![]() ![]() However, Xbox One's screws up from time to time, telling me I don't own the game and if I want it I need to pay for it. Those have DRM, too, they're just a lot more transparent. My wife and I have an Xbox One and a PlayStation 3. I am a Steam member and I have hundreds of games there, but they are not my first choice. I support DRM as a gamer because games are a huge investment, but I prefer to not use it, so I financially support GOG whenever I can, which is why I don't link Steam. It's not really that big a deal if you bought the game legally and you have a good Internet connection. It does a lot of trickery and is hard to beat by people whose business it is to beat DRM, it adds 10-15 seconds to your game's startup time, and it doesn't go away after a set period (like 1-3 years). And many games also use a third party DRM. Steam has said, I believe, that if they ever go under, they will update all their games to no longer check Steam's licensing server, but I'm not sure. If the server can't be reached, you may be able to play the game for a while if the server previously said yes, but not indefinitely. If the server says no, the game quits with an error. ![]() Basically, when you run the game, it contacts a server on the Internet and asks if you have permission to run the game. This differs from Steam as Steam is protected by DRM, which is Digital Rights Management. If GOG ever goes under, or if you play the game on a computer that isn't online, your game will continue to work. Games bought on GOG will work on any computer you have (provided it can run it). This is all perfectly legal and with the permission and often blessing of the publisher or other rights holder. GOG, formerly Good Old Games, takes old PC games, removes the DRM, and updates them to work on modern Windows. Others have mentioned GOG but they didn't say why. ![]()
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