Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential
by lucian1900 on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @05:58AM
(#7056358)
GoG is actually quite convenient, it has a much better website and a good downloader.
The only downside is the much smaller library than Steam.
Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential
by masklinn on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @06:33AM
(#7056465)
I find the site good, but I only got grief from the downloader (back when I tried it a year or 2 ago, it may have gotten better since), for all of its slowness Steam's installation and updating process is much more hands-off and convenient.
Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential
by lucian1900 on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @08:38AM
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The downloader is quite smooth, at least now. You still have to install and update manually, which is a bit annoying.
The one really cool thing in Steam is savegame sync, but not even all games support it.
Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential
by masklinn on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @11:25AM
(#7057837)
> The one really cool thing in Steam is savegame sync, but not even all games support it.
Yes, that was a very annoying discovery when I came back from holidays, after I'd started playing Rogue Legacy on my laptop and realised I had to hunt the savegame locations and pray they were compatible between the OSX and Windows versions of the game (they were)
Steam has its own DRM, and games distributed via steam may have additional third-party DRMs (including SecuROM and other similar shite).
IIRC GOG is only DRM-free games, although it is less convenient.