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The long game (lemmy.world)
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[–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't understand the GoG glazing.

No Linux support. A much worse storefront and launcher. They greatly mislead people about "owning" their games. The anti-DRM stance is nice, but unless more people start to care about that all it does is reduce the size of GoG's catalog.

Like, they're fine and probably the next-best option to Steam. I have a handful of games on GoG. But I don't understand why a small handful of people think they're so much better than Steam.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Basically the anti-DRM stance. If I can buy through GOG, I will do that because I know that edition is not DRM encumbered. In steam it should be optional, but plenty of games that are DRM-free on GOG are DRM-enabled on steam. And while GOG galaxy is Windows-only, at least they do bother to provide Linux installers for some of the library.

    I will grant that Valve are doing a lot more on Linux and ecosystem, with more integrated support and extending the Linux support to cover a lot of games where publishers didn't lift a finger to enable Lniux. Probably stemming from having a significant more amount of money to work with and freedom from public investors to let them spend as they see fit.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Honestly this is the fairest criticism. Personally I think it's enough that Steam just indicates what the DRM is clearly in the store, and that they have historically issues refunds when publishers make anti-consumer changes for people who already purchased it.

    plenty of games that are DRM-free on GOG are DRM-enabled on steam

    I suppose ymmv here. For me, I have a lot of games on my Steam wishlist where every time they go on sale I check to see if the DRM has been removed yet. I also occasionally check these on GoG, but more like every 6 months or so because I don't use GoG as much. In my experience it's really rare for a game to have DRM on Steam and still be on GoG. Sonic Frontiers for example - it has Denuvo on Steam but just isn't listed on GoG at all.

    My assumption is that this is something to do with the contracts between publishers and the 3rd party DRM makers like Denuvo. And technical limitations too- I assume there is some level of development needed to add/remove/change DRM. Hi-Fi Rush is a recent example: everyone who owns it now will need to update before January 16th to get the Denuvo removed.

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