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Originally Posted by Rbneader
DRM-free gaming to the rescue!
GOG.com https://secure.gog.com/ - No DRM, compatibility testing for multiple Windows versions, good support
Desura http://www.desura.com/ - Sometimes DRM, mostly not
Indie Game bundles (HumbleBundle, Indie Royale) - No DRM, but some Steam
Humble Store (YMMV, check the icons) - Sometimes DRM I think?
Amazon lists DRM on the title pages sometimes
Oh, and most of those are cross-platform. GOG.com in particular uses ScummVM or Dosbox for many games, which can be set up to run on Android. 
Microsoft managed to make Windows 8 super unattractive for hobbyists and gamers just before releasing XBox One. They could have positioned Win 8 so that people who were driven away from XBox by DRM got a Windows PC for TV / Controller play on Steam or whatever. All it would have taken was making Metro optional on desktops. Instead, they made both their major systems unattractive to hobbyists at the same time, when there's already a groundswell of interest for alternate operating systems due to Android.
Console gamers are now upset over higher prices and inability to resell, and PC gamers were already upset over hijinks in their platform. Both are looking for somewhere new. That's how we get the Ouya (Android console), Steam expanding into Linux gaming, etc. Bad move MS. |
Thanks. GOG would be awesome. Unfortunately, my internet connection is very slow. Downloading a CD-size game would take over an hour. I'm stuck with disc-based games. Anything with Steam, or any other kind of check-in, is out.