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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' 5 weeks ago:
The end result is still part of GOG’s revenue going toward the development of Heroic.
It doesn’t meet your high standard and that’s okay. I prefer to count my blessings in this regard.
- 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' 5 weeks ago:
GOG is funding the FOSS Heroic Games Launcher through an affiliate partnership: heroicgameslauncher.com/donate
- 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' 5 weeks ago:
You legally didn’t “own” your physical games either if you haven’t noticed.
- 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' 5 weeks ago:
It’s not legally binding, since it isn’t part of the user agreement you review when buying games on Steam.
- 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' 5 weeks ago:
When have they not had the full package on GOG?
- 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' 5 weeks ago:
There really is no difference. For almost all intents and purposes, GOG’s offline installers can be treated the same way as physical CDs of way back then, with one of the only exceptions being that you cannot resell them.
- 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' 5 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.
- 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' 5 weeks ago:
The Heroic Games Launcher can download and run GOG games. It’s a community-run project, but officially affiliated with GOG.
- Comment on 'Melts our frozen-solid hearts': Frostpunk 2 devs celebrate 350,000 copies sold—covering the production and marketing costs 1 month ago:
Frostpunk 2 is also available DRM-free on GOG!
www.gog.com/en/game/frostpunk_2 - Comment on Can you trust Valve? Honest criticism of Steam. 2 months ago:
- Comment on Can you trust Valve? Honest criticism of Steam. 2 months ago:
Your statement “if you’re on Windows” is still wrong.
Additionally, the Heroic project is officially affiliated with GOG, so saying that they don’t care is also wrong.
- Comment on Can you trust Valve? Honest criticism of Steam. 2 months ago:
- Comment on Can you trust Valve? Honest criticism of Steam. 2 months ago:
Well-deserved shout-out for GOG. Its standalone installers make actually owning your games much more convenient than it would be on Steam.
- Comment on Can you trust Valve? Honest criticism of Steam. 2 months ago:
Have you tried the Heroic Games Launcher? It’s currently the most advanced launcher for GOG games on Linux, even implementing support for some of GOG Galaxy’s online services. Additionally it’s officially affiliated with GOG, so you can “donate” to the project by purchasing games through the client.
- Comment on Can you trust Valve? Honest criticism of Steam. 2 months ago:
How did you try to get The Thaumaturge to run? I found that I could run many games on my library without issue using the Heroic Games Launcher, which is arguably the premier Linux client for GOG games.
- Comment on Ayaneo officially enters the U.S. gaming market — $399 Next Lite and $999 Kun now available at Best Buy 2 months ago:
I don’t know how you can say that it’s not a competitor.
It’s because they’re hyperfixated on Linux, just like the majority of the Lemmy userbase.
In reality any x86-based handheld is potential competition for the Steam Deck.
- Comment on RuneScape is increasing their membership price by 50%, and Reddit is trying to censor it 2 months ago:
What we should do is blame OP for deliberately choosing a title that makes it look worse than it is.
- Comment on Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic” 2 months ago:
Don’t confuse their initiative for benevolence. At the end of the day it’s all still for their own benefit and their ecosystem.
The contributions to open source are still a nice side effect.
- Comment on Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic” 2 months ago:
GOG exists and has managed to carve out a DRM-free niche for itself for more than 15 years now.
- Comment on Steam adds new "Trending Free" tab to hide demos from new & trending 3 months ago:
Who is against free games?
- Comment on We played Valve’s secret new shooter: Deadlock 3 months ago:
Certain clauses may be unenforceable, but not the entire EULA.
- Comment on Deadlock (Valve's Unannounced Title) Passes 12k Peak Players in Closed Alpha 3 months ago:
Damn, your machine must have been heavily locked down to be able to figure that out!
- Comment on Braid: Anniversary Edition "sold like dog s***", says creator Jonathan Blow 3 months ago:
I would have bought it if it landed on GOG, like the original did.
- Comment on Steam Is Run By Fewer Than 80 Staff, Lawsuit Docs Reveal 4 months ago:
Explain.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
If the lurkers don’t agree with you, does that make them trolls too?
- Comment on Dead Games News: Response from UK Government 6 months ago:
I’m currently at work, so disclaimer: the following is an AI-generated summary.
- The UK government has responded to the petition to stop game publishers from destroying players’ access to purchased games, but the response is complex and not entirely straightforward.
- The government’s response suggests there may be some legal avenues to pursue, particularly around the requirement for clear information to be provided to consumers about the longevity of online games.
- The key issue seems to be that most online games do not clearly disclose when their service will be shut down, depriving consumers of information needed to make an informed purchase decision.
- Pursuing this angle through consumer protection regulations like the CPRs may be more promising than directly trying to prevent game shutdowns, which the government response suggests is not clearly prohibited.
- However, there are many open questions about the specifics of how to report and pursue potential violations, including around time limits, penalties, and differences between UK and Scottish law.
- The creator of the video acknowledges this is a complex legal maze, but believes there is potential to do “a lot of damage” to the industry if the right approach can be identified.
- Gathering more signatures on the UK petition may help, but the creator is skeptical this alone will lead to legislative change.
- Overall, the response provides some promising leads, but significant work is still needed to determine the best path forward and how to effectively leverage the apparent legal violations.
- The creator expresses frustration at having to essentially act as “self-checkout law enforcement” to get the government to enforce existing consumer protection laws.
- Despite the challenges, the creator remains determined to find a way to hold game publishers accountable and prevent the destruction of purchased games.
- Comment on I'm so annoyed that they're calling the new hobbit game 'A The Lord of the Rings Game' 6 months ago:
I can understand the decision somewhat.
Putting “The Lord of the Rings” first in the title would imply that this furthers the main canon, when it’s actually only set in its universe.
- Comment on Bethesda Quietly Removes Denuvo DRM from Ghostwire: Tokyo 7 months ago:
Because most gamers don’t care.
- Comment on FF Evangelists 7 months ago:
Welcome to Lemmy. You may only advocate for Firefox.
- Comment on FF Evangelists 7 months ago:
That’s hardly React’s fault. Blame the web devs to jump into making websites after having completed a 2-week React bootcamp and nothing else.