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What do you think of this prediction? (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by federino@programming.dev to c/steam@lemmy.ml

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[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 130 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 63 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] zbb@lemmy.ml 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They do provide Linux support in other ways though. They even troubleshoot me once with a game I tried to play on Linux and offered a refund.

Gog Galaxy not on Linux is a shame, yes, but its DRM-Free and Linux installers are enough for me to continue to buy from them.

Edit: Heroic Launcher makes a great replacement of Gog Galaxy, maybe even better than the Windows client, from what I'd tried. No multiplayer though.

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago

So you're saying if Valve enshittified, they wouldn't fork and try to capitilise on that market?

They probably do not see the point right now as Valve have it sewn up. Lemmy grew when Reddit scored own goals. When Valve do, opportunities are there and would be taken.

[–] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago

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.

[–] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Isint Steam a form of DRM? You effectively cant play your games if you dont have an account I thought

[–] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

No, you can for the games that don't have drm, just launch the executable. Steam itself doesn't require any drm. Even the games that use Steam services can be drm-free. Here's the list of some drm-free Steam games