alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 28 days agoGOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually deadwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down17cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1443arrow-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 · 28 days agomessage-square64fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareTehBamski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down3·28 days agoAnd just like that, GOG rose to surpass Steam as the better place to buy video games.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·28 days agoIt was already better as the games it sells are free of Digital Restrictions Management
minus-squareDebatableRaccoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·28 days agoJust call it malware. At least that’s an honest name.
minus-squareSunshine @lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·28 days agoThe only client I would willingly install alongside Steam
minus-squareasexualchangeling@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·28 days 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-squarekrash@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·27 days agoCorrect me if I’m wrong: if you’re a linux gamer then GOG doesn’t support your platform, no?
minus-squareGimpydude@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·27 days 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-up2·27 days agoTo my knowledge the client (gog galaxy) doesn’t work. But the binary installers the actual games you buy can still work.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·27 days 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
If only they had a Linux client I might do that too, but the client they said they would come out with never apeared
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.
I even rebought some games I really care about on GOG.