• CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Proton is open source. Anyone can pull it together and integrate it. Gog have been doing DRM free games for a while, they’ll be quite keen to fill this niche. Epic probably won’t care. If none do, someone will want to.

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      5 months ago

      What are you smoking? GOG Galaxy doesn’t even have a Linux client. In fact it has been one of the most requested features for years and nothing has happened.

      Edit: it’s also the reason I stopped buying from them when I got my Steam Deck.

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      Valve is a private company whereas GOG belongs to CDProject - a publicly traded company. GOG might want to fill the void but they’re more likely to do dumb, shortsighted decisions in contrast to Valve.

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        Maybe, but DRM free content isn’t exactly shareholder value…

        It’s better shepherded than Epic. They probably don’t fill the space because Steam do it better, but you invest more if the return is higher.

        The case I’m referring to is in the future if Steam badly enshittified.

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      5 months ago

      Gog have been doing DRM free games for a while

      As far as I know GOG also sells drm content and Steam also sells drm-free content. So what’s the point

      they’ll be quite keen to fill this niche

      I also don’t remember them doing anything for Linux apart from releasing a broken port then badmouthing people who complained that the game they bought is broken.