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ooli@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

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'

www.pcgamer.com

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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'

www.pcgamer.com

ooli@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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The concept of a "digital license" isn't new, but there's no pretending you didn't know about it anymore.
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    Does GOG work on Linux?

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      Many of their games do have native linux versions, and a lot do work under wine or proton, which can be used as a Non-steam game in Steam or even without Steam.

      Their launcher doesn’t yet have a native linux version but it’s completely optional, and does still run under wine if you really want it.

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        If I’m not going to use their game manager, then why would I buy the game from them instead of just buying it directly from the game studio? I guess because game studios rarely distribute their own games anymore?

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          Exactly, the game publishers and distributors are often not the developers themselves. Only one to distribute direct in recent memory was World Of Goo 2, and even that was sold primarily through the Epic store.

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            Tarkov is only direct to my knowledge

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      If it works on Steam it works on GOG. Nothing about proton is limited to Steam.

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        There’s a Linux specific Steam program though. Is there a Linux specific GOG program?

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          The Heroic Games Launcher can download and run GOG games. It’s a community-run project, but officially affiliated with GOG.

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            How does GOG support Heroic?

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              They set up a commission with gog if you buy games through heroic

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                Is this an actual, specific deal with Heroic, or some general affiliate linking thing?

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                  No clue if it’s heroic exclusive but it’s more than just affiliate linking. Heroic embeds the actual gog store page in the launcher and gets a percentage of anything you buy per their agreement with gog

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                    Sounds technically just like affiliate linking, even if the browser is embedded.

                    https://affiliate.gog.com/

                    Just curious if there is a specific deal between Heroic and GOG.

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                    For the record, the affiliate link is listed here:

                    https://heroicgameslauncher.com/donate

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            Cool, thanks.

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          You mean a native version of GOG? I don’t think so, but you can use it through Lutris.

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            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.

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              Cool, thank you.

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