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Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 1 month ago by ooli@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately the VR game selection in GOG seems pretty slim and they might still need steam VR to run anyways so either way i don't have much choice.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Okay steam, if its just a digital license and not ownership.. Then surely you'll be significantly lowering prices, Since you charge full ownership prices for games, not license prices.. Right?

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 month ago

What the hell happened to Steam's built in offline backup system, anyway? It used to have that when it was brand new.

[-] chameleon@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

It technically still exists in the game properties -> installed files tab, but it doesn't really work. The backup files you get require you to be online to meaningfully restore and will trigger a patch to the latest game version.

Practically speaking it's better to just make a copy of the game install directory manually, gives you a better chance of things working (even though most games require some kind of external tooling for that).

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[-] bender223@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

Chad GOG

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