• wrath_of_grunge@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Same for much on Steam. They wouldn’t be able to go erase stuff off your hard drives.

    Many of the older games on Steam don’t have any DRM. Typically if they’re on GOG, they come the same way on Steam.

    That said, I like GOG. It’s one of the few services I buy games on. But this argument that Steam games are locked down by DRM is is silly. Most games that are released on both platforms are identical.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      Yup, but you know you’re getting DRM-free with GOG, and there’s value to that.

      But many games still use Steam DRM even if they remove their other DRM, meaning you need the Steam client to be running for the game to run. And it’s relatively common for games available on GOG to have Steam DRM on Steam.

      That said, it’s not really something I worry about. Steam provides enough value to me personally that I’m okay with not every game being completely DRM-free. But if all things were otherwise equal, I’d opt for GOG.