Unless you have limitless storage, you still can’t access the title when their servers go offline. So no you STILL don’t actually own it.
This is the worst perpetuation of the GOG program that keeps getting tossed around.
Unless its from GOG of course, because then you really do own your game
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
e0qdk@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
You can get huge HDDs for about $15~20/TB (US) right now – possibly even better priced if you spend more than the 30 seconds I did looking. You can get up to 30TB in a single disk now if you really want.
I have hundreds of games I’ve bought on GOG over the last decade or so. I have a copy of the offline installers for every single one of them, and they can fit on a single HDD. Literally the first thing I do when I buy a game is download the offline installer so that it’s mine forever.
If you give a shit about preserving the games you bought and don’t do the bare minimum of downloading the offline installer for what you paid for… that’s not a problem with GOG; that’s on you.
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
By that logic, you don’t own even physical media that you yourself made. It’s going to rot eventually, so you need limitless storage for the backups.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A lot of Steam games also have this functionality. Turn your steam offline and see what games are still available to play. You can store them on whatever drive you want as well.
Gladaed@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Even there you only get a license. You don’t get to resell the copies. Or claim ownership.
warm@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
Legally sure, but what people mean is you have a copy and there's no DRM check-in to execute it and play it. Steam offers DRM-free titles too, it's entirely up to developer discretion.