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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'

DiabolicalBird@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

This has literally always been the case with Steam, the only difference is that people are told up front now. Things will likely continue to operate exactly the same as it has until now, I doubt Valve wants to disrupt the giant money train they have.

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lud@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I would be surprised if it even was possible for them to change so that the games are bought. I suspect that would be quite complicated legally.

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- CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  It’s literally in the title that GOG does exactly that. Why would Steam’s hands be legally tied if GOG’s aren’t?
  
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  - lud@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    No, that isn’t what GOG is doing.
    
    GOG is still only licencing games to you. They do offer you the opportunity to download an offline installer though.
    
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    kshade@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    As far as I know there is no mandatory DRM on Steam either, so if a publisher wants to they can just make their game be portable and not require Steam to even be installed. Pretty sure all the re-releases that use DOSBox or ScummVM are like this, for example.
    
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    CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    How is having an offline installer that can’t be taken away, not the same thing as owning?
    
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