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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.
  • Kayn
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    19•7 months ago

    The Heroic Games Launcher can download and run GOG games. It’s a community-run project, but officially affiliated with GOG.

    • @ouch@lemmy.world
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      7•7 months ago

      How does GOG support Heroic?

      • @OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4•7 months ago

        They set up a commission with gog if you buy games through heroic

        • @ouch@lemmy.world
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          1•7 months ago

          Is this an actual, specific deal with Heroic, or some general affiliate linking thing?

          • @OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            1•7 months ago

            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

            • @ouch@lemmy.world
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              1•7 months ago

              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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              1•7 months ago

              For the record, the affiliate link is listed here:

              https://heroicgameslauncher.com/donate

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      2•7 months ago

      Cool, thanks.

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