Steam now lets you *permanently* delete games from your Steam account/library

[ApolloX75]

Obviously they would be able to reverse it on the steam support side. There would be records of purchased and deleted games. What games you own are just values in a database.

True but think of it this way: what if your account is 500+ titles? I don't even remember half of what I've got at any one time. If someone were foolish enough to not use SteamGuard properly; or even if someone bypassed it, would you notice a title here and a title there disappearing over time?

 

That's the scary part to me; because obviously yes, Steam would be able to backtrack but at the same time if there's a long enough span of time between it disappearing and you noticing, they probably won't do anything at all.

[That Norwegian Guy]

Yeah! I can finally delete the old deprecated MMO versions like Age of Conan: Collector's Edition and Rift that aren't linked to the real games on Steam anymore because they went F2P and suck at kompootors.

[iamdarkyoshi]

This is Apple-innovation tier stupidity.

OP please marked solved

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

So what if someone hacks into your account and deletes thousands of dollars of games?

 

If you are able to get hacked into your account you deserve to loose your games. Dumb password, no steam guard, no mobile steam guard.

[NeatSquidYT]

Awful choice. Hackers will have fun with this. Hiding games is a great idea, not permanently deleting them. Awful, awful idea.

[Guest]

@Enderman

 

The real question is why aren't you using two-factor. 

[Nexxus]

how will this effect VAC banned games ? rebuy ?

it wont, its your account thats banned not the game key

[Enderman]

@Enderman

 

The real question is why aren't you using two-factor. 

this isnt about me...

i barely ever use steam

this is about the other thousands of people who regularly get accounts hacked into

[Tycho]

FINALLY i can remove this *****ing junk from my library

[dizmo]

Makes sense, I guess if you knew you were never going to play the game again why have it there at all.

Or if you get so pissed at the Dev that you don't want any of their shit related to you whatsoever...

Also, parental control. If your kid buys a game with a gift card that you don't want them to have. Sure, not foolproof, but they'd have wasted their likely limited income.

 

 

y tho

If a parent wants to delete a game because their kid isn't studying in school might be one scenario.

Or if you want to never see that game again.

Or if you hate clutter, and just want it gone.

 

So what if someone hacks into your account and deletes thousands of dollars of games?

That would really suck, but they have numerous safeguards.

Does hacking Steam accounts happen that often?

 

Why would you ever want to literally throw money away

If you're never going to use it again...why keep it?

By that logic you should never throw anything away.

 

Awful choice. Hackers will have fun with this. Hiding games is a great idea, not permanently deleting them. Awful, awful idea.

It's already been mentioned a few times, but there are numerous ways to protect yourself from this.

[XTankSlayerX]

Obviously they would be able to reverse it on the steam support side. There would be records of purchased and deleted games. What games you own are just values in a database.

You'd think they would've been able to do this with fraudulent trades...

 

Not the case apparently.

[AresKrieger]

@Enderman

 

The real question is why aren't you using two-factor. 

Really doesn't matter anyway unless the game is multiplayer focused/only as any lost game can be recovered on the high seas

[Guest]

this isnt about me...

i barely ever use steam

this is about the other thousands of people who regularly get accounts hacked into

And that is why you don't use the same password for things, a lot of people who get hacked are just lazy and think everything will be fine. 

[Guest]

Really doesn't matter anyway unless the game is multiplayer focused/only as any lost game can be recovered on the high seas

High seas, (I hope it's not what I'm thinking) If so.. find yourself a hole... crawl in and... 

[thekeemo]

If you're never going to use it again...why keep it?

By that logic you should never throw anything away.

Except this takes no space..

[Me1z]

So long 'Infestation: Survivor Stories', and good fucking riddance. I've wanted that garbage off my account for years, today is a glorious day.

[AresKrieger]

High seas, (I hope it's not what I'm thinking) If so.. find yourself a hole... crawl in and... 

If you already bought the game why does it matter, the point of copyright law isn't to screw over consumers (though it can) it's to make sure creators get compensation, which you already did with the initial purchase. Either way this doesn't affect me really as I make my games work regardless and keep backups, both off site and on HDDs

 

Dual authentication can help a lot, but who asked for this feature?

[qwertywarrior]

it wont, its your account thats banned not the game key

according to steam the key its self is banned

other games arnt effected with in the account

[BallisticPeanut]

Good, I guess?  Still waiting for the day when I can change my terrible steam login name.

[Nexxus]

according to steam the key its self is banned

other games arnt effected with in the account

There is still an account tie, or else I couldn't see peoples van bans publicly, which anyone can.

[as96]

Two words: Bad Rats

[dizmo]

Except this takes no space..

Some people just really hate clutter, even if you can hide it, you'll still know it's there.

[qwertywarrior]

There is still an account tie, or else I couldn't see peoples van bans publicly, which anyone can.

oh yeah but what i meant was that if i bought two games lets say CS and L4D and i got banned on CS i wouldnt be banned on L4D

[Stuff_]

Interesting that there are so many people opposed to giving the consumer complete control of their owned products?

 

If you guys are suggesting that YOU OWN IT, by purchasing it, then why can you not have it deleted so you essentially so not own it anymore?

 

 

You can do this with physical copies of old games. Toss them out. You aren't going to buy a game that just came out for $60, and then delete it from your account. You will be deleting games that were either cheap, or that you haven't ever played and won't.

[Fluffinator]

Interesting that there are so many people opposed to giving the consumer complete control of their owned products?

 

If you guys are suggesting that YOU OWN IT, by purchasing it, then why can you not have it deleted so you essentially so not own it anymore?

 

 

You can do this with physical copies of old games. Toss them out. You aren't going to buy a game that just came out for $60, and then delete it from your account. You will be deleting games that were either cheap, or that you haven't ever played and won't.

I think you misunderstood the point? It's not that people don't want full control, it's that people don't want there accounts hacked and there games deleted.