Well, “owning,” if they’re bought through Steam.
Does the Steam Deck have GOG support?
vxx@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yup. Install either Heroic or Lutris (though Heroic is a little better). I think there’s also a plugin to allow you to access Heroic through the Steam frintend, but in Desktop Mode, when installing a game through Heroic, it’ll add it to your Steam library, which means you can access it in Game Mode too.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 week ago
You don’t own your games on GOG. Please stop spreading this easily disproven lie. GOG, like all digital storefronts, only sells revocable licenses.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You can download and keep the installers forever in your personal storage somewhere, and install them without the need of Internet connection.
When you buy a game from GOG you’re buying without DRM and have all the installers available to download as backups. Regardless of what the fine print may say, this is effectively owning your games forever.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 week ago
Regardless of what the fine print may say, this is effectively owning your games forever.
However, if you don’t ignore the contract you signed, this is effectively piracy. Which is fine, don’t get me wrong. But you still don’t own anything. BTW Steam has plenty of DRM-free games which you can run without Steam; backing them up is a more manual process but the end result is the same.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You can sideload a program called Heroic Games Launcher that lets you easily manage your GOG games, as well as Amazon and Epic.