Posted February 26, 2019
Braggadar: +1 for the effort. Refreshing to have someone willing to explain things in such detail.
In summary:
Steam library not backed up + Steam shut down = Boned.
GOG library not backed up + GOG shut down = Boned.
The main differences between Steam & GOG backups:
Steam backup without no authentication patch + Steam shut down = Boned.
Steam backup with no authentication patch + Steam shut down = Possibly functional games
GOG offline installer backup + GOG shut down = In most cases, functional games
Thus:
LEARN HOW TO BACK UP YOUR FILES OR RISK LOSING YOUR GAMES FOREVER.
It should also be noted that the origin's of Gabe's "promise" are so long in the past that he may have been only referring to Valve's own games, they might not even have started to sell games from other publishers back then.In summary:
Steam library not backed up + Steam shut down = Boned.
GOG library not backed up + GOG shut down = Boned.
The main differences between Steam & GOG backups:
Steam backup without no authentication patch + Steam shut down = Boned.
Steam backup with no authentication patch + Steam shut down = Possibly functional games
GOG offline installer backup + GOG shut down = In most cases, functional games
Thus:
LEARN HOW TO BACK UP YOUR FILES OR RISK LOSING YOUR GAMES FOREVER.