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On the one hand I like GOG because it has no DRM and has better prices (in my country) than Steam and I have the feeling that on the one hand it follows more the open source philosophy than Steam itself, but Steam has helped enormously to play Windows games on Linux, so I haven't really made up my mind.

On the one hand I want to buy on Steam for the convenience, but on the other hand I prefer GOG because (in my country) is cheaper. Which platform do you prefer and why?

To give an example, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is currently $15 on Steam with regional pricing, but on GOG it's worth just $6.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Steam bcs it's way easier for me to get a giftcard from my local store

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago (7 children)

You guys buy games? Lol πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Imagine pirating games in 2024

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[–] Solumbran -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hm, do I prefer renting games, or owning them for the same price..?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You don't own games "bought" from GOG either. This is explicitly mentioned in their ToS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You technically do if you download the offline installers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Same as DRM-free games on Steam. And no you don't, the games are still licensed to you. They simply can't remove them from your drive, just like physical media.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Sure, they could try, but they would have to physically enter my house since I have drives that are not connected to the internet

[–] Solumbran 0 points 3 months ago

The inability to remove files from your drive is quite a lot.

And DRM-free games on steam are not that many, most have at least something that closes the game if you don't have steam running and I'm a bit sick of having to use goldberg every time I want to use a game without starting steam.

Of course GoG has a lot of (pretty bad) issues, but it's like comparing a cold to a cancer, it's absurd. Steam is actively destroying both game ownership (by allowing more and more DRM methods, now with games telling you to accept 5 different terms of use all indicating that you are heavily tracked while using the game for example) and game quality by encouraging the shittiest game, with a main page being completely unusable if you don't filter out keywords such as nudity, nsfw, mmorpg, etc. GoG isn't to that extent. Other things exist and if for example Itch had a better interface and search system it would unequivocally be the best game platform I am aware of as of now, sure. But trying to say that GoG and steam are the same (or that GoG is worse) is really not possible to do unless you actually don't give a shit about games.

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