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Sadly, based on market share, people seem to be picking Steam over GoG.
They almost always pick what’s most convenient/familiar over what’s principled and better in the long term.
Until gog finally gets a good first(!) party linux client buying games there is not really worth it yet.
Yeah.
I know it must seem like a small market to them, but Linux should really be higher on their priority list. As it’s growing at Windows' expense.
Why do you need a first party client when third party client works fine?
Because the third party client based on reverse-engineering and undocumented APIs could break at any time.
Fair point but it's also true that first party client can break at any time just as well.
I buy on steam mostly cos it has a Linux client and Proton is built in. I still go to gog for some 90s stuff cos they fix them up a bit.
When gog release a Linux client, it'll get the same consideration as steam, that's all they've gotta do, I'm not even asking for any packaged compatibility like proton
Heroic = no?
Why would I bother to take the extra steps when they can't even be arsed to release a client for my os?
Because you're not a jackass?
GOG pride themselves on being a "curated" store that rejects a lot of indie games, and Indies are what's driving Steam's growth right now.
I'm doing my part. With exception of portal 1 and 2 GOG is the only store I am purchasing games from.
Are they competitors even? I thought GoG whole schtick was selling retro games, hence their name.
I know they sell some newer games, but not really sure how it compares to a platform like Steam.
Nah, they sell tons of big budget and new indie games.
But this is their biggest problem. Most don't even know they exist, and sell modern games.
I pick whichever is cheaper with a heavy preference towards GOG. I am also a patient gamer, so I'll watch and wait for deals so I can get it on GOG but that doesn't always happen. Also Steam bundles can skew price deals for me making it more attractive.
I'm in the opposite team ! I always buy in gog store first then steam. But yeah, steam is here.
I don't even buy on Steam anymore. I'm tired of my shit being stored on other people's computers. If I won't own the game I buy, then I don't buy the game.
Same.
So many games aren’t there, though. And Steams pricing policy means they can’t be cheaper on GoG, anyway, otherwise Valve would delist them.
Steam does not have such a pricing policy though. You can sell your game for cheaper on other stores just fine as long as it's not a Steam key generated on steam that you are selling.
They don’t have regional pricing, so games there are typically a lot more expensive.
GoG is doing well in the convenience category too though. Their GoG launcher is amazing and syncs with all your online libraries (steam, ea, epic, etc).
But yeah, I think until Steam screws up or goes public or something, and gives people a reason to switch, there's not gonna be a ton of people jumping ship.
Can I play my gog games on my Steam Deck?
Yes.
Heroic is so awesome