alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 11 hours agoA new law has been passed in California which prohibits the use of words like "buy" and "purchase" on digital storefronts like Steam.www.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1363arrow-down16
arrow-up1357arrow-down1external-linkA new law has been passed in California which prohibits the use of words like "buy" and "purchase" on digital storefronts like Steam.www.pcgamesn.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 11 hours agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-210 hours agoYou still need your gog account to download games though. And they have multiplayer games anyways. It’s far better that it applies to everyone.
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 hours ago You still need your gog account to download games though. I need an account to make the purchase and download, but I can then delete my account and keep the installers on a hard drive.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoAnd you can delete steam and still play the games on your computer.
minus-squareUndercoverUlrikHD@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·9 hours agoGOG guarantees that every game is DRM free and can be offline. Steam makes no such guarantees, and most games there will ship with some form of DRM.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoNo most games do not have drm. You can play most games on steam without launching steam. I don’t even understand why you guys are trying to argue. This new law should absolutely include every game store on the Internet.
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoBut there’s no installer, so I can’t reinstall it on another device. With GOG I have an installer just like I’d have with physical media.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoIt doesn’t matter. GoG should still be held responsible to the law. Every game store should be.
minus-squareTheDorkfromYork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 hours agoYou dont need an account to launch the game, so you own it.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoSame with steam. You don’t need steam to play most of the games you buy.
You still need your gog account to download games though. And they have multiplayer games anyways.
It’s far better that it applies to everyone.
I need an account to make the purchase and download, but I can then delete my account and keep the installers on a hard drive.
And you can delete steam and still play the games on your computer.
GOG guarantees that every game is DRM free and can be offline. Steam makes no such guarantees, and most games there will ship with some form of DRM.
No most games do not have drm. You can play most games on steam without launching steam.
I don’t even understand why you guys are trying to argue. This new law should absolutely include every game store on the Internet.
But there’s no installer, so I can’t reinstall it on another device. With GOG I have an installer just like I’d have with physical media.
It doesn’t matter. GoG should still be held responsible to the law. Every game store should be.
You dont need an account to launch the game, so you own it.
Same with steam. You don’t need steam to play most of the games you buy.