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Article #37204Re: Square Enix weekend sale on GOG - Thief, Deus EX series, $3.99 each game DRM-FREE
From: Rin Stowleigh
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:57
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:57
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On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:58:48 -0700, noman <no_m_an@zzzyahoo.yycom> wrote: >On 9/29/2012 3:26 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote: >> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 04:48:20 GMT, john.dsl@frontier.com (John Lewis) >> wrote: >> >>> See:- >>> >>> http://www.gog.com/en/promo/square_enix_weekend_promo_28_09_12 >>> >>> All games completely DRM-free. >>> >>> XP/Vista/Win7 >>> >>> John Lewis >> >> >> Seems kind of pricey -- I bought all the Thief games in a bundle on >> Steam for six bucks back in July. >> > >These games are DRM free on GoG, so they are different products than >what we can get on Steam. I guess that could lead to one of those tired old debates on whether you believe logging into the Steam client constitutes DRM despite all the advantages, or whether or not you believe the freedom to not log in is worth paying twice as much from a company that hoaxed their customers into believing they were going out of business. But, it's been done here many times before, so I don't think I will.
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