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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How do you know that Steam will be around in 20 years?

Use GOG instead, since the DRM-free game installers will outlive Steam :)

How do you know Windows will keep compatibility in 20 years? Valve money partially goes into Proton/WINE development and an evolution of that will absolutely be around in 20 years, just WINE was around 20 years ago already. CD Project doesn't put any GOG/Cyberpunk money into breaking the Windows monopoly. (Also plenty of titles on Steam come without DRM because DRM is optional.)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

How do you know Windows will keep compatibility in 20 years?

I didn't mention Windows anywhere in my comment? GOG has Linux versions of games too, for games with Linux ports.

plenty of titles on Steam come without DRM because DRM is optional

That's true - for the DRM-free Steam games, you can just keep a separate backup copy of the game files. They usually run fine without Steam installed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Barely any game on GOG has a Linux port and CD Project enforces the Windows monopoly. GOG Galaxy only available for Windows, their own games only available for Windows, none of their massive resources put into improving WINE.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I was more successful running witcher 2 with the windows installer on the steam deck than with the linux one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My GOG games run great on wine, it just takes a bit more work to install them. Wine has better support for early windows games than windows does now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

CD Project doesn't do anything to improve WINE, so spending money there is wasted.