In what way? I know it’s great but I don’t know if I’d call it the last hope. It’s a good store front. Their application has better FOSS alternatives and there are other pretty okay ways to buy games too. I don’t follow them closely. Are they doing anything particular that warrants that description?
Darorad@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
They’re like the only store that actually sells you the game and not a revokable license to a game
Alk@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Yeah I was aware of that. I don’t know if that constitutes the last hope for all gaming, but it’s definitely a positive.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
No, but saving the industry is their “hook”, if not explicitly stated as such. I know that every game I buy from them will be impossible to take away from me if I backed up the installers first.
MinFapper@startrek.website 5 weeks ago
I don’t know if that’s true anymore. There are games on there that require login into PSN after installing.
Mubelotix@jlai.lu 5 weeks ago
That’s just wrong. They just sell you a license and provide a DRM free game. You are not supposed to continue playing the game if the publisher terminates your license. They just give you the ability to do it, but it has no legal value
muix@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
I thought itch did that too
skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
They do
Kichae@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
You really need to look at what you’re buying. Whether it’s a download, a DVD, or damn floppy disk, you’re still just buying a license. A very revokable license. If it’s online, the publisher can cut you off.
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
GOG installer is offline:
gamesradar.com/…/valve-reminds-steam-users-they-d… x.com/GOGcom/status/1844752098145038435
Kichae@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
GoG isn’t the publisher. Y’all don’t read the shit you agree to, and know fuck all about media distribution. You’ve never owned a video game, a movie, or even a book that isn’t in the public domain. You’ve only ever owned licenses for personal use, and those licenses have always been provisional and revokable. Always. Your ignorance is not change that.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
And how does that work when they close down and servers close down? Wheter you have a revolve license or not, you still won’t ever be able to access the game…,
stardust@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Those are terminologies corporations care about. But, for real life use there is a difference between a product that can be remotely taken away and products that can’t. Otherwise could be argued there is no difference between a pirated copy of Red Dead Redemption 2 and a legit one, which there is once you try to play offline.
Darorad@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
GOG Seels DRM free games that you can download the installers and all necessary files. No matter what they do, once you’ve downloaded it, they can’t stop you from playing it.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s only if you download the game and store it in a way that won’t degrade, when their servers are offline, you can’t download it anymore…,
Undearius@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
That’s true for pretty much every product you buy.
The difference is that Ikea isn’t going to take your shelf when they feel like it or if they run out of money. Neither is GOG. That’s why it matters.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I didn’t know IKEA made video games?
And why does that matter? When they go out of business you can’t download even if you do or don’t have a license.
Because you now have a game that you don’t need a license that you still won’t be able to access or play? So how does that make a single fucking difference lmfao.
ogmios@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I have no idea what else you would be expecting?
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s my point… it literally doesn’t matter that they can revoke you license or not, when the servers are down, you’re fucked regardless.
stardust@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Ummm… That’s the case for disc games too of only being able to retain possession once it’s shipped to you and you properly store it. Or any tangible good for that matter. I don’t what point you are trying to make.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s literally the point, it’s a useless argument since it doesn’t fucking matter lmfao.
ObsidianNebula@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I’ve read through your various comments, and I’m not sure you see the difference here.
With other platforms such as Steam, you download the Steam program that acts as a single installer for every game on the platform. You have to be logged into a valid Steam account to download a game from their single installer. If you use a new computer, you have to log into Steam and download from Steam. On GoG, you download an installer per game. Those installers can be transferred to any device and download the games even if the computer has never logged into GoG or even connected to the internet. You can store all the installers on an external drive, which you can’t do for Steam.
If Steam eventually dies or your account is banned, you can never install those games again. If GoG eventually dies or your account is banned, you are correct that you can’t download new installers, but you can use any installer you have already downloaded.
If Steam dies or your account is banned, the game you already have downloaded may not even work anymore due to DRM (this is on a game-by-game basis). If GoG dies or your account is banned, your games are guaranteed to still run since they are not dependant on GoG DRM (with a small list of exceptions people aren’t happy about).
You may not care about any of this, but there’s a decent chunk of people who want to keep their games regardless of anything the purchasing company does.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 weeks ago
I hope you’re paid well to spread this easily disproven lie.
support.gog.com/…/212632089-GOG-User-Agreement?pr…
WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
This is just the license do download the game, not to install it.
Once you’ve downloaded the software they can’t revoke it anymore.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 weeks ago
Yes they can. They cannot stop you from installing the game, but once they revoke your license, it would be piracy.
GOG shills always twist reality to try to make it conform to the “you own you games” lie, but the truth is GOG is no different than Steam.
Azzu@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
How do you disprove that this “GOG content” are offline installer files that, as long as you keep them backed up, work indefinitely even if GOG revokes your license to download them again?
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 weeks ago
I don’t. However, using those files after GOG revokes your license would be piracy.
Auli@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
You never have bought a game even when buying it on physical media. You always purchase a license to the game.