Patching in new DRM years after launch seems unlikely to impact pirates, but actively harms legitimate users who play on Steam Deck or mod games they paid for.
  • KaynAEnglish
    53•4 months ago

    This is why I primarily shop at GOG. There are almost no other storefronts left that promote DRM-free games.

      • KaynAEnglish
        24•4 months ago

        That’s true, they don’t. But they’re at least open enough to allow community efforts on Linux like Heroic.

        • Rikudou_SageEnglish
          5•4 months ago

          Is it? Linux gamers are not exactly a huge demographic. I’m quite okay with being able to use Heroic Games Launcher for games, no need for official support.

      • @sir_reginald@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4•4 months ago

        the beauty of no DRM is that if a game runs fine on wine (and I’m sure most games in GOG will) then you can just install them.

      • @hedgehog@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        25•4 months ago

        There’s an updated article that includes GOG’s follow-up to that situation: https://www.eurogamer.net/gog-pulls-hitman-from-its-own-store-admits-it-shouldnt-have-released-it-in-its-current-form

        Dear Community,

        Thank you for your patience and for giving us the time to investigate the release of HITMAN GOTY on GOG. As promised, we’re getting back to you with updates.

        We’re still in dialogue with IO Interactive about this release. Today we have removed HITMAN GOTY from GOG’s catalog – we shouldn’t have released it in its current form, as you’ve pointed out.

        We’d like to apologise for the confusion and anger generated by this situation. We’ve let you down and we’d like to thank you for bringing this topic to us – while it was honest to the bone, it shows how passionate you are towards GOG.

        We appreciate your feedback and will continue our efforts to improve our communication with you.