Anon discovers what it’s like to own a piece of media
Anon uses GOG
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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otacon239@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
affenlehrer@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
It’s getting rare to own anything. Everything is just a temporary license or subscription or even if you own the thing it’s dongled to the vendor and when the vendor is in a bad mood or goes bankrupt you think can’t be used any more…
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m far too old to play the “everything is rented” game. I refuse to participate and I’m stunned anyone else does.
OTOH, I brought up how Trump/Project-2025 is dismantling NOAA on neighborhood.com, rather crucial to us on the Gulf Coast, and had this (heavily paraphrased) discussion with Karen:
“I PAY for my weather app! Don’t care if you can’t!”
“Uh, where do you think that app gets it’s data?”
“Not arguing with an idiot!”
And that was the day I learned that people pay monthly fees for free data. (I heartily recommend Weawow. Free, does everything I want except tide tables.)
I also learned that Project 2025 is a conspiracy theory and I’m an idiot for believing in it. Live and learn!
Ging@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
It’s all gotta get commodified
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
That’s how bad things have become. People don’t even realise what it’s like to own something.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I’ve been asked what a dvd is by a teenager. When I amended and said Blu-ray, they still had no clue. It’s only going to get worse.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t even own a player, for either format. Got 800 movies and years of TV shows on a pair of mirrored drives, backed to Google Drive. :)
20-years ago was wife was talking to another women in line at Walmart, “Me too! We get all our movies from aXXo! He’s the best.”
And somehow people forgot they could steal media with impunity. :(
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Bro, I’ve got like 25 hours in the Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster, on my Steam Deck and laptop.
Yesterday, an update caused the game to launch with a black screen. So I tried a few different Proton versions, before I start getting a new error.
I take a look at the discussion board for the game on Steam… Fucking Denuvo considers each version of Proton to be a separate “activation” and it will only allow five BEFORE LOCKING YOU OUT OF THE GAME FOR 24 HOURS.
I have never really given a shit about Denuvo before, but this is so fucking infuriating. I paid for this game. I’ve already played 25 hours of this game. Now I can’t fucking play it?
Unbelievable. Denuvo is fucking trash, and I guess now I’m on it those people who avoids it.
ulterno@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I guess you were testing with multiple versions of Proton to see which one works the best? Otherwise, doesn’t make sense to have changed 5 versions in 25 hours.
If you were testing as such, the game publishers should be paying you for doing their job of quality testing.
SleepyPie@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t think anyone read your last sentence lmao
regdog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
DRM is never for the benefit of the consumers.
snoons@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster has fucking denuvo in it? What the fuck? Does it have multiplayer or something?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I know.
Jaysyn@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thanks for the heads up, was going to get that for my wife to try. I’ll just spin up the ISO instead.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
The game itself is outstanding (but I may be biased since the original is one of my favorite games of all time)
cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Paid for your product like a bitch. Got what you deserved.
You dont own it unless you take it.
drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Happened with the new DOOM too. I just wait for AAA games to remove DRM as a precaution.
whosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It sounds like gog is pretty great, with their DRM free software.
I’m generally indifferent towards steam but I’m under the impression that they’ve contributed a lot to the recent developments in Linux gaming compatibility, and this has removed a pretty big hurdle for people who want to move away from windows, and I just think that’s swell.
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They could try to offer a proper Linux Galaxy client, though. Especially since CP2077 locks some minor things behind being launched from Galaxy.
DupaCycki@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There will likely never be an official GOG Galaxy client for Linux, judging by the company’s utter disregard for Linux users. It was the most requested position on their community wish list, and they just removed it saying they have no plans on adding Linux support.
Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Well that sounds like a problem for Cyberpunk players, who I have no respect for
synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There is some CP2077 content you only get through GoG Galaxy ?!?
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Half or more of all the games Amazon gives away through Prime are actually just GOG keys. If you already have Prime for some reason or another, you should be redeeming those free GOG keys.
Scrollone@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
This.
I hate Amazon, but I’m subscribed to Prime and I’m getting a lot of free GOG keys.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I wondered why some guy on my Discord kept giving out tons of free GOG keys. Guess it’s probably that?
Default_Defect@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
I have so many games I might not have even thought to go out and buy because of this.
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Amazon is doing what now? Well, I’ll be damned. That’s never been made apparent to me.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
They have been doing it, quietly, for years and they have given away amazing titles too.
CatZoomies@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I own ~670 games on GOG and lease 292 on Steam.
I’ve played maybe five of my GOG games to completion. I’m a gamer, dammit!
frog@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
It’s like Pokemon. Collecting is the game.
UnfairUtan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“and lease on steam”
This hurts to read considering my hundreds of games on steam 🥲 I want to stay in denial and pray for no enshittification
CatZoomies@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It will happen to Steam, too, one day. Not any time soon, but it will happen.
I didn’t start using GOG until I got a slap in the face with reality that I don’t own my games. I was ignorant and complacent back in the day when App Store purchases on Apple’s platform disappeared or I couldn’t download them again. “That sucks. Oh well. Damn.” is what I used to always say to myself over a decade ago. Funny that it took a beloved game - parts of it anyway - to where it finally sunk in how important digital ownership is.
Ubisoft is the company that taught me this valuable lesson. In August 2022, Ubisoft announced they would shut down legacy activation servers for their old single player games - www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/help/gameplay/…/000102396. While multiplayer would disappear and was accepted, the termination of these servers would also mean that my DLC would disappear. I was a day one owner of Splinter Cell: Blacklist on Wii U, and I spent my hard-earned money buying all the content for it back in 2012. Ubisoft was going to take away parts of my video game on a physical disc sitting on my shelf, because if I tried to run the game and install the DLC, the console would make a call to an activation server that no longer existed and preclude me from accessing my paid for content. Now, all those video games sitting on my shelf from multiple console generations suddenly looked less permanent. I always (and still today) buy cartridges and discs where possible because I believe physical copies are superior. Splinter Cell I purchased at least three times because I loved that game - on Wii U, on Uplay, and then on Steam. In 2022, Ubisoft shut down those activation servers and they took my purchases away from me forever. Now, I can only play parts of the game that I paid for. And Ubisoft doesn’t get my money any more (although they haven’t been for a long time since they keep release middling games).
Since that day, I learned a valuable lesson and have since directed most of my game purchases to GOG, where my GOG library has significantly skyrocketed past my Steam library.
P.S. - To this day, I still email Supergiant annually to beg them to release Hades on GOG, and show them the growing interest for their game in GOG’s Dreamlist: www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/hades-2020
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I would love to buy all my games from gog, but they lack steam’s regional pricing in my region, so most games are 4x the price on gog.
tatann@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
[deleted]rtxn@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You try being happy about it when a game costs $240
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
If the worst should happen, I will sail the seas to reclaim my ownership.
When you don’t earn dollars, it’s a lot of money.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
GOG is awesome!
skibidi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I love having to individually download all 50 parts to a game and write my own install script (the GOG experience on Linux).
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Heroic works pretty well.
SirHery@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I can second this.
drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You- you what??? Why. Lutris. Just use lutris, holy shit.
skibidi@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Lutris downloads files from GoG using their API, which has heavily throttled download speeds. It was going to take 19 hours for CP2077 to download using Lutris.
Downloading the 50 pieces individually from GoG through the browser took under and hour, but was quite annoying.
If you don’t play any large games, you might not have noticed, but Lutris and GoG do not work very well together.
nightm4re@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Maybe this was true five years ago, but with heroic I’ve never had any setup issues.
superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
There’s like 5 managers that support one click install on Linux. Why are you pretending to live in the stone age?
Chakravanti@monero.town 2 weeks ago
He likes it like that. Shit, he Loves it. Says so right off the bat. Just because this ain’t baseball doesn’t mean he’s not home.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
How common is that? I have maybe 5 games from GOG and none of them are like this.
skibidi@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Lutris communicates with GoG through their API, which is heavily throttled for downloading games. CP2077 was going to take almost an entire day to install using Lutris alone.
Going to the website and downloading the pieces myself was much faster, but then of course I needed to manage the rest of the install.
Small games are fine since you won’t feel as much pain on the download step.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I’ll have to admit, I’m too addicted to achievements to use GOG (AFAIK you can achievements on GOG if you use their launcher, but it doesn’t work on Linux). I’m going to regret that later for sure …
Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
There is a reimplementation of the Galaxy Communication Service that allows you to get achievements, track play time, etc.
Heroic Launcher has it bundeled automatically.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Heroic is so freaking… Well… Legendary. :D
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
games should just make an in-game achievements checklist that coorsponds with what steam would have shown. that’s all steams in anyways, a checklist.
Scrollone@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
It’s more than a checklist though. You can see how many players got that achievement.
UnfairUtan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I feel you.
Let’s stay in denial together 🫂
sbf@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I wish games would host their own downloads like Factorio. Managing keys and such is probably not worth it since they can use Steam, GOG, or even Itch, buts it’s just so nice to be able to download stuff without a middle man.
I’m just glad I only play 2 games instead of the hundreds I’m reading about in these comments. I didn’t even know that was a thing people did!
thax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Factorio devs are goated for their no-bullshit, high-quality product. I make damn sure I have a recent copy secured on my server, just in case. Inspirational humans like this keep me from the doldrums.
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
You might wanna reconsider that gushing praise. The Factorio dev is a screaming bigot with a long history of sexism, homophobia, and racism. And, when this is mentioned, complaining about “cancel culture”.
banazir@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
GOG does have its issues and controversies, but it’s still the only online gaming store with conditions I find acceptable. If the game is not available DRM Free, I don’t need to play it.
DupaCycki@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If only they gave a shit about their users enough to respect their requests for official Linux support. Various forms of this made 3 of the top 5 requests on their community wish list. Which they casually deleted and told people to use wine/proton.
This is not a consumer-friendly company. It just so happens that their consumer-oriented decisions led to profits. The moment this is not the case, they immediately change course every time. Same might be true for Valve, but at the very least we can clearly observe them sacrificing extra profits for a tiny minority of Linux users.
GOG is still mostly fine for Windows builds of games. You can support the devs and get DRM-free copies to store indefinitely. However, we shouldn’t blindly praise them and ignore the obvious bullshit they take part in.
MissingGhost@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I do love Steam, but at the same time, it required me to intall significant 32 bit support on my system. It’s just sitting there, using 2GB of RAM and 20% of a cpu while the window isn’t even open.
TootSweet@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve only bought one game from GOG. It was Morrowind and I’m playing via OpenMW. Good experience over all. Though I didn’t use the installer or the executable that came with the game.
I really want to see more FOSS reimplementations of game engines come into existence. Wine is fine and all, but I’d much rather have a native FOSS engine.
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
I love gog. Sure it means I need to pay (a small amount) for some decades old stuff, but it will work perfectly every time.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s just how games used to be before the age of enshittification began
nixus@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
Seriously. I pretty much only buy things off GoG nowadays. I can back it up to my own storage, and take it wherever I want. High-five to GoG.
bobzer@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
No regional pricing though. GOG is outrageously expensive in my country compared to steam.
Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com 2 weeks ago
I’ll buy when there’s a native linux client.
Until then, “arr, maties!”
…and no, I’m not having a morality discussion about piracy. I do it full-well knowing it’s wrong.
CaptainHowdy@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
It really is great if you’re on Windows, but I’ve run into issues installing GOG content on Linux.
Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Gog is awesome? But it has a game launcher now i have to use if I wanna play homeworld cataclysm.
steeznson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
greentext reads like it was written by that old Chad-PS3 console… not sure famous it was but he referred to wiimotes as dildos
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
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Know your enemy
KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 3 weeks ago
At least you’re warned about the bullshit requirements for a particular game.
Reminds me of what fdroid and aurora-store do, warning the users of potential “disgusting” features. That’s respect for its users
archemist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I like that fdroid is “this doesn’t meet what our users expect from our service, here’s why, and here it is anyway if you want cancer”
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Pretty common in flatpak managers as well
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
We always knew that battlefield would be like that. It’s an EA product after all.
I’m genuinely amazed it doesn’t have day one microtransactions, maybe that’s going later.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There will be a season one battle pass with skins, but the guns, maps, etc. will be free.
drop-assets.ea.com/…/BF6_S1_Post-Launch_RoadMap_1…
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yeah, don’t need to read further. I just avoid their crap on reflex.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They even game me a refund after I bought KOTOR 1 without realising it was an EA game, saying I wanted to get a refund because I was boycotting EA.
I did comply with the less than an hour playtime for refunds, so they might have given it regardless, but it’s nice to know they accept refunds labelled as boycotts.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It used to be even worse. In 2042, you had to install the EA app.