"Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s**t" to support its crusade

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• dukemirage@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  all this stupid publicity makes me feel dirty for buying there

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• Wilco@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  GOG needs to copy Steam a bit more.

  Give us game based discussion boards, a mod workshop, and most importantly a friends notification system. Steer into the social experience of old games.

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• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨45⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Its true, but also “please give the big business more money” isn’t exactly the thing anyone but business owners and shareholders want to hear.

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• KiwiTB@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Seems the new GOG owner doesn’t care as they push AI use in the company

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  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Something tells me the “double down” is to distract from that fallout

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    • KiwiTB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      I suspect so… But not everyone knows so it’s still worth mentioning.

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• circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  I care. Enough to abandon my qualms about AI usage? Yes, but it means GOG is not the answer.

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  • Goatboy@lemmy.today ⁨41⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    If there’s someone else doing the same work, by all means give to them instead.

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    • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨31⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      archive.org and their collections to the rescue!

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Do you not but games anymore then, or do you think steam is better?

    Though if you only play FOSS or self published games, that would be kinda based.

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    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      I’m guessing by your wording that you’re aching to bash Steam, so I’ll preface this with: no corporation is ever going to get this 100% right; the world is drawn in greys, and only a Sith deals in absolutes.

      “Better” is not very useful without context. In the context of AI usage, Steam is better. In the context of GOG, their main claim about game preservation is “no DRM”, but there is an important point often missed: lots of games on Steam also do not have DRM.

      I have no issues “buying” games on Steam which have no DRM. For others, I factor the DRM into the price I’m willing to pay for access. These tend to be larger titles anyway, so I’m not terribly worried about it long term.

      Long term game preservation? More about unofficial channels than relying on yet another corporation. GOG wasn’t changing that before, and they definitely aren’t now.

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• tidderuuf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “I care” … “Sorry let me check my latest game download from limewire.”

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