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[–] 9point6 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

A PC game is either on Steam or GOG or it doesn't exist to me.

I subscribe to the humble monthly bundle thing and if a game doesn't activate on one of those two I'm probably never going to play it despite owning it.

I'd maybe have added epic to the list if it wasn't for the store exclusivity stuff. I know that they've dialled it back significantly, but anti-consumer stinks like that don't readily wash out.

Conversely, GOG is on the list because they're expressly pro-consumer, particularly with their preservationist initiatives. My monkey brain would prefer everything in one place on Steam, but I recognise behaviour I want to support in these companies, so GOG gets my money too

[–] dufkm 17 points 1 week ago

A PC game is either on Steam or GOG or it doesn't exist to me

Mostly agree, except I'm okay with it if it's something I can simply apt install

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (15 children)

I can live with that as long as we consider that Steam games need to be on Epic and GOG as well.

[–] raspberriesareyummy 8 points 1 week ago (15 children)
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[–] Aganim 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (17 children)

And make sure to avoid stores that actively promote the store exclusives concept, even for stuff that isn't an exclusive (anymore). They don't deserve our money. Looking at you Epic.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I remember when Metro Exodus was about to release, Epic bought them out and they made the game unpurchasable on Steam after people already preordered. So only those who preordered were able to play on Steam for the first year after release. Valve left this statement on the store page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Exodus#Release

[–] Aganim 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ubisoft pulled something like that with Anno 1800. If you pre-ordered it on Steam it was possible to install and play it, as it was only delisted but not removed entirely. Buying the DLC was a bit of a pain as you couldn't search Steam for it, you had to dig up the direct Steam Store link from one of the official posts on the Ubi forum. It wasn't ideal, but at least they had the sense to make everything available immediately on Steam for those that already bought the game there.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] PineRune 32 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Stealing implies a transfer of ownership. Downloading a "COPY" of a digital game only infringes on a copyright or licence or whatever the multi-million dollar company wants to claim it has.

If you don't own the game by purchasing it, then it's not stealing if you pirate it.

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

Maybe he's gonna break into the publishers office and steal the master copy 🤣

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I will try your game out on my terms anyways. Soooooo

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Console exclusives have a logic to them, it takes extra time and money to translate a game to be playable on different hardware.

Store exclusives do not make sense. No game is only purchasable at GameStop, and the only reason for it is to avoid competition.

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[–] glitchdx 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

does playstation even have exclusives anymore?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Mostly seems to be timed these days.

Bloodborne still MIA though.

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