Comment on GOG's new owner says Steam is winning due to ease of use, not quality, while criticizing the platform for releasing hundreds of games daily that are "not super high quality"

• oblomov@sociale.network ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  @Jarix @leave_it_blank offline installers (what you get from GOG) are forever. Ask my library of archived GOG installers.

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  • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Mea culpa. I mistook installer for launcher

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    • oblomov@sociale.network ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      @Jarix oh, that, yeah. GOG is currently in a decent position because it has a launcher, but it's basically a “thin layer” on top of APIs that allow anyone to download the installers (plus some services to manage those installations). As long as the underlying APIs remain accessible, it's fine. (This is e.g. how lgogdownloader allows one to archive their whole library for offline installation.)

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• TuxOnBike@norden.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  @Jarix

  Can you please elaborate on that? The GOG installers work offline so as long as as you keep your downloaded installer around and an iso of the OS it’s compatible with, it’s yours forever by my definition. But would love to hear your take on this.

  @leave_it_blank

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  • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Shit sorry, I hastily replied and confused installer for launcher. Mea culpa

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    • TuxOnBike@norden.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      @Jarix Ah ok, happens. No worries.

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