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ooli@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 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 · 7 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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    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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