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Windows 11's New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges for Popular Video Codecs
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You could maybe make an argument for Counter Strike or Team Fortress or something like that… maybe.
aren't current iterations of both basically 'live service games' now, with microtransactions driving their continued existence?
they are not the same games as the hl mods i started playing way before steam came along.