Even if you get all of your games via Steam, provided you have them downloaded, you can still run them without Steam if you know where to look. Obviously GOG is far better in this regard, but preservation is not a concern on PC, outside of games that are reliant on a server.

Starting next generation when prices are going to be obscenely high, I'm really struggling to see why anyone should invest in a console as opposed to a (mini-)PC.

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Gigachad 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Depends. Steam is not DRM itself, you can open the game folder and copy the game to another computer and steam doesn’t care. The game often has its own DRM though which will stop you.

GOG is different in that they ban DRM outright.

	▲	inigyou 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Some games won't start if Steam isn't running but you can work around that with a fake steamapi.dll, it's not a deep DRM check.