• the_swagmaster@lemmy.zip
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    2 hours ago

    If you can buy from GOG do it. Need to make sure viable competition sticks around plus they actually let you own the game

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      1 hour ago

      I really wanted GOG to be a viable competition, but their years and years of broken promises are not going to make me leave Steam.

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        31 minutes ago

        …such as…? Whenever I’m shopping for a game, I check GOG (and 3rd party sites for steam keys via ITAD) before I buy from steam. If it’s available on gog and drm-free, that’s where my money goes.

        The only issue I see with gog is that devs don’t give a shit. One and done, one pump chump. Why give customers choice, when you can be jerking it with their money already instead?

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      I don’t know what I have to do to get a game listed on GOG though. I don’t buy a lot of games but I think the last three I tried to buy were all unavailable on GOG. There’s that page where you can wish for a game on GOG but I’ve no idea how effective that is.

      • halcyoncmdr@piefed.social
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        GOG only sells DRM-free games. If a game isn’t there, it’s probably because the developer/publisher refuses to allow that, requiring DRM in their game.