ooli@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoSteam'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'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square305fedilinkarrow-up1941arrow-down147cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.mlgames@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1894arrow-down1external-linkSteam'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'www.pcgamer.comooli@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square305fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.mlgames@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·edit-21 month agoRemember when they said Galaxy would get linux support? That didn’t happen, and that promise got quietly retracted… That said, Heroic is unofficial but has worked quite well.
minus-squarebrrt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoHeroic giving GOG an excuse not to get their shit together.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoIf you buy through Heroic, Heroic gets a cut. So it creates a data point that they can use to see how big that market is, so they know what they have to do to get 100% of my sale in their own pocket.
Remember when they said Galaxy would get linux support? That didn’t happen, and that promise got quietly retracted…
That said, Heroic is unofficial but has worked quite well.
Heroic giving GOG an excuse not to get their shit together.
If you buy through Heroic, Heroic gets a cut. So it creates a data point that they can use to see how big that market is, so they know what they have to do to get 100% of my sale in their own pocket.