alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 8 months agoGOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually deadwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1476arrow-down19cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksgaming@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1467arrow-down1external-linkGOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually deadwww.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 8 months agomessage-square70linkfedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksgaming@lemmy.ml
minus-squareTehBamski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down5·8 months agoAnd just like that, GOG rose to surpass Steam as the better place to buy video games.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·8 months agoIt was already better as the games it sells are free of Digital Restrictions Management
minus-squareDebatableRaccoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoJust call it malware. At least that’s an honest name.
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 months agoThe only client I would willingly install alongside Steam
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoFunny how people like it when they actually provide value to you instead of only forcing an ad delivery/data collection tool on you, right?
minus-squarekrash@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoCorrect me if I’m wrong: if you’re a linux gamer then GOG doesn’t support your platform, no?
minus-squareGimpydude@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoYes and no. They do have Linux binaries for games that support Linux, but GOG Galaxy is Windows. Heroic Launcher and others do support GOG.
minus-squaregreyw0lv@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoTo my knowledge the client (gog galaxy) doesn’t work. But the binary installers the actual games you buy can still work.
minus-squarev0rld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoGOG enabled regional pricing several years ago.
minus-squareRogueBanana@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoThey only support like a dozen different currencies, everyone else has to buy it in USD. If there implementation sucks, then it might as well not exist for us ignored by gog.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoI even rebought some games I really care about on GOG.
And just like that, GOG rose to surpass Steam as the better place to buy video games.
It was already better as the games it sells are free of Digital Restrictions Management
Just call it malware. At least that’s an honest name.
The only client I would willingly install alongside Steam
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Funny how people like it when they actually provide value to you instead of only forcing an ad delivery/data collection tool on you, right?
Correct me if I’m wrong: if you’re a linux gamer then GOG doesn’t support your platform, no?
Yes and no. They do have Linux binaries for games that support Linux, but GOG Galaxy is Windows. Heroic Launcher and others do support GOG.
To my knowledge the client (gog galaxy) doesn’t work. But the binary installers the actual games you buy can still work.
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GOG enabled regional pricing several years ago.
They only support like a dozen different currencies, everyone else has to buy it in USD. If there implementation sucks, then it might as well not exist for us ignored by gog.
I even rebought some games I really care about on GOG.