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Epic Games plans to give away 17 free games during its annual holiday sale for the Epic Games Store, the company announced on Wednesday.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Also a bad take. Competition is good, and a proper competitor to steam would benefit us all, but users don't have to support them just on the basis of them being competitors.

I agree "EGS is bad because I want only steam" is silly, but if it's a worse experience for the individual user or if they perceive it's involved in non consumer friendly practices, it's perfectly normal they are not supported.

[–] ours 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I fully support a good competitor to Steam like GOG. It may be less convenient than Steam but it has one key feature that no other shop has: no DRM.

[–] 7112 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is the best way forward. If GOG had more games it would change the industry. More companies need to partner with them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

GOG still has that niche of the "old games." Can't think of anywhere else I could get DOS games from my childhood that also come with patches and updates to make them work on modern systems.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Games that are sold on GOG are usually also DRM free on steam. Sometimes the steamworks DRM is required, but that's so easy to trick that the games can still be considered DRM free.

The only thing GOG does is pre-filtering for DRM free only.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Do not rely on that.

Case in point: Arkham City.