alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 1 day agoGOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually deadwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1463arrow-down17cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksgaming@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1456arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square71fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksgaming@lemmy.ml
minus-squareTehBamski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down5·1 day agoAnd just like that, GOG rose to surpass Steam as the better place to buy video games.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·1 day agoIt was already better as the games it sells are free of Digital Restrictions Management
minus-squareDebatableRaccoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoJust call it malware. At least that’s an honest name.
minus-squarekrash@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoCorrect me if I’m wrong: if you’re a linux gamer then GOG doesn’t support your platform, no?
minus-squaregreyw0lv@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoTo my knowledge the client (gog galaxy) doesn’t work. But the binary installers the actual games you buy can still work.
minus-squareGimpydude@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day 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-squareiorale@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoCall me when they add regional pricing, otherwise their sales are still way too expensive for me.
minus-squarev0rld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoGOG enabled regional pricing several years ago.
minus-squareRogueBanana@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours 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-squareSunshine [she/her]@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoThe only client I would willingly install alongside Steam
minus-squareasexualchangeling@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoIf only they had a Linux client I might do that too, but the client they said they would come out with never apeared
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day 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-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day 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.
Correct me if I’m wrong: if you’re a linux gamer then GOG doesn’t support your platform, no?
To my knowledge the client (gog galaxy) doesn’t work. But the binary installers the actual games you buy can still work.
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.
Call me when they add regional pricing, otherwise their sales are still way too expensive for me.
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.
The only client I would willingly install alongside Steam
If only they had a Linux client I might do that too, but the client they said they would come out with never apeared
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?
I even rebought some games I really care about on GOG.