@ooli@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoSteam'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.comexternal-linkmessage-square305fedilinkarrow-up1949arrow-down147cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.mlgames@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1902arrow-down1external-linkSteam'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 agomessage-square305fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.mlgames@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareKaynlinkfedilinkEnglish19•7 months agoThe Heroic Games Launcher can download and run GOG games. It’s a community-run project, but officially affiliated with GOG.
minus-square@OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoThey set up a commission with gog if you buy games through heroic
minus-square@ouch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoIs this an actual, specific deal with Heroic, or some general affiliate linking thing?
minus-square@OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoNo 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
minus-square@ouch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoSounds 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.
minus-square@ouch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoFor the record, the affiliate link is listed here: https://heroicgameslauncher.com/donate
The Heroic Games Launcher can download and run GOG games. It’s a community-run project, but officially affiliated with GOG.
How does GOG support Heroic?
They set up a commission with gog if you buy games through heroic
Is this an actual, specific deal with Heroic, or some general affiliate linking thing?
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
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.
For the record, the affiliate link is listed here:
https://heroicgameslauncher.com/donate
Cool, thanks.