Now that the Steam Summer Sale is a fluke, it's a reminder that GOG is out there and actually lets you own your games.

Literally who?

gog launcher is too laggy
steam is better

>>713786442 (OP)
pffft no. They never will because Steam is essentially it's own social media now. Gotta have that component if you want to get in the big leagues. GoG will forever be the niche gaming site to buy stuff on. Which is fine for me, I dunno how they feel about it.

>>713786442 (OP)
While I love the philosophy behind GOG and buy everything I can from them, it will never surpass Steam. At the very least they would need parity with Steam's library and that's never happening.

>>713786442 (OP)
I use GOG exclusively for more than 8 years now. For me GOG has surpassed Steam.

>>713786442 (OP)
kagura and itch are bette

>>713786534
i used galaxy once because i didn't want to download 16 individual archives with my browser but holy shit the experience was so bad i just went back to direct downloads ever since
>>713786442 (OP)
one advantage they have is that there's some games I want to keep off steam. because of the steam deck, i avoid getting certain games i only play on desktop through steam since i don't want them cluttering my menus there.
now, if only gog would do more than the bare minimum with their "preservation" program...

desu, gog just seems like paying for piracy

>>713786442 (OP)
Purchasing video games is a donation to the devs
You can easily purchase games on steam and crack them yourself by dragging and dropping files
I pirate everything and buy what I end up liking.

>>713787443
it's convenient to know there's a long-term place you can just download your games from, it's not really that different from steam besides not having to use an app. especially ever since gog figured out 2fa with TOTP instead of having to use an email. meanwhile steam demands you to use their mobile app for security, which is also required for trades.

>>713787789
This except I don't buy them because the games are old and the devs are long gone so the money would only go to whatever Jew publisher holds the IP.

GOG is actively sabotaging itself by not allowing new content on their store.
I don't like buying games on steam because I don't need a fucking app store and launcher for games. I always used and owned pirated games, and relying on shit like steam just feels bad. They can take away the games any time and there's region locking too.

>>713787443
>supporting the highest degree of freedom is le bad
I'd gladly pay for a business model I agree with.

>PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TIP US
lmao gog can fuck off

>>713787982
Gog lets new games on, the new game publishers just don't want to do drm free typically

>>713786442 (OP)
Gog>>>>>>>>>>>dog poop>>>steam
Fuck launchers

>>713788530
Lol no they don't. They reject games left and right with no explanation. Nobody is going to bother after a while.
>uhm, sweaty, our curators decided we won't be looking to add your game at this point :^)
Meanwhile you can release your shit in itch.io without any issues. You also have a clear process for getting approval on steam.

>>713788746
>They reject games left and right
Name some examples

>>713788746
nigga wtf are you talking about there's even hundreds of shitty eroge, did they turn down your 0 effort dogshit unity asset flip or something

>>713788746
>You also have a clear process for getting approval on steam
Tell that to blue archive lmao
I was going through my discovery queue today on steam and there was a literal goblin rape game on there but heaven forbid we see a girl in a school uniform

>>713788826
They seem to be more lenient with eroge than they are with WEGs, I find, in a stunning reversal of Steam's policies. Maybe they're trying to build clout for more JP devs? That said, they don't even have the older Nekoparas and are missing a lot of other staple VNs so maybe they're just as bad. If they're really about it they should try and court Nekopara, Blue Archive, Dungeon Travelers and others.

>>713789003
Tell that to Tokyo Clanpool.

>>713786442 (OP)
buy the biggest drive you can and pirate everything because they are doomed to fail

>>713788847
Buruaka is literally one of the most popular game franchises on earth. I suppose it must have been some kind of westoid mental illness why they started backtracking on their promise, but their approval process is clearly not the same as that of an indie game.

>>713786442 (OP)
we need a less greedy corpo to fuckin take less shares. Steam charges 30 percent of your income so i fuckin hate steam!

>>713786442 (OP)
No, they pretty much a failure. No wonder as they have polish top management.

>>713787443
That was the norm in 90'. Buying pirated cd with games from shady folks

>>713786442 (OP)
>a community ban will result in the termination of your GOG account and you won't be able to download your games
No
but I really wished that Steam would copy the review system and the "community patch" system for old games.

>>713786442 (OP)
I bought robocop on their sale.

>>713786442 (OP)
For me? Yes. Not because of sales and such but because they offer DRM free installers that I can back up.

>lets you own your games
same on steam
http://gog.com/mods

>>713787789
That is true, but I will generally be more inclined to "donate" to devs that put their stuff on GoG so I don't need to pirate in the first place.

>>713786442 (OP)
GOG will only surpass steam if steam goes heavily anti consumer at some point which I doubt will happen unless they go public.
GOG will always be niche because it doesn't appeal to the majority (which can be a good thing but GOG don't leverage that as much as they should)

>>713788793
>>713789003
They took Tokyo Clanpool after it was banned from Steam, but only the censored version, when the publisher went back to try and patch/update it, they rejected it. This is a Vita game, by the way. GOG is going the way of Steam when it comes to handling Japanese anime-style games.