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[–] 44 points 2 years ago* (7 children)

But also with GOG you can download the installers and play offline. It's literally one of their big selling points. It's less convenient than things like steam, but you can do whatever the hell you want when you buy it. So in that regard, it literally is a purchase. Or as close as you can get with digital goods.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Depends on the game, they still sell DRM games which are limited in being able to be downloaded freely

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    DRM is added by the developers/publishers not by GOG, tho.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Same thing applies to Steam. You don't need to use the Steam DRM if you don't want to, it gets added by the developers/publishers. There are plenty of DRM-free games on Steam

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No thats not true. You need to have steam installed and be logged into an account to play a steam game, always.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    you can do whatever the hell you want when you buy it

    Mmm, not quite.

    And I point that out because Lemmy is a very FOSS-friendly place where that sentiment is actually true.

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