• Hellmo_luciferrari@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      Please elaborate on how this is “ironic”

      By offering this as a bonus doesn’t take away the offline installers and DRM Free content you buy from them.

      It isn’t being forced, and it isn’t costing extra, so what’s the issue?

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      5 months ago

      I’m not interested in cloud gaming but I don’t see anything bad (or ironic?) about this.

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        5 months ago

        GOG stands (or stood idk) against DRM measures, to which i would count gaming in a cloud with uncertainty if you would get your savefiles if you want to continue offline, therefor your possibility to play a game is bound to being online, etc.

        That said, you can still get all your games as offline installer. With cloud gaming they are trying their best to stay relevant / competitive in the market, so good for them. I still buy my games on GOG if it’s available, but won’t play in the cloud.

        Edit: The article states that the DRM-free aspect stays the same and your savefiles will be available through gog galaxy (and therefor heroic on linux)