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GOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually dead (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] frigidaphelion 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have no idea what GOG even is but im seeing it as a steam competitor in headlines lately. What's going on that's causing it to come up a lot?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

GOG is “Good Old Games”, a digital distribution service for PC games run by CD Projekt Red, developers of The Witcher and Cyberpunk. It mostly focuses on old games from the Win95/98 days that have been patched/fixed by their in-house dev team to run on modern Windows releases. However, it also sells all CD Projekt Red titles and seems to be expanding to just be a regular PC game distribution service.

It’s being talked about a lot right now because unlike Steam, EGS, and other stores they sell you a DRM-free download. Because of recent legislation in California, companies are required to use clearer language when they aren’t selling you something that you own forever, they are instead selling you a license to access something.

This has reignited discussion on digital ownership, Steam, and what happens if you die or Steam shuts down/is acquired and you lose your non-transferable access to the games in your library. GOG is the ideal solution right now, because it while it offers a client that is simple to use like Steam (called “GOG Galaxy”) but if they announce a shutdown or acquisition, you can simply download offline installers for all your games and you don’t lose access to anything.

[–] frigidaphelion 6 points 2 months ago

Oic, thanks for curing some of my ignorance

[–] nforminvasion 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Galaxy of Games actually

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOG.com

Technically it doesn’t stand for anything now, but it was definitely Good Old Games.

[–] SendMePhotos 1 points 2 months ago

I thought it was Gift of Games