I'd be happy to shop there again if they put out Galaxy on Linux. Community launchers are cool, but I want the same support for automatic updates that their Windows customers get.
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Same, Steam on the other hand had been killing it for Linux gamers. What's funny is if you go to the gog forums it's been like the number one requested feature for years.
I don't know how they don't see the overlap between Gog users and people who use Linux
no idea
Truely sad that they never saw the need for it, even after the launch of the steam deck.
If you're on Linux, Steam is pretty much the only game in town.
I do not fucking understand this. You're never going to compete with Steam. But you have this niche of DRM free marketplace and you ignore the entire Linux community? A community that THRIVES on FOSS and DRM free software.
It's such an idiotic move to not develop a linux client. I will never fucking comprehend this.
Their apple support has always been pretty mixed at best. I always assumed they're the kind of gamers who are like "windows is for gaming, gamers use windows, sure you CAN do other things, but why would you?"
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yeah, no idea what brain-headed move that is
On the bright side it runs really well installing it from Bottles
I started buying legitimate copies of games when I was finally able to afford it a few years ago. I love how GOG lets you actually keep the games forever and that's where I was getting games from at first, but then moved to Steam because of how much good they've done to Linux gaming. meanwhile GOG Galaxy for Linux has been a most requested and most ignored request for years.
sadly
yeah... Steam has always been my go-to anyway. Even before using Linux myself.
But i'm totally up with having other launchers like GOG.
I'd be thrilled to mostly sit and purchase from GoG if they really dedicated to Linux.
I never really minded having different launchers until I got a Steam Deck. Just having native Linux support would make them much less of a hassle.
My problem with GOG is that every time I buy a game on GOG, something then happens to result in me having to buy it again on steam. Once it was that the GoG version lagged too far behind, several times it's been that workshop support has been added, or in one case, workshop became the only source for moding.
For that I'm unlikely ever to buy from them again
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Meh, Steam is 1000x better with the Steam Deck, Proton support and Linux client.
yep steam is better in most aspects but the DRM aspects of GOG are more comfortable and convenient.
Yeah... But they should try at least to provide some basic Linux support. Since their stance is about no DRM, it would seem like the obvious ally.
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Can you explain what use cases make the DRM issue so important to you? For me I get stuff on sale on steam all the time and constantly churn thru games. I don't really care about the DRM as long as I got to play the game and get my money's worth.
Yepp
This, I've always loved GOG but ever since I've switched to primarily gaming on my steam deck, it's been more of a pain than it's really worth to use GOG
yeah, the steam deck is amazing. I love my steamdeck alot.
GOG is amazing, just wish they would make their linux support better.
Mhm, you can simply use Heroric or Lutris as a GoG client and utilise proton with not much hassle :)
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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.
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.
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How small of a company do you think they are? Their parent company is publicly traded and worth at least half a billion dollars. Not only that, but after they port their launcher, they can piggyback on the investment Valve has made into the platform for pennies on the dollar, if they were interested in wrapping games with Proton or whatnot.
Just because their parent company has that much money doesn’t mean they spend it on GOG.
Sure they can, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they are. It might just take a bit of time.
I'd guess the percentage of players with a steam deck is also in a single digit.
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the GOG summer sale is live as well!
They now have the Yakuza franchise and it's on sale!
I love GOG and make it a point to buy any games there that I can to support them!
Literally just bought a game on there today. Support DRM-free!
I love GOG. If they release a game i play often, i rebuy it on that platform. I find game clients just annoying, especially ea app (stop popping up everytime i quit a game dammit). So if i can play without it, i go for it.
game clients are really annoying
I haven’t bought a GOG game since I got my steamdeck. The convenience of native steam games is important.
I always check if a game is available to buy on GOG first, before other platforms.
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One of the biggest barriers for using GOG to me is not supporting my home currency, but I really love the DRM free and bonus content!
If GOG had native Linux support I'd be more interested, but their refusal to support it (despite it being their most requested feature, I may add) means I exclusively use Steam for buying my games.
You can actually get GOG games working Via Heroic Launcher on Linux/Steam Deck, and Proton works pretty well. I haven't tested in on Cyberpunk but I saw some other people say it has a 10% frame rate loss compared to playing it from Steam.
Glad to see them doing well. I try to buy from them as much as possible.
I default to GOG whenever I can. I do wish Galaxy had turned out better, it just buckles under the weight and is worse than both using the web app for the store AND third party launchers like Lunchbox. I still would much rather get the games in the format they use than on Steam, though. Any day. I will keep getting games that launch on both on GOG as long as that's an option, so I'm glad they're in the black at least.
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After being with Steam for over a decade and disliking it more and more, I ended up trying everything to maintain myself away from that platform and GOG was a godsend.
There’s a public list that has all the GOG releases that treat the GOG customers like "third class citizens", but if the game I want is not on that list, I will 100% buy it there over any other storefront. It’s great to read they’re doing well.
I really wish the best to GOG, despite the really non-linux support.
I've made more of a point to buy from them more often. I bought the DLC for Deep sky Derelicts recently (during the summer sale) because I enjoyed the base game which GoG gave me for free.
I've bought so many games on GoG, but sadly I don't think I have in the last year because of Steam Deck. If they ever make the games work better on there, and I don't mean through Heroic, I'll buy again
Maybe now they can afford a support service. Still waiting for the reply they said I'd get
I find it funny they have a whole markup like this. It really shows that they are doing good, and want to show that to the world. It's cool
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