What if... Steam discontinues - What would you lose?

Hum .... my trading cards...

All those profitz man :c

With all seriousness id just go back to pirating stuff . Nothing is lost on the internet , so i cannot access them on steam id just find another source to get them .
And since i technically paid for them ( or well someone did ) i wouldnt feel that bad about it :)

So i guess i will win all the money im spending on games .

One of those "what if tomorrow teh world ends - what would you lose.gif" threads. :-D

As for Steam - couldn't care less but chances are higher that our little home planet gets hit by a devastatingly huge asteroid and
humanity is undocumented history along with some scribbles and garbage floating in space from former space missions, before Volve
manages to crap their business-pants beyond recovery - which you'd smell and see years before it occurs.

"Oh no!! All of my ProfitZ is gone :( "

Probably something like that

About 40% of my PC games are Steam only. Other 60% includes GOG, Origin and uPlay games, DRM-free CD/DVD games and Steam based games with physical copies - they would only require crack. Still it's a lot of games missing.

According to the handy-dandy dissapointometer I'd loose somewhere between $1376 and $5150.

Lots of people would probably lose their virginity.

I keep hearing about Origin and U-play should check it out if that happens ;p

Without a trace? Then I guess I'd go back to solely playing games on Nintendo consoles.

Those of my favourite games which don't have a DRM-free version somewhere else.

Then the purpose of my life will be nothing...

I'd really miss Tomb Raider, but if this happens maybe there is a chance i will learn what Lara knows :)

I asked this question myself a few times. Its pretty scary.

I would cry for a bit and then get over it. If I could walk away from WoW after 10 years, I can leave Steam one day too.

Let's not, uh, talk about that.
Please.

There will be a thousand years of darkness and despair. Only a few will remeber at first, but they will keep speaking The Word of GabeN. As centuries pass, more people will believe again and keep spreading The Word. Finally, The GabeN will return before the end of the millennium, all servers will be brought back to life, and the entire world will become one amazing videogame, and that videogame will be Half-Life 3.
- Steam Technical Manual, 33-3

Honestly? The loss of my only form of social interaction. Games I can buy/pirate (honestly, I'd go full "yarr" mode if all of my Steam library was taken away by Valve). I don't care much for anything else on Steam, however Steam/Steamgifts is the only places where I interact with other humans (with the exception of members of the family I guess). The loss of Steam would mean the end of any future interaction with people I consider friends. The end of Steamgifts would only make it worse.

I don't think it's legal to lose licenses you have paid for just because some people don't have money to keep the service up.
If that is somehow legal, then piracy will also be "somehow legal" for me.
don't want to lose my profile tho

It wont happend xD end of the world, everyone dies but Steam / Valve survived along with Lord Gaben xD and he will decide to make End of the World Sale

Is it all worth it? Well, there's not really much of an alternative for most of the games on it, so we don't really have much of a choice in the matter -- we just need to hope that that apocalyptic day never comes.

Gaben commented about that possibility and said that they have a solution.

If Gaben fails, GOG is my backup.

I'd lose thousands, but I'd still have my several hundred console games.

No you dont own games in Steam and its not philosophical question, read Steam TOS...

Actually, without a joke, the possibility of EARTHQUAKE where Valve's HQ locates is pretty high, if you want you can read about it on OFFICIAL Seattle's website. So, be ready everyone - this is real.