I think part of this is, if later there are takedowns of these games, many people will experience them being removed from their ownership.
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NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Can’t they just do a game give away, like a general one? Im not into NSFW games, but if you make it clear thats what the give away is about it will still get the same message across. We support NSFW games being available (at least I do). I just dont want to play them.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Fermiverse@gehirneimer.de 3 weeks ago
on GoG you could download the installer and install without the need of GoG. No takedown possible, thats the point of GoG.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I mean yeah if you do that, but since it’s free and most people redeeming this giveaway aren’t actually interested in playing all of the games, they won’t have them downloaded.
pyre@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
in most cases delisting would prevent games from being purchased, not from being downloaded if you already have them.
NotSteve_@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
That completely misses the point of this giveaway. Even ignoring that, these games are being donated by the devs. I'm not sure why a studio not affected by this at all would donate their game fighting this (I know a few might on principal but still)
Kataelyna@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They do general giveaways all the time, this one is specific to a cause and is therefore flavored as such. There’s a discord bot I use to track giveaways from GOG, Epic, and Steam, there is always a giveaway happening at pretty much any given moment from at least one of them. You could look into that or similar if you just want free games.
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s a good idea. Let’s give obese people sandwiches to raise awareness for starving kids, too.
pyre@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
they’ve given away so many games, where were you
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m in the same boat as you. Except for house party. I will be playing house party.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 weeks ago
Working retail and food service taught me even if you literally give something away for free, people will still find a reason to complain. “Free hamburgers today” But I don’t like hamburgers. “Today only, get a free 6 months to Spotify if you sign up for something else” But I don’t use Spotify.
Just, okay? Like fine it’s not for you, it doesn’t matter, it’s free.