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Article #37208Re: Square Enix weekend sale on GOG - Thief, Deus EX series, $3.99 each game DRM-FREE
From: Rin Stowleigh
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:25
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:25
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On Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:30:10 -0700, noman <no_m_an@zzzyahoo.yycom> wrote: >On 10/1/2012 8:07 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote: > >> I mostly chimed in on this thread because usually when JL mentions a >> GOG deal, he will say "but it's still $XX on Steam", without realizing >> that it has been on sale for half the GOG price about three times on >> average over the last six months on Steam, and that the only DRM >> present is dependent on what the publisher decided to impose at the >> time (not Valve). >> >> That's not a tired old debate. It's stating facts then leaving them >> where they lay. >> > >Steam enforces its own DRM on almost all games that you can buy on >Steam, and that's a fact. Proof that this is a myth has been well-documented in recent threads here. If you're interested in the truth, it's not too far out of reach. But that's your call.
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