Let the debate begin!

-Jonaselder

You first.

Define DRM

Yes GOG is selling real DRM-free games! Your turn! Prove me wrong or are you agreeing?

Use the search function, then come back in couple of years - when you've read all the "debates" about DRM.

I dont know. I am hoping that this debat clears the mystery!

Mostly, there is still some mild DRM depending on how you define it, but that pretty much solely applies to multiplayer components of games.

Gwent for example is multiplayer only and requires a client, which could be considered DRM.

if you do not know what DRM is, then how can you say gOg is DRM free?

Just because I believe in something doesnt mean that I am right son! The point about the debat is to comferm or denai my believes.

Why do you belive gOg is DRM free? How can we debate your beliefs if we don't know what they are?

(and I am probably old enough to be your father.... or grand father....)

There may be some platform-level annoyances, eg, updates for GOG games lagging Steam or some games missing features that are on Steam, lack of the newest AAA's, etc, but ultimately you can buy a game here, backup the offline installer, and reinstall & play that game on your next 10 future PC's 100% offline without access to any internet connection or touching any client at all. Not sure what 'beliefs' you have or what 'debate' you're looking for but that's about as DRM-Free as PC games get, certainly vs the competition.

Feair point I apologize. ( Son part )

If you really want an answer to your question here, it would be, as I have kind of hinted to, something like this:

"Whether gOg is or is not DRM free depends on how you define what DRM is"

Selling games DRM-free doesn't necessarily mean a store should be considered a "DRM-free store" on the whole. After all, Scheme sells some games that lack DRM, but no one other than a few contrarian shills would tell you Scheme is a DRM-free store on the whole. Epic Fail Store is a similar example: many of their games can apparently be made DRM-free but not all, and none of the DRM/DRM-free aspect is advertised (to my knowledge), so it's buyer beware.

The question would then become something like "what percentage of DRM-free games does a store have to have, in order to be considered a DRM-free store on the whole?". The answer will vary depending on people's perspective and tolerance of games/aspects that are DRMed. One thing I did want to point out is that GOG's "sister site", FCKDRM.com, features stores/sources of media that are "100% DRM-free".

Due to the existence of GWENT and other forms of what is essentially multiplayer DRM, we can conclude GOG is not a "100% DRM-free" store, though by most of our readings it is still currently a DRM-free store on the whole. That said, the more DRM or DRM-like stuff that comes here, the more that stops being true and the unique selling point evaporates.