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Nowadays, I try to buy most games on GOG. However, Steam 'DRM' is less DRM and more SDK. It assuredly adds value (compared to things like uplay or origin which

Nowadays, I try to buy most games on GOG. However, Steam 'DRM' is less DRM and more SDK. It assuredly adds value (compared to things like uplay or origin which are honest-to-god DRM schemes). Steam/Valve aren't perfect, but they do provide good service and I trust them to try to do the right thing more than most other game publishers. That being said, GOG has gotten great, and their download client has been getting more and more robust.

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Fej 10y ago
It is still very much DRM, no matter how much people are okay with it.
- icelancer 10y ago
  This is simply false. An SDK is not DRM. They offer optional DRM but the platform itself is not managing rights inherently.
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  - sangnoir 10y ago
    In practice, how many games opt out of the DRM, and for would one still be able to play those games should their steam accounts be cancelled?
    - cosarara97 10y ago
      I'd call their drm opt-in, not opt-out.
    - mastax 10y ago
      > In practice, how many games opt out of the DRM Quite a number: http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games but the vast majority of the store is DRMmed.
ekianjo 10y ago
Still no linux version for GOG galaxy though.
madeofpalk 10y ago
> However, Steam 'DRM' is less DRM and more SDK It's definitely 'DRM' - its just a good DRM that tends to not get in the way of the users.\
- orbitingpluto 10y ago
  GOG had a promotion where they would add (some of the) games that you already owned on your Steam account to your GOG library. Hopefully they continue that. If I have a game on GOG or Steam, I'm more likely to use Steam, unless I'm traveling and might be Internetless.
  - ocdtrekkie 10y ago
    Yeah, GOG Connect is pretty awesome. I got half a dozen DRM free copies of games I have on Steam. I guess most of the ones they introduced initially were temporary, but they claim they'll add more over time, as they can make arrangements with developers. Honestly, I wonder if they may have suspended GOG Connect during the GOG Summer Sale. Everything is still up at gog.com/connect, but nothing's available.
- thejosh 10y ago
  "good" drm where if they decide to ban you for whatever reason you cannot access the games you have "bought".
  - PhasmaFelis 10y ago
    That's not true. The only way to get VAC-banned is to cheat in online games, and it only affects the game you cheated in and--for Source or GoldSource games--a few other multiplayer games that use the same engine. Source: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7849-RADZ-6869#vacgames https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7849-RAD... That's no different from what you'll get in non-Steam games. You cheat, you get banned.
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Fej 10y ago

It is still very much DRM, no matter how much people are okay with it.

icelancer 10y ago
This is simply false. An SDK is not DRM. They offer optional DRM but the platform itself is not managing rights inherently.
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- sangnoir 10y ago
  In practice, how many games opt out of the DRM, and for would one still be able to play those games should their steam accounts be cancelled?
  - cosarara97 10y ago
    I'd call their drm opt-in, not opt-out.
  - mastax 10y ago
    > In practice, how many games opt out of the DRM Quite a number: http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games but the vast majority of the store is DRMmed.

ekianjo 10y ago

Still no linux version for GOG galaxy though.

madeofpalk 10y ago

> However, Steam 'DRM' is less DRM and more SDK It's definitely 'DRM' - its just a good DRM that tends to not get in the way of the users.\

orbitingpluto 10y ago
GOG had a promotion where they would add (some of the) games that you already owned on your Steam account to your GOG library. Hopefully they continue that. If I have a game on GOG or Steam, I'm more likely to use Steam, unless I'm traveling and might be Internetless.
- ocdtrekkie 10y ago
  Yeah, GOG Connect is pretty awesome. I got half a dozen DRM free copies of games I have on Steam. I guess most of the ones they introduced initially were temporary, but they claim they'll add more over time, as they can make arrangements with developers. Honestly, I wonder if they may have suspended GOG Connect during the GOG Summer Sale. Everything is still up at gog.com/connect, but nothing's available.
thejosh 10y ago
"good" drm where if they decide to ban you for whatever reason you cannot access the games you have "bought".
- PhasmaFelis 10y ago
  That's not true. The only way to get VAC-banned is to cheat in online games, and it only affects the game you cheated in and--for Source or GoldSource games--a few other multiplayer games that use the same engine. Source: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7849-RADZ-6869#vacgames https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7849-RAD... That's no different from what you'll get in non-Steam games. You cheat, you get banned.
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