An extremely similar API exists in GOG, for better and for worse, because it functionally is the only DRM in GOG. And of course Epic offers the same thing, too.
It happens all the time. Sometimes it’s a disclaimer on the store page, or sometimes they just list “multiplayer”, and I have to find out via forums if the game is actually DRM-free or if they’re using the equivalent GOG multiplayer service. And the reason it’s there is to entice those developers who rely on the equivalent Steam services, but I wish those API calls could somehow be co-opted into actual DRM-free multiplayer.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
An extremely similar API exists in GOG, for better and for worse, because it functionally is the only DRM in GOG. And of course Epic offers the same thing, too.
hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
How many devs actually take advantage of it though?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
It happens all the time. Sometimes it’s a disclaimer on the store page, or sometimes they just list “multiplayer”, and I have to find out via forums if the game is actually DRM-free or if they’re using the equivalent GOG multiplayer service. And the reason it’s there is to entice those developers who rely on the equivalent Steam services, but I wish those API calls could somehow be co-opted into actual DRM-free multiplayer.