Does Steam save the games you buy to your account?

I want to buy games on sale from steam now but later I will want to transfer them to my new hard drive when I get it, so will I be able to just uninstall steam/reinstall it and all the games will be on my account so I can redownload them or whatever?Does Steam save the games you buy to your account?
The beauty of Steam (in my mind) is that EVERY game you purchased from it is saved on your Steam account. You can log onto a PC in a cybercafe, in Spain or on Mars, and once you type in your Steam details on a different PC, all your purchased games will be there regardless.The one issue is that the game data which you download is only saved on the harddrive of your primary PC (the one you played the games on). If you log onto Steam with a sperate laptop, download steam, log in you will have to redownload the game(s) again. But they will be there.Does Steam save the games you buy to your account?
Yes
Yes, one you buy it... its your. No DRM you can in stall it a million times if you like.
[QUOTE=''Helbrec'']Yes, one you buy it... its your. No DRM you can in stall it a million times if you like.[/QUOTE]



Pardon? Steam itself is a from of DRM, plus plenty of games on Steam have 3rd party DRM.
[QUOTE=''CellAnimation''][QUOTE=''Helbrec'']Yes, one you buy it... its your. No DRM you can in stall it a million times if you like.[/QUOTE]



Pardon? Steam itself is a from of DRM, plus plenty of games on Steam have 3rd party DRM.[/QUOTE]



Pardon?



Steam rocks. You can install the game as many time as you want from anywhere. It saves it forever its why Steam rocks :). And if Steam is a kind of DRM if you don't like it uninstall it... ITs not like Crysis DRM where you have to reformat your HD pretty much to get rid of it...
Every game that I've grabbed off of Steam hasn't had any 3rd party DRM on it at all. I've never had to register or authenticate anything. I'm sure EA has some stuff on there because their DRM is ridiculously brutal and unforgiving but still.
[QUOTE=''blade55555'']Steam rocks. You can install the game as many time as you want from anywhere. It saves it forever its why Steam rocks :). And if Steam is a kind of DRM if you don't like it uninstall it... ITs not like Crysis DRM where you have to reformat your HD pretty much to get rid of it... [/QUOTE]

Um... who said anything against Steam? I was just correcting a guy who suggested that there is no DRM on Steam. Which is completely incorrect. I also mentioned that some games on Steam have 3rd party DRM, this is also correct. Crysis for example uses SecuROM.
3rd-party DRM: SecuROM%26trade;
5 machine activation limit On Crysis in the steam store, Steam does 3rd party DRM when asked by the developer.
[QUOTE=''theafiguy'']Every game that I've grabbed off of Steam hasn't had any 3rd party DRM on it at all. I've never had to register or authenticate anything. I'm sure EA has some stuff on there because their DRM is ridiculously brutal and unforgiving but still.[/QUOTE]



You don't authenticate? What do you call steam?
[QUOTE=''Helbrec'']Yes, one you buy it... its your. No DRM you can in stall it a million times if you like.[/QUOTE] acutally steam is drm and games like crysis warhead and grand theft auto 4 to name a few still have securom on them and install limits which is stupid.
[QUOTE=''johnny27''][QUOTE=''Helbrec'']Yes, one you buy it... its your. No DRM you can in stall it a million times if you like.[/QUOTE] acutally steam is drm and games like crysis warhead and grand theft auto 4 to name a few still have securom on them and install limits which is stupid.[/QUOTE]How many computers are you going to install them on anyway?
[QUOTE=''lettuceman44''][QUOTE=''johnny27''][QUOTE=''Helbrec'']Yes, one you buy it... its your. No DRM you can in stall it a million times if you like.[/QUOTE] acutally steam is drm and games like crysis warhead and grand theft auto 4 to name a few still have securom on them and install limits which is stupid.[/QUOTE]How many computers are you going to install them on anyway?[/QUOTE]

thats not rly the point now it wont be a porblem for most people but a few years down the line and a few new computers later i will reach the install limit and why should i have to beg EA for extrs installs and its really point less as steam is a form of drm already and there is no dvd involved.
[QUOTE=''johnny27''][QUOTE=''lettuceman44''][QUOTE=''johnny27''] acutally steam is drm and games like crysis warhead and grand theft auto 4 to name a few still have securom on them and install limits which is stupid.[/QUOTE]How many computers are you going to install them on anyway?[/QUOTE]

thats not rly the point now it wont be a porblem for most people but a few years down the line and a few new computers later i will reach the install limit and why should i have to beg EA for extrs installs and its really point less as steam is a form of drm already and there is no dvd involved.[/QUOTE]I thought it was for installs at the same time, as you can install steam games on many computers at the same time.



I could be wrong though.
[QUOTE=''lettuceman44''][QUOTE=''johnny27''][QUOTE=''lettuceman44'']How many computers are you going to install them on anyway?[/QUOTE]

thats not rly the point now it wont be a porblem for most people but a few years down the line and a few new computers later i will reach the install limit and why should i have to beg EA for extrs installs and its really point less as steam is a form of drm already and there is no dvd involved.[/QUOTE]I thought it was for installs at the same time, as you can install steam games on many computers at the same time.



I could be wrong though.[/QUOTE]



Yes, you are wrong, in the case of limited installs, it is total installs, not unlimited installs on 3 or 5 computers... GTA IV though has unlimited installs.
So even if you bought Crysis Warhead on steam, you can only install it 5 times ever until you get more with EA?



WTF is that.....
[QUOTE=''lettuceman44'']So even if you bought Crysis Warhead on steam, you can only install it 5 times ever until you get more with EA?



WTF is that.....[/QUOTE]



You can install it on 5 different computers as many times as you want(I think), but the problems will happen when the computers change... such as even changing hardware on an existing PC can trigger a new activation, which eats up one of your 5 installs.
[QUOTE=''lettuceman44'']So even if you bought Crysis Warhead on steam, you can only install it 5 times ever until you get more with EA? WTF is that.....[/QUOTE] That, my friend, is DRM! get used to it...thanks piraters!
[QUOTE=''Omegax23''][QUOTE=''lettuceman44''] That, my friend, is DRM! get used to it...thanks piraters![/QUOTE]Even though I don't like it....I don't particularly blame publishers and devs. They are just trying to protect their assets and property. I agree, blame the pirates. [QUOTE=''Captain__Tripps''][QUOTE=''lettuceman44'']So even if you bought Crysis Warhead on steam, you can only install it 5 times ever until you get more with EA? WTF is that.....[/QUOTE] You can install it on 5 different computers as many times as you want(I think), but the problems will happen when the computers change... such as even changing hardware on an existing PC can trigger a new activation, which eats up one of your 5 installs. [/QUOTE]Oh, so you can only have 5 motherboard upgrades then? What happens when you run out?
[QUOTE=''lettuceman44''][QUOTE=''Omegax23''][QUOTE=''lettuceman44'']Even though I don't like it....I don't particularly blame publishers and devs. They are just trying to protect their assets and property. I agree, blame the pirates. [QUOTE=''Captain__Tripps''][QUOTE=''lettuceman44'']So even if you bought Crysis Warhead on steam, you can only install it 5 times ever until you get more with EA? WTF is that.....[/QUOTE] You can install it on 5 different computers as many times as you want(I think), but the problems will happen when the computers change... such as even changing hardware on an existing PC can trigger a new activation, which eats up one of your 5 installs. [/QUOTE]Oh, so you can only have 5 motherboard upgrades then? What happens when you run out?[/QUOTE]



It won't activate/play, you will have to contact EA to grant you more activations.