single player games).

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