Comment on Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you'

Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Many of their games do have native linux versions, and a lot do work under wine or proton, which can be used as a Non-steam game in Steam or even without Steam.

  Their launcher doesn’t yet have a native linux version but it’s completely optional, and does still run under wine if you really want it.

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  • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If I’m not going to use their game manager, then why would I buy the game from them instead of just buying it directly from the game studio? I guess because game studios rarely distribute their own games anymore?

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    • Whitebrow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Exactly, the game publishers and distributors are often not the developers themselves. Only one to distribute direct in recent memory was World Of Goo 2, and even that was sold primarily through the Epic store.

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      • histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Tarkov is only direct to my knowledge

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• Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If it works on Steam it works on GOG. Nothing about proton is limited to Steam.

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  • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There’s a Linux specific Steam program though. Is there a Linux specific GOG program?

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    • HKayn@dormi.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The Heroic Games Launcher can download and run GOG games. It’s a community-run project, but officially affiliated with GOG.

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      • ouch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        How does GOG support Heroic?

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      • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Cool, thanks.

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You mean a native version of GOG? I don’t think so, but you can use it through Lutris.

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      • HKayn@dormi.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Nowadays the Heroic Games Launcher is the preferred solution for downloading and running GOG games. It’s a community-run project, but officially affiliated with GOG.

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