Yeah I was aware of that. I don't know if that constitutes the last hope for all gaming, but it's definitely a positive. Other stores have a much better user experience, and until they rival stores like Steam in functionality and ease of use, actually owning your own game is just a very nice to have feature and nothing more. Of course, I wish all stores did that. I don't want to have to resort to piracy if my steam library goes poof, but so far I haven't had to, and piracy is still an ethical choice in that scenario.

My point isn't that steam is better, but that GOG has a couple nice features and several downsides, and it is by no means changing or saving the industry. They have a long way to go, and I don't think saving the industry is the end goal for them.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, but saving the industry is their "hook", if not explicitly stated as such. I know that every game I buy from them will be impossible to take away from me if I backed up the installers first.

[–] MinFapper@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't know if that's true anymore. There are games on there that require login into PSN after installing.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Are you sure? I haven't played any of Sony's games on GOG. From reviews, it looks like Horizon still sends telemetry if you're connected to the internet, but I don't believe it's gotten the remaster update that mandates PSN. I could be out of the loop though. I do know that GOG caught flak for allowing Hitman 2016 on the store, which is technically playable from start to finish without an internet connection, but the connection to their server gates all sorts of extras, so the customers rebelled and got it removed.