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GOG is doing much better than in 2022 (www.gog.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Gog is doing much better than in 2022. They are making 1.2M dollars in profit. Which is pretty good for such a platform personally. I really like the ideals of GOG, but haven't really used the platform a whole lot.

If you want a markup of what this actaully means see here

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[–] Beardliest 9 points 2 years ago (8 children)

For all you Linux folks complaining about why GOG isn’t on there:

For desktop and laptop computers, Microsoft's Windows is the most used at 69%, followed by Apple's macOS at 17%, and Google's ChromeOS at 3.2% (in the US up to 8.0%), and "desktop Linux" at 2.9%. In addition, 5% is attributed to "unknown" operating systems - which are likely forms of BSD or obscure varieties of Linux.

Maybe a small company can’t devote the resources for 5% of the market share when they have 86% covered.

[–] cspiegel 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, I think most of us understand why GOG's Linux support is miles behind Steam's, but that doesn't change the fact that it is behind. Years ago I bought several games from GOG because of the no DRM policy; but once Steam released a Linux version, and began pumping resources into Proton, the choice for me was easy, and I switched over. I understand GOG's position, but I don't think there's anything wrong with people pointing out how GOG doesn't have the same level of Linux support as Steam does. That's useful information.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Steam has been absolutely amazing, and I think one of the only companies that realize the corner their in.

I've really not seen a whole of the history, but it seems that is definetly carving out a way forward for them.

Heh, a little thing: if you don't support something, you won't see anyone from there because there can be none.

I'm supportive of GOG generally, but haven't really played around enough with it to form a full opinion

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