Post #4166556

2026-07-21 05:07 UTC

That’s why I love gog, and it’s the only store that gets my gaming money. The games are mine, as long as I keep a backup of the installer. I can do with them what I want. I see why the newest AAA games are a must have for younger gamers, but as an older one I now have the patience to simply wait until it releases on gog if I actually have the urge to play it. Digital is fantastic, I miss the boxes and handbooks and feelies, but I don’t miss the discs.

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@prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-07-21 05:28

You can do that with Steam games too. The ones without DRM. And it’s the developer that chooses if they want DRM.

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@Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world 2026-07-21 06:03

Hell yeah. Love GOG. But for me, while I love old games, I need my new shit lol. Like bf6 has been a gem for me. Some bugs and bullshit, but I do like it. Which, call me stupid for this but bf6 and modern battle/war games are a bit of therapy for me. I joined the Marines, got to last week of basic training, came back from team(?) Week and was told to get my shit on the front deck or whatever. Ended up I had hep c. Paperwork fell through and it wasn’t caught till I was almost done And grant you, I wanted to “fight for America and the people in it” since I was like 7. I was 20 just outta h.s. It tore my world apart. Had to do meds and all that. Pills and injection. Anyways. Games like battlefield or even the more serious ones like Insurgency helped me use some of the stuff I learned on my own over the years and stuff in basic to not feel like it was all a huge waste of my life. Tl"dr I enjoy modern fps games because they help me deal with my trauma in life.

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@GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 2026-07-21 07:05

99% of games will never release on GoG no matter how old they get though, because once they’re on GoG they’re essentially free.

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