Everyone's all "I le hecking care about owning my games!" but literally no one buys games from gog instead of on steam because their parasocial buddies aren't shilling that to them.

Steamdrones have to be the most cucked fanboys on Earth

my order of operations for buying a game goes
>buy it on gog
>if not available on gog then
>emulate/pirate it
>if it can't be emualted or pirated
>buy it on steam when it goes on sale

>>714395384 (OP)
I buy only games on gog

>download more software
>sell your data to another company
>have to manage 2 libraries instead of 1
>no one uses it because it came to the scene 10y late and everyone owns 200+ games on the superior storefront
Yea I can see why GOG failed. You can keep shilling though I'm not giving a single cent to the corp that released cp2077 in that broke state and are currently trying to gaslight their community into thinking they didn't fix Ciris face.

Not everyone is a loser like you btw my irls have used steam for 20 years and so have i.

>>714395384 (OP)
I own them for free of charge.

I feel like more people are waking up to storefronts like GOG and are opting to purchase their first over places like Steam. It's definitely not a majority but I think the market is there

Most people on here are steamies that literally dont care. They trust their daddy Valve to not take away their licenses and indeed they havent done anything particularly egregious so far so people will keep being drawn to steam like moths to flame by virtue of being the biggest storefront. Valve used to make games too, so some even have a truly sentimental attachment to their brands.

>>714395791
>superior storefront
Literally the only reason it fails. One would think that cdpr would have talent to make gog look like an actual website from 2025, not one made in 1987.

Dead thread full of cope
>more people are switching to gog
Lmao no the only thing anyone uses GOG for is free games since they have no DRM you can just install anyones copy.

>most people are "steamies"
Retard alert only fags type like this. Most people use Steam because it's the superior platform by a wide margin. No one is going to "take away your license" in your lifetime steam is too big to fail considering it's the biggest digital gaming market in the world. The servers could be supported off russian retards gambling CSGO cases alone.

>erm I prefer GOG
That's fine everyone is entitled to an opinion but GOG fanboys act like buckbroken retards sitting in a cuck chair every time they mention steam. Grow up people are not going to switch platforms and have no reason to at all. No amount of free games is going to make someone want to leave the shit they paid for.

>>714396915
okay piratesoftware

>>714395384 (OP)
I'm not giving money to CDPR to fund more gay parades.

GOG is owned by CDproject and EA.
I'm not interested in finding those companies.

>>714395384 (OP)
I pirate almost everything

>>714395384 (OP)
You don't own games from GOG either. They (devs) have made it abundantly clear that they sold you a license to play the game. You will own nothing and be happy.

>>714395384 (OP)
There's still too many devs who refuse to put their games up on GOG for the platform to take off. It's good if you play PC-centric genres, but PC gaming has been taken over by people coming from the PS4 with the intention of only touching the latest console ports.

>>714396915
>>714397483
Good morning saar.

>>714395791
I saw last night that GOG will integrate with steam if you allow it to. So your steam library shows up on GOG.

>>714395791
>>have to manage 2 libraries instead of 1
What?

>>714397184
>>714397610
GOG retards selecting a response from a limited shared pool.

>>714397657
If they did this then they would actually have a shot. They would have to integrate multiplayer cross platform functionality though too.

>>714395384 (OP)
I buy most of my games on gog
>you still dont own them
I have installers for probably like 80 of these games on a flash drive and i can install and run them with no launcher needed, what are they gonna do break into my house and take my stuff away physically?

>>714397797
>if
Its a start, gonna play heroes of might and magic again.

>>714396679
>made in 1987
the fuck do you mean, to me gog.com looks like the usual javascript bloatfest

you meant something like http://apod.nasa.gov ? iirc realtek had their downloads like that and only "updated" fairly recently

>>714397657
And yet GOG Galaxy STILL requires an Internet connection to launch after all these years, making it effectively worthless and worse than Steam.

>>714397874
>break into my house and take my stuff away physically?
Yes, because you agreed to it. And unlike physical games, you don't own them. Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo cannot do the same with your discs, that'd be theft and illegal.

>>714397967
You dont need galaxy at all you can just dl installers directly

>>714395562
no not really they're not as cucked as consolefags
still pretty cucked

>>714395791
>Not everyone is a loser like you btw my irls have used steam for 20 years and so have i.
peer pressured into using a service doesn't give your opinion much weight.

the issue with gog is that its a worse service overall. the only benefit of gog brings a huge inconvenience to the majority of gamers who just want to click and play. Worst case scenarios, some games will be missing features and never go on sale (a hat in time)

>>714395384 (OP)
>storefront wars
this shit is fucking dumber than consolewars

>>714395384 (OP)
you don't own games on GOG either

>>714398093
Yeah, I know, and I do, but I add those games to Steam as "non-steam games" because Steam at least has an offline mode. GOG Galaxy automates importing games from other platforms, but then it requires an Internet connection to launch so the platform is worthless in my eyes.

>>714397874
This is the best possible option and it's still shit. It's always funny to me when Physical shills say their games are forever when most will have discrot in around 30 years. Digital installers + transferring to new hardware regularly is the only way to "own" anything permanently. Not that it matters most people die by the time they're 60 anyway. So I'll just keep using steam.

>>714395562
fpbp

How do Steamies defend picture related?
This is fucking unacceptable. Give me back the game I paid for!

>>714398173
This. Only way to OWN your games is to buy a DVD/Blu-Ray/Cartridge. Downloaded games can still be taken away. What happens when your hard drive dies and you can't redownload them?

>>714395384 (OP)
I don't buy off gog because all these fucking threads are a waste of board space and have pissed me off to the point I'm never getting anything on gog unless it's free.

>>714395384 (OP)
I don't care about politic. I buy from steam because they offer best service.

I agree gog is better, but 90% of 'why are you loyal to Steam' niggas are EGSfags and another 9% are EA Origin and Ubislop shills.

>>714395702
sherry SEX

>>714398135
>peer pressure
>said we've all been using for 20 years
>GOG isn't even that old
Reading comprehension is difficult for the average user.

>>714398235
>open exe manually
>game plays

GOGtards really reaching here.

>>714398326
you don't own games on DVDs or cartridges either

>>714398326
>Blocks your path

>>714398326
GOG gives you a DRM-free installer that
you can just copy paste on a drive or burn
i'll argue that's owning it more than having a copy protected disc like in your image

>>714395384 (OP)
>buy game on gog
>it's split into a billion 500mb part installer that I have to download manually
kindly fuck off

>>714395384 (OP)
Have you noticed fearmongering steam is going to steal all your games isn't working?

I use both steam and gog idk why people gotta fight over this

>>714395384 (OP)
Steam is a good service.
If Steam falls tomorrow I start pirating everything.
I already pirate most of the games I play and GoG games are free.
>But the industry...
Bur it down.

>>714398683
No they haven't that's why these threads and the "steamies" retard post here daily repeating the same shit.

>>714395384 (OP)
>>714395562
Most people dont even know GOG exists. That's the actual issue.

>>714398484
>>open exe manually
>>game plays
Nope. If you've got Steam installed and you close down Steam and try to open the exe manually, it'll boot up Steam back up and instantly try to update the game.
And if you outright uninstall Steam and try to run the exe, it'll cry about how you don't have Steam and it'll refuse to execute.

Meaning that you'll have to crack the game and effectively pirate it even though you bought the game. Meaning that there was no fucking point on having it on Steam in the first place.

>>714398326
>What happens when your hard drive dies and you can't redownload them
the same thing that happens when your disk reader or cartridge slot malfunctions. you buy a new one, see the game was rigged from the start.

>>714395384 (OP)
I love gog and its my primary storefront but ill be honest i still mainly buy games from steam
for 2 main reasons
>the games im interested arent available on gog
>i run linux
>>714398326
my brother in Christ this is pure "physical" cope
discs rot, cartridges also die from not being used. Consoles die disc drives fail.
even your physical media will eventually fail you just like my downloaded games and harddrives.
>inb4 never happened to you
neither to me.
Never had my game taken away outside of always online game dying(also applies to consoles and physical games) and never had a harddrive die on me too
>>714398669
thats my biggest issue
atleast they could start hosting torrents of their games to download or smth like that

all that gog does it making piracy easier.

>>714395384 (OP)
I love GOG and its concept, but their more modern releases usually suffer. The lack of DRM is valueable, but they tend to lack concurrent updates with other distibution platforms and no compatibility with the Steam Workshop for applicapble games.

While some a good portion of their old game packaging has been pretty great, some of it has suffered from just lazily packing in a well used fan made compatibility mod and calling it good enough.

i only buy stuff like the resident evil collection and dino crisis on gog cause they arent on steam. if they were on steam i wouldn't even look at gog

i have friends who try to convince me to only buy games on gog and will even like lie about the game not being on steam to do so but i dont give a fuck about gog

>>714398326
All my GOG game installers are backed up to a NAS which is then backed up to another offsite NAS. That's 3 copies of the game, while you've only got 1. And GOG isn't going anywhere so if I lose all 3 somehow, I can redownload it again.
You on the other hand have to repurchase the discs should you lose or break them.

>>714398850
>moving goalposts
What does that have to do with a game requiring an update that you can force to open via exe

>>714398669

>>714398484
>uhhh I've been using the same service for 20 years even tho alternatives exist
>stay loyal to the brand that rises above all
good job little goy, don't forget to buy a key for your daily tf2 lootbox drop

>>714395384 (OP)
Sometimes they're not updated as frequently or features are missing/broken. I also don't necessarily think about checking every time.
>>714395791
>Managing game libraries
>Agonizing over sunk costs for data repositories
>>714397967
>using galaxy
It's not even the best launcher for GOG games.
>>714397483
>Files are on my computer
>No DRM
>Don't need to start their client or let it phone home or anything
Seems like I own it and no one can take it from me.
>>714398326
>What happens when your hard drive dies and you can't redownload them?
Just transfer the files from one HDD to another? The only way to own your files is if you have full administrative control over them.

>>714395384 (OP)
It's trash for anything in active development.

>>714395384 (OP)
i use both, and sometimes even double dip during sales later on.

>>714398964
What pisses me off is GOG games are almost always inferior to the Steam releases, they're either missing content, get updates way later, and they never include native Linux/Mac versions.
The only exception I found so far was Skyrim Anniversary Edition which is better than Steam because it doesn't require a Bethesda account and Internet connection to access.

Make it easier to install shit on Linux, and I'll buy everything on Gog.

>>714395384 (OP)
Gog is great, it's how I bought Alpha Protocol. Thanks, polacks!

>>714395384 (OP)
>literally no one buys games from gog instead of on steam
huh?

>>714395384 (OP)
No Linux, no buy. They don't even have to do much work. Just copy all of Valve's work + port their gay client.

>>714399038
>that you can force to open via exe
But doing so forces the update on you. This was explained to you.
Why are you just repeating yourself without even reading my post?

>moving goalposts
I didn't move anything. You're just being retarded.

>>714399145
>It's not even the best launcher for GOG games.
What is then, pray tell?

>>714396092
Not really, they have always had an audience but it really hasn't grown too much.
I like GOG but it's not exactly bring in tons of users, but it sure has a a number of fags who go "why buy it when it's free" but complain about DRM and will probably throw a shitfest if GOG ever goes down.

>>714396915
>No one is going to "take away your license" in your lifetime
I'm pretty sure I'll outlive Gaben

>>714399272
Are you retarded? You can literally just play games in Bottles or Lutris. Every game I own works >>714399261

>>714399176
yeah i specifically play on linux so all the releases are a huge pain in the ass. the resident evil/dino crisis collections i mentioned all need dll overrides and other shit i wouldn't have to deal with if they were on steam

>>714395384 (OP)
>Digital Shit
>Owning
Lmao

>>714399103

>>714395384 (OP)
Shut the fuck up and get Persona games on the platform.

>>714395384 (OP)
I always go gog first, steam second

>>714395384 (OP)
I just buyed rogue trader from there though

>>714397392
>and EA
source: your ass

>>714399506
lmao is that what gog fags have to deal with?

>>714399506
You can just queue up all the downloads.
Or if you just wish to install the game you can do so with Galaxy.

>>714399506
Hate this shit. I want GOG Downloader back.
>>714399702
It's annoying to have to click so many links and then check to make sure you didn't miss one. Galaxy is not the same since it requires an Internet connection to launch, offline installers don't.

>>714399506
I'm pretty sure they're doing this to be compatible with FAT32 file systems, which people sometimes accidentally use for USB storage. (also, it was historically very popular for USB storage)

>>714399425
I'm aware. Tell me why should I give money to GOG who depends on unpaid community work instead of Valve that invests engineering hours into Linux?

>>714399861
GOG doesn't force you to use a shitty launcher to install and/or play games.

>>714399038
What goal post was moved?

>>714400015
GOG forces you to use Windows to install/play games.

>>714399287
Works on my machine. Sorry you're too retarded to start the game? I'm not sure what you want me to tell you. Making a problem for yourself then complaining it's the companies fault despite there being work arounds is pathetic. Surely people will see the average IQ of a GOG and Epic shill in the single digits and say "I think I want to join them"

>>714395384 (OP)
>paying to download an emulator.exe that emulates games that were shareware before zogog bought the dead ips is owning games

>>714395791
>Not everyone is a loser like you

The ignorance it must require to post that statement on 4chan with full confidence, you are the biggest loser here for pretending.

>>714400015
Lutris and Bottles are steaming piles of shit. Heroic too.

>>714395384 (OP)
But I do. I always check GOG first.

>>714400015
And yet you still have to use Steam anyway because Proton is the only reasonable way to play games on Linux.

>>714395384 (OP)
I buy games on gog over steam
in fact if there is a game I like on steam and not on gog I will ask/search about gog release date and then wait for it to get it on GOG

>>714399861
Damn you make a good point. Gabe actually made huge strides for linux because he thinks it's the future. I'll honestly switch as soon as anti cheats function on it. Atm I can't play certain competitive games on linux.

>>714400189
>Works on my machine.
It depends on the game. Doesn't work Armored Core. Doesn't work on a lot of games.
Did you really assume it worked on all games just because you had some games that it worked on?

>>714400161
>using Proton is using Windows

>>>714400281
>my opinion is an objective fact

>>714400293
>you can't use Proton outside of Steam

ok, retards

>>714400235
just say you don't know what you're talking about bro

>>714400407
Honestly not surprised nor do I care about the suffering of some fromfag. Sorry you're too stupid to get the game to work. I'm not going to explain work arounds to you since you'd rather stay ignorant and cry anyway.

>makes gog irrelevant

>>714395702
my order of operations for buying a game goes
>buy it on gog
>if not available on gog then buy the cheapest steam key on gg.deals

>>714400434
I just want to double click a game and play, I don't have the will or time to tinker around. Steam is superior to GOG for Linux gaming. Period.
And I would rather support the company that actually cares about gaming on Linux. CD Projekt does not.

>>714400447
i am a brahmin of ageless experience do not question me ever again

>>714400434
If you don't support Valve you don't support Linux.

>>714400614
>I don't have the will or time to tinker around
You're using Linux. That's the entire OS.

>>714395384 (OP)
I buy all my games from GOG now. I also signed the SKG initiative. Check mate autists!

>>714395384 (OP)
I'd buy from there, in fact I will. My cards just got rejected by it when I tried.

>He is buyeting games

>>714399261
That's not impressive when I have 133 games in my library just because I have Amazon Prime and they give away a bunch of gog games on it.

>>714400872
Thankfully Steam is here.

>>714400979
>My cards just got rejected by it when I tried
Same. My bank said it's because they're based in Europe and debit cards cannot be used internationally.
I would like to support GOG, but they don't want my money.

>>714400543
>I'm not going to explain work arounds
There is no workaround that works through Steam.
The only options are to pirate the game or to otherwise crack the game against ToS, decoupling it from Steam.

So why cling to Steam? It doesn't even work with Steam.

>>714398645
This unironically. Owning a GOG game is better when it comes to preservation since you can make as many copies as you like on any type of starage device you can fit your offline installer on. Games bough on a disc you can't copy so once that disk is gone you're fucked. With a GOG game you can have as many copies as you can manage.

>>714395384 (OP)
>but literally no one buys games from gog instead of on steam
I always buy from GoG and also direct my friends to do so.

>>714395384 (OP)
What happened to pirating everything? According to Steam, I have spent only around 200 USD. I have finished hundreds of cracked games over the years.

>>714401114
>debit cards
What are you, 15? Get a real credit card like a real man.

>>714395384 (OP)
That's because on paper you don't own your GOG games any more than you own your Steam games. And in practice, Steam won't take away your games even if you get permabanned for saying NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER in 300 different community forums. They'll just ban you from the social features. Meanwhile GOG can very well ban your DOWNLOADS if you tell them you don't like the new pride month sale.
GOG trannies are in the wrong practically and legally, and the fact that they are so obnoxious about declaring themselves superior just makes them look like smaller versions of Maldavious Figtree as he proudly boasts about his excessive knowledge of things he knows nothing about.
Only redeeming quality of GOG is being able to install a game offline, which is practically irrelevant in the age of 9001 terrabyte storage units.

>>714395384 (OP)
>gog: 216 games
>steam: 148 games

>>714395384 (OP)
I do. If a game is on both platforms I buy from got at full price if I think it deserves. Theres just a LOT of great games only on steam

>>714395384 (OP)
I buy everything on GOG if available there but there's no getting around the fact that it's still just digital content. So it has to be dirt cheap as well.
There is no value to digital content.

>>714401374
>Only redeeming quality of GOG is being able to install a game offline, which is practically irrelevant in the age of 9001 terrabyte storage units
That's a huge redeeming quality. It doesn't matter if you get banned (and why the fuck are you using the GOG forums anyway?) because you have the copies safely stored away on your own servers.

>>714401249
I owe devs money

I bought MGS1 & MGS2 on GoG, then MGS2 got removed from my library after some copyrighted license expired. So money stolen, and now I don't buy from GoG anymore

>>714401374
XAMN CLOCK HIM UNC

>>714395384 (OP)
Ayo they beatin ur ass in the qrts you gonna js let him talk to you like ts

>>714401649
>MGS2 got removed from my library after some copyrighted license expired
Bullshit. It got removed from sale, but if you already bought it, you still have it, same as happens when Steam games get delisted.

>>714401631
>It doesn't matter if you get banned because you have the copies safely stored away on your own servers.
And it doesn't matter if I get banned on Steam either because I can just install the game anyway.
>(and why the fuck are you using the GOG forums anyway?)
I'm not. I ceased using GOG as a storefront entirely after I figured out the things that GOG cultists screeching about ownership haven't.

>>714401814
NTA but on steam you can still download them if that happens. If he's implying that the copyright took away his ability to download it I would have dropped GOG too that sounds miserable.

>>714401814
Literally clicked on Owned games tab, scrolled down to "M" and it shows MGS1 but no MGS2. So it's not there

>>714402045
>NTA but on steam you can still download them if that happens
And you can on GOG as well. I've got delisted games on GOG and they're still in my library page. I don't have the game, but I've found no evidence of MGS2 being removed from users' libraries, just a bunch of people angry they can't purchase it anymore.

>>714402045
You nailed it, that's what happened

>>714401649
You're full of shit. Even when games are delisted they are never removed from your library.

>>714395384 (OP)
I get tons of games from gog, I can't believe they're all free! Their website is freegogpcgames.com right?

>>714397954
>javascript bloatfest
Literally the problem
>nasa site
Lol, hope it's not the real nasa.

I buy on GOG literally all the time.
The first thing I do when I want a new game is check if it's on GOG.

>>714397954
>Forgot to add
If gog would be a modern social media platform, it could be profitable and be true competition for steam. Cyber polskies aren't clever, just eu funding leeches, hence they fail.

>>714395384 (OP)
I didn’t even know that was a point of contention. I’ll probably look at GoG first now that I know this. Blame them for poor marketing.

>>714402240
it's not there bro

>>714402759
Holy shit, MGSV an MGR is on GOG!? When did that happen? We can finally have MGSV free of Denuvo?

>>714402759
Gog removed mgs2? Did you dl it?

>>714402901
Yes, forcibly pulled from everybody's libraries. Gone, like tears in the rain.
>>714402858
No they're not. Galaxy just lets you import Steam games.

>>714395384 (OP)
Imagine buying games

>>714395384 (OP)
>Check GOG
>99% of all games aren't there
Wow, such a great "solution"........

>>714402858
sorry to dissapoint you but its not on gog
he probably added his steem library to gog galaxy
https://www.gog.com/en/games?query=metal%20gear&order=desc%3Ascore

>>714403020
This. Where the fuck is Fortnite? Where's Counter Strike 2?
Without heavy hitters, GOG is dead.

>>714400892
Based, nice collection bro

>>714395384 (OP)
>buying pirated games
Are you a retard?

>>714402759
LMAO GOG Trannies cannot defend this. The irony of them always going on about how steam will rip games from their library then seeing this is fucking pure gold.

>>714395384 (OP)
>literally no one buys games from gog instead of on steam
I do. If it's not physical or on gog I pirate.

>>714403358
Steam is the only platform I can think of that doesn't pull this shit. For all it's bad parts, Steam is pretty much the gold standard. You can even bypass their DRM with a single file available on Github and never taken down.
If game companies want to use more than Steam's DRM, they have to disclose it, but GOG saying "NO DRM EVER" means that many publishers skip the store or only put the games on it many years after release.
There's DRM free games on Steam too.

>>714403626
>GOG saying "NO DRM EVER
Not even true: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/lists_games_that_need_galaxy_for_multiplayer_and_the_ones_that_dont/page1

>>714403626
Yea I mean by the time it goes on GOG DRM free you can just buy it on steam 90% of the time with the DRM gone as well. All other storefronts have a lont way to go before they catch up. Probably not in my lifetime unless something catastrophic happens after Gabe dies.

>>714404116
>unless something catastrophic happens after Gabe dies
It's gonna be the gamerpocalypse the day he dies. Overnight Steam will be completely locked down, unlisted games will be removed from libraries, refunds will be stopped, sales will end, and you'll need to be online 100% of the time to play anything.

>>714402965
Fascist scum. Literally why

>>714397797
>They would have to integrate multiplayer cross platform functionality though too
What?

>>714404350
Because you cannot trust CD Projekt. Remember Cyberpunk? Remember the Witcher 3 E3 reveal? They are liars and cheats and will go back on their promises and morals if it will save them a buck.

>>714401261
Debit cards are the standard in Europe. This obsession with Credit is very American.
You people love your debt.

>>714402901
Yeah I downloaded it right after I bought it, thats how I noticed it was gone. People were saying MGS1 PC controls were all messed up, so I went to see for myself and I noticed MGS2 was gone>>714402901

>>714404556
Polski by nature is all I have to say

>>714395384 (OP)
I only buy on GOG unless a game is only on other stores. But even then I usually won't bother.

>>714395702
This is the most based and reasonable approach to buying games today.

>>714395384 (OP)
I get the free games they give away any chance I get, but yeah most of the time I just use gog-games or buy shit on Steam if I really want

>>714398589
This already happening to some of my PS1 and Saturn games.

>>714402759
I don’t have MGS2 but my other delisted games are still available to download. That’s pretty fucked

>>714403626
It's fun watching idiots yell
>HAHA OWN NOTHING BE HAPPY STEAMIE SAR
when a game gets pulled from the store because they don't get that people who already bought it still get to keep it, you just can't buy more. If it's true that GOG can rip a game from your library like that - that's actually genuinely too scummy even for the already scummy CDPR, though I won't believe it until I see solid enough proof, just in case.

>>714395384 (OP)
People want to play games not hoard data. You can't take your exe's to heaven with you.

>>714395384 (OP)
Why would I rent licenses on GOG (which has no games) instead of owning them on Steam?

>>714398235
How do we defend an extra 3 seconds to launch occasionally? By pointing out the fact that the game you chose has an update on Steam, but doesn't exist on GOG. You're also so anti-Steam that you're running it for games you want, hypocrite.

>>714395384 (OP)
>literally no one buys games from gog
I do. Sadly some games are never fully updated on GoG and tend to be more buggy. Also their Galaxy launcher sucks fucking ass.
But at least I try to get games from there in show of support.

>>714407798
>an extra 3 seconds to launch
It's not an extra 3 seconds to launch the game. It's 3 seconds that ruins your fucking game by installing an awful patch that ruins your game.

>>714395384 (OP)
>literally no one buys games from go- ACK!
And I never spent more than $5 on a single one.

>>714408402
Thats the appropriate price for the majority of this abandonware

>>714408112
Skill issue. Show me the GOG version of AC6 where you can avoid patches.
>>714408402
I take the free rentals on Prime Gaming, but it's usually stuff I already own on Steam.

>>714408808
>Show me the GOG version of AC6 where you can avoid patches.
There isn't one. Because Steam, despite being awful, took the market shares.
But if it was on GOG, then it wouldn't force unwanted updates down my throat and I'd be able to play it without DRM.

>>714401374
>And in practice, Steam won't take away your games even if you get permabanned for saying NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER in 300 different community forums.
Show in the license agreement where it says that

>>714409270
But nobody wants to sell on GOG because their no-DRM policy is repulsive to publishers.

>>714396679
>not one made in 1987.
most of the games they sell were made in 1987. why shouldn't their storefront reflect that?

>>714408808
>Skill issue.
The only way to that version of the game is through piracy. Steam doesn't allow you to do it.

>>714409520
>their no-DRM policy is repulsive to publishers
That's because they're retards who don't realize that file sharing doesn't harm sales.
How many DRM-free best sellers must we have before they'll realize this?

Also. Publishers thinking the platform is vile or not has no impact on the actual quality of the platform.

>>714409978
It certainly affects the sales on GOG. I guess that's why it's dying, and good riddance.
>sell games as standalone installers
>40 DLC? you have 40 installers
>people bitch about this and want a launcher like Steam
>make launcher
>it's not like Steam
>it's like Epic/EA/Ubisoft
>can't browse your own library without using a webpage that can fail in between switching arbitrary-length pages
>go back after a 503, and you're on the first page again

do steamsissies realize that not only they do not own their games but also steam actively increases prices of games due to the fact that when you sell your game on steam you cant sell it at lower price elsewhere? and also steam takes huge 30% cut?

steam has such good optics for no fucking reason whatsoever

>>714408402
>I never spent more than 5$

I fucking hope not. Christ I've never seen a more faggoty library in my life. You're on par with those people who own nothing but triple A redditier games + whatever this years top indie is.

>>714411074
Do GOGlems not realize GOG has no games and has a faggot launcher?
>but don't use the launcher! just download the game in 4GB chunks from a web page like it's 1992!
Faggot.

>>714410542
>It certainly affects the sales on GOG.
Ok. But that's not what we were discussing and it's irrelevant to whether or not GOG is a good platform.
It could in theory be the worst performing storefront in human history, and could still be the highest quality PC platform. Or vice versa.

By the end of the day GOG doesn't force DRM down your throat.
GOG doesn't force unwanted updates down your throat.
It allows for offline installers that you can backup, share, or use when you don't have access to GOG. Even long after a scenario where GOG itself might perish.

And because Steam doesn't. I think Steam is SHIT in comparison.

>>714411074
GOG also takes 30%. Kek

>>714411339
DRM isn't forced by Steam. It's 100% optional. That option is what attracts publishers.

>>714411339
>it has 3 features steam doesn't. Ignore the fact it is missing 95% of games steam gas, and hundreds of other features steam has... B..but it's DRM free!!! Most of the time...


Do you even realize how retarded you sound? Genuinely. It's fine for you to like the features but platform to platform it's not even fucking close.

>>714411470
We're not talking about GOG. Steam takes 30% and that's bad.

> game I want goes on sale on gog
> few days later its even cheaper on steam
I'm in crisis

>>714411654
20%

>>714396915
yep i am really tired of all the GOG trannies getting so cocky even though no one cares about them and their jeet coded shop

>never bought on GoG before
>friend keeps harassing me over the years to buy on GoG, not on Steam
>"I don't think GoG will outlive Steam and I want to keep my library."
>continues over the years, answer remains unchanging
>be 2025
>GoG announces its current financial model isn't working
If I'm in the wrong how?
If I'm in the right I told you so.

>>714411882
They save money by not fixing their launcher and spend it on hiring jeets to shill on 4chan.

>>714404656
>confused euro thinks debit cards are uncommon in the US.

>>714401374
based

>>714395702
Optional last step:
>pirate gog version

>>714409514
Not him, but I am globally banned from the steam community forums and not once has it ever effected access to my wider Steam account.

>>714412039
They can't afford to pay attention.

>>714395384 (OP)
you shill are very hard at work for a failing company

>>714395384 (OP)
Gog doesn't have as many good deals, and their interface and storefront are a mess. They are a better company, but there is more friction in using them.

>>714412578
>They are a better company
They give no shits about the user experience.
They give no shits about actually acquiring games to sell.
But they're better because...?

>>714404656
*extremely restricted debit cards are the standard in Europe
Most countries realized your debit card needs to also function through one of the major credit networks or it’s useless outside of your local area. In the US almost every one works anywhere a credit card would. I say almost but I’ve never actually heard of one that doesn’t, but I imagine there’s some rinky-dink credit unions or something that, like Europe, refuse to get with the times.

>>714395384 (OP)
I try to, but they are not released on gog (Signalis) or don't go on sale even when they are on sale on Steam (Ultimate General Civil War)

>>714395384 (OP)
>retards managing to console war over pc storefronts
I use Steam to play everything I bought a decade ago and I use GOG to pirate everything i'm interested in playing.
The White man marches on

>OH gee willikers, I'm tired of DRM, i want to own my games
>hear about gog
>oh cool lets go check it out
>full of games no one gives a shit about

Ah...I see...

>>714412872
GOGlems will tell you to just not play the games GOG doesn't have, because they're all [buzzword list].

>>714411865
Nope, 30%

>>714395702
t. never actually does this and just buys on steam

>>714412175
Yes I know some cases are like that, but that doesnt exclude the possibility of total account bans for speech violations. I knew a nazi larper who got a total account ban for nazi stuff on his profile. In the end he got the account restored but only after emailing valve and never posting nazi imagery again

>>714395384 (OP)
I use them to pirate games, thanks GOG

>>714411654
>We're not talking about GOG.
Thread is about GOG. Kek. Steam actually takes less the more copies you sell of your game.

>>714409514
>on paper
>in practice
GOG trannies and reading comprehension? Not even once.

>>714412872
Don’t forget the launcher that claims to collect all your games across all the launchers like Epic, Ubisoft, Origin (or whatever it’s called now), Steam, etc. but actually doesn’t work at all.

>>714414193
But the problem is that Steam takes any money. When Steam does it, it's bad. When GOG does it, it's just good business, sweaty. :3

>>714398326
What happens when your cartridge dies? When you die?
My GoG games are stored in the cloud.

I don't always buy video games, but when I do, I buy them on GOG.

>>714395384 (OP)
I would buy on GOG if GOG had more than just "good old games" available. I do at least appreciate that they have the original RE Trilogy and Silent Hill 4 adapted for modern systems.

>>714415139
One other thing. You say that you buy games on GOG, but I just checked, and GOG has no games.

>>714408808
>AC6
you have to be more specific, that could be one of thirteen fucking games at this point

It mostly has retro and indie games. Nobody is releasing anything new without Denuvo unless they hate themselves.

>>714413078
I guess if you're a neo nazi and make your profile into a Hitler shrine steam might not be for you.

>>714415340
If you followed the chain of conversation with a picture showing a specific game, you'd know. But you're likely unable to read the beautiful American language that the Bible was written in.

>>714395384 (OP)
did they ever do anything against always online games?

>>714400543
>cries about moving the goalposts
>moves them himself
>y-yea there's a magical workaround for every single game that has to have steam open to launch
lol you got your ass reamed the entire argument, made shit up all throughout it, and periodically tried to use your middle school debate rules which you yourself didn't follow like some pseud gimp.

>>714415764

>>714415282
I really don't buy or play anything newer than like 5 years, and mostly stick to older games that run like butter on my toaster and they usually have games on sale so if there is something I want I just wait for it to get knocked down to a price I'm willing to pay.

>>714415859
Concession accepted

>>714415961
>/v/ is one person
Why are poors like this?

>>714416030
>I was merely pretending

>>714416139
You shouldn't have used a &gt there.

>>714416227
I'll keep giving replying since you obviously are the type of autist who won't stop until you have the last word

>>714416364
But I'll have the last word. I'm actually shocked you haven't started dropping a &gt in the link out of fear of my reply.

>>714395702
>buy game on Steam
>buy game again when it comes to GOG usually for a fraction of the price

>>714416417
Nah

>>714416474
Yah

I buy games on the best platform which is objectively Steam. I'm never ever going to pay a tax by buying on an inferior platform.
Why would I ever pay for something on GOG when a pirate gets the same experience for free?

>>714416512
Nah

TOTAL V4LV3 DR0N3S DEATH

>>714416608
haN
(uoY) 215614417<<

>>714415446
>Cyberpunk 2077 DRM free on GOG
>Frostpunk 2 DRM free on GOG
>STALKER 2 DRM free on GOG
>KCD II DRM free on GOG
>Baldur's Gate 3 DRM free on GOG
>Rogue Trader DRM free on GOG
>Disco Elysium DRM free on GOG
>Noita DRM free on GOG
>MechWarrior 5 DRM free on GOG
>Jagged Alliance 3 DRM free on GOG
>Tainted Grail DRM free on GOG
>Survive The Fall DRM free on GOG
>EVERSPACE 2 DRM Free on GOG
>X4 DRM free on GOG
And so on and so on.

>>714395384 (OP)
gog's selection lacks a lot of notable games, be them AAA or indie. It's good for old ass games but even then it's a bit of a toss up if they'll even have it.

>>714416761
you're gonna be here a while

>>714416967
You're a gay guy.

>>714398326
My physical copy of Kirby Air Ride stopped working the other day. I don't own it anymore.

>>714417004
You're trans & brown

>>714417041
For you.

>>714416889
Is mechwarrior the best mecha game? Is titan fall 2 worth 5 bucks?

>>714417086
Yea

>>714395384 (OP)
I always check GOG first to see if I can buy it there. If it's not available, too bad, Steam it is.

>>714395702
outrageously based sherry

>>714399496
so do you admit you can not inherently own anything on a computer then? If that is the case, why care about any preservation?

>>714415764
I think it's very funny I go to lunch and come back to up schizophrenically projecting my post onto a random anon.

I didn't move any goalposts I said there's work arounds for retards like him. My game exes open just fine without issue I don't own AC6 so I have no way to confirm or deny what they're bitching about. Steam wins by default anyway since other platforms don't even have access to the game.

>>714395384 (OP)
Not enough Linux support, but I still buy from them. Often running the GoG Windows version through Steam since Proton is just that good.

>>714396679
I'll bet you like nu-reddit as well

>>714418543
Was always an ugly website, design wise and content wise.

>>714418394
lol im honored you got more butthurt ar my post calling your retarded pseud ass out more than the dude who you originally had the argument with. Really. Didn't read the rest.

>>714395384 (OP)
Steam simply has a shitload more features and is way more convenient.
GOG basically relies on donations.
If Valve suddenly decides to go full retard mustache twirling villain, then I just crack or pirate right back all my games. But right now they're saving the fuck out of Linux, so the fat man has my money.

>>714395384 (OP)
Devs don't like put their games there because is a pain in the ass to make updates. And nobody want to install the whole game again just to a minor bug fix

>>714395384 (OP)
Steam is inconvenient, last I was playing a city builder on GOG and... emulating PS1-2 gaymes (not on gog)... ultra-comfy.. sucks to be back on Steam when only it has some games. goddamn, one of the games stopped working when I tried a beta and it's still buggy after I switched from non-beta ffs.

>>714400631
Imagine how scary this would be if you could show it to people just a couple years ago

>>714395384 (OP)
meds

>>714417190
For me Mechwarrior is the best robot game. But i'm a boomer.

>>714395562
Not as cucked as the megacorp that begs its users for donations LMAOOOOOO

you own your games on Steam too. that DRM is barely one

>>714421951
i concur

>>714395384 (OP)
I pirate everything.

Why do these retards pretend to be against GOG? There's literally nothing wrong with it.
>inb4 ragebait reply

>>714422605
There are better Star Trek games IMO on GOG anon but i guess if you like RTS Star Trek Armada is also good.

>>714395384 (OP)
Well I don't see Delarune or ANY new indie game being sold on GOG, not even the ones whose prequels are available on it.
These retards stopped accepting new games into their store and now they're crying that nobody buys games from them, lmao.
On that note, I hate steam and I don't buy games there either.

>>714423508
Im not ragebaiting when I say this but it is the exact some dynamic between a cuck donator and a eceleb streamer. A parasocial relationship. They see Gabe as the protector of pc gaming. Despite attempting to launch anti-consumer things like paid mods. Also lootbox garbage as well. Not to mention they haven't made a notable game in a decade. I want valve to be good, but they just simply arent the best thing pc has to offer unless you care about showing off your gay little badges to your fake friends.

>>714423951
>Delarune
LMAO, nobody cares about that slop.

>>714424018
sneed

>>714395384 (OP)
What buddies?

>>714423508
I'm not against them, I'm just saying they are incompetent as fuck, and they deserve this. I would like to support their store but they don't have games.

>>714422387
Movie looks decent. Boomers having bad taste is likely a myth. I'll check both (two) of them out. What do you think of steel jeeg?

>>714398326
Console physicalfags are hilarious thinking they own a game just because they bought a case and a disc with a colorful coating. It's plastic. That's all you own. DRM free on PC where you have access to the files and can do whatever you want with the game, including copying it to a DVD and slapping a pretty sticker on it and throwing it into a case with a printed sleeve if you want, is the closest you get to actually owning the game itself.

>>714398326
Yeah you sure """""own""""" all the software updoots too lmao

>>714395384 (OP)
>look for game on gog
>isn't there
Ok. Now what?

>>714395384 (OP)
you sync your steam to your gog, which puts all your steam games onto gog, dumbo.
no reason to actually buy from gog, just use the feature to own all your shit there as well as a backup.
then you can use gog's DRM free .iso backup feature to make backups if you want to.

>>714424384
>Caesar III
The only game I could never beat.

>>714395702
sometimes I forget about the game for a while and tim gives it to me for free

>>714426208
Pirate it.

>>714395384 (OP)
Steam DRM is a joke to bypass. It’s like one extra step and I just make sure to avoid buying trash with Denuvo anyways. Every game I own outright.

>>714395384 (OP)
I buy games on gog when possible, it has a limited selection though.

>>714411527
>Ignore the fact it is missing 95% of games
And how does that matter? Even if it only has 5% of the games, then it'd still be the better platform for those 5%.
The amount of games doesn't dictate whether or not the platform is good.

>and hundreds of other features steam has
Like what? A platform shouldn't even really have "features" to begin with. But even then, GOG has all of Steam's essential features.

>>714395384 (OP)
>touts themselves as ‘preserving games’
>rarely if ever ports old games over that have thousands of requests
Shit service

>>714397967
Because it targets a galaxy launcher shortcut that hooks into the exe
Just tell it to launch the exe instead from picrel

>>714427149
>GOG has games I like and that's good for me
Great but it doesn't have games everyone likes the main selling point of any storefront should be variety in your specialization. In this case if you're selling fucking games then you better have licenses for them.

>what features
Off the top of my head, steam workshop and overlay with built in community tab especially the new note system, big picture mode remote installs/updates are the ones I use frequently alot of anons mentioned Linux support which is a growing hot button topic.

>inb4 i don't care about xyz
And that's fucking great for you, but unfortunately steam is currently better for the majority because DRM is a negligible fear monger issue and GOG has no other "advantages" over steam.

>>714398887
>Never had my game taken away outside of always online game dying(also applies to consoles and physical games)
He's got The Crew right there too, just to really embellish that point.

>>714424384
for me, it's Pharaoh

>>714428027
>and overlay >tab >
tf is an overlay? you sound like a marketer with those weird buzzwords. Just say it has mods.

>>714428973
They aren't buzzwords? Community tab houses discussions workshop announcements etc I use it and the overlay while in game to browse for mods discussions. It's required(?) To make in game purchases for somethings. I use the market to buy or sell cosmetics while playing dota and shit. It's not just "mods"

>>714429337
>while in game to browse for mods discussions
Why does Valve need all those fancy words for literally alt-tabbing a game to check a discussion(which you could do on gog)? This is joycoy-tier.

joycon*

>>714428973
>associated an overlay, which has been a thing for decades now as a ‘buzzword’
Luddite, retarded, or both

>>714430053
It's not that overlay bad, it's literally unimportant bells-n-whistles.
>gog needs a way to support games with in-game purchases and mods (mm ok)
>look at our overlay with built-in blah blah (things Valve would say in a press conference to market their product, that shit is not important)

I buy off gog.
Here's Terra Nova SFC on the house
https://www.mediafire.com/file/u84f8xgfy10c3hr/setup_terra_nova_strike_force_centauri_1.08_(28045).exe/file
>>714417190
The best mech game imo is Heavy Gear 2 but MechWarrior and Titanfall are also really good. Also Armored Core and Front Mission if you emulate

>>714429673
>>714430886
Again you asked what features and I told you what i personally use. Alot of people disable overlay I like it for a lot of little things. I use the opacity note thing to sticky shit I need on a list on screen. Like I said it's fine the features aren't useful TO YOU but other people do not have to justify their use.

>>714395384 (OP)
Nah, I do both. Steam for convenience, GOG for backups and the occasional neat downloadable that comes with them.

Worst part of gog flopping is their cloudsaves shitting the bed and limiting the data.

>>714395384 (OP)
>gog-games.to
buying is intrisically oppressive, therefore pirating gog games is morally ethical

>>714401649
>MGS2 got removed from my library
Huh?

>>714395384 (OP)
For the past 3+ years I only get gog games,
Fuck steam
>my personal reasons is that their launcher is fucking retarded. 1.5GB of ram just sitting there,
>fuck off you incopetent idiots
>gog games don't need a fucking launcher, ok?
>i Iike simplicity and straight-forwardness
>install the game with gog, the game exe plays on its own, how it is supposed to
>fuck off steam-cucks

>>714433028
>movies
GoG sells flicks? News to me

>>714432721
I don't know why it won't show that for me, I even went to the website because someone in a forum said you could re-download it that way. It doesn't even show up in purchase history but the others do, I don't get it.

I still like GoG, just not sure what happened

As soon as they figure out how to attract/allow indies to their platform, I'll switch for non-workshop-reliant games. Until then, the library there is useless.

>>714433693
I have no clue how I got it,
from a giveaway probably.

>>714395384 (OP)
yeah because the purpose is to steal the work of others, nothing else

>>714395384 (OP)
The only people who consistently buy from gog over any other store, are the people that hated steam back when that was new and never changed their view on it.

>singleplayer
Buy on GoG
>multiplayer
Buy on Steam
>Old
Buy on GoG
>new
Usually isn't on GoG

>>714398161
Same thing

>>714395384 (OP)
I used to buy from GOG more. But splitting your game library among two mutually exclusive electronic shelves is too annoying. And GOG isn't as embraced by the mod community.

That's probably an anti-competitive practice by Steam, and online retailers in general. But well... evil won. That's why they do it, because it works.

>>714395562
True. No idea what people worship steam so much. It's a glorified games launcher that just gets in the way.

>>714438567
What do you mean? You don't need a an electronic shelf for GOG if you're referring to a launcher. You just download the games and they exist as EXEs on your hard drive, same as they do if you download via Steam. The only difference being that you don't have to launch Steam to launch the GOG games.

ive never had a game license revoked for me on steam before. aside from that i have a decent sized gog library from amazon prime freebies.

>>714395384 (OP)
I'd argue a big reason why gog isn't nearly as successful as it could be, is because its drm-free policy is incompatible with how a lot of AAA devs and publishers do business, so a lot of top selling titles skip the platform entirely over it.

>>714435097
The Gamers is great. Tho it is not a movie about videogames but about a pen &paper roleplaying game.

>>714395384 (OP)
i buy from gog if the service is better and of equal price or cheaper
gog don't actually have better service in every aspect, they don't provide automatic cloud saves for example
they do make some old games work that steam does not. when i buy old games, i buy from there. there is a limited supply of old games, by definition there are no "new old games" coming out, thus gog has a limited sales capacity. i am only going to buy the games one, i'm not going to rebuy silver or hexplore or m&m every year am i?
i'll buy bof4 from gog someday, but i can just open my emulator which is a better experience than paying 8.99 right now for that.
the barriers to gog selling more are them releasing more games, and them getting publishers to actually put their games on there. gog could have an easy win with japanese blobbers but they have the same retardation mary has at steam, would have bought dungeon travellers 2 on there for a cheap price, a game not on steam so there's no competition in the western used stores whatsoever. they shot themselves in the foot with that one, i didn't make them do it

>>714395384 (OP)
>Being cattle to corpos.

>>714395384 (OP)
Steam is stupid easy to crack.

>>714426876
tim's gifts have been pretty shit lately. every game feels like a parody of indie slop

>>714395384 (OP)
I buy my games on gog over steam if it is available.

I bought a game from them so I didn't had to have Steam on, stealing resources for DRM reasons... only for ending using Steam to add controller support for my GOG game.

They should at least make their own version of Steam Input.

Also, I bought MK I-III because I thought it was a new remaster of sorts, and they were dirt cheap, but it was just the shitty DOS ports emulated through DOS-BOX. I mean, I kinda like them, but they should've warn us that to decide the purchase.

>>714395384 (OP)
I mean if you live in Europe you already legally own the games you buy so...

>>714395384 (OP)
I'm not a le hecking gamer activist, so I don't know better and only really care about my own interests, but to me GOG is just some small company that can die at any time and I can "lose" everything.
>just stash the games on external HDs
I don't want to bother with that. And while Steam has plenty of risks after Gabe dies, it is the least bad option in my eyes, aside from pirating, that is, plus Steam has some nice QoL like Workshop, multiplayer for some games and often times faster game updates compared to GOG.

>>714395384 (OP)
>literally no one buys games from gog
I do, though.
>uhh but I meant literally as in the exact opposite of literally
Then I hate you.

>doesn't buy on both gog and steam
>uneducated about both platforms
>won't play good games if they're old
>buy DRM even when there's an easy option not to
>complains about launcher despite statistically having multiple launchers according to the best selling games on steam
If there's anything a /v/fag loves most it's being a contrarian fag sack of shit.

>>714395384 (OP)
GoG is superior to steam in every way, you can just download the game and play it directly without a launcher or 3rd party service and you can make unlimited offline backups since you own the installer, only reason it's not popular is because steamies already spend hundreds if not thousands on "their" games on steam and they think "their" steam account has value, would be funny if valve went public and steam went to shit once gaben kicks the bucket

>>714426884
It's that easy. I'll happily pay for a guaranteed clean copy that I can put anywhere, but that's the publisher's choice whether they want money. I'm not paying for a cuck leash that's going to get yanked by whoever gives Gabe's sons 6 million dollars.
>muh ez cracks
You're not cracking shit if the games aren't already installed on your machine on the day the lawyers call a press conference.

>>714395384 (OP)
>Steam uses my local currency
>Steam has regional pricing meaning games at full price are cheaper than on consoles, epic and gog.
I really REALLY want to use gog, but other than very old games like divine divinite & beyond divinity, divinity ego draconis, jade empire, fear 1 or gothic i havent bought a single thing from them because steam is just cheaper

>>714395384 (OP)
Any good deals at the moment? I need to start buying gog games, I regret investing so much into my steam account when I was younger.

>>714395384 (OP)
They dont have games I want to play

simple as

>>714443746
the summer sale is going on right now

>>714433028
But GOG has no games. Also
>1.5GB
Text editors use more.
>>714438206
>GoG
LARPer.

>>714444634
>the steamie cuck wants goyslop that requires expensive hardware like a 1030
Good goy.

>>714395384 (OP)
I buy my yuri VNs from gog though after Mary backdoored them

>>714441571
But then you have only 10% of your paycheck left after income tax, your TV and PC licenses, and various sales taxes.

>>714395384 (OP)
I use gog but now that they're begging for donos after preserving a bunch of shit i dont care about ye fuck em. Thats my last purchase with them

I buy games from GOG though.

>>714447346
???

I mean indies that dont release there, retard.

>>714447782
>the steamie cuck wants Indian games
Good morning, sir.

>>714428027
>and overlay with built in community tab
GOG has this. But who ever uses this?
>big picture mode
Big Picture Mode is fucking awful and Steam would unironically be improved if it was removed.

>>714428027
>and GOG has no other "advantages" over steam.
What about >>714411339
>By the end of the day GOG doesn't force DRM down your throat.
>GOG doesn't force unwanted updates down your throat.
>It allows for offline installers that you can backup, share, or use when you don't have access to GOG. Even long after a scenario where GOG itself might perish.
? Especially the part about having updates forced upon you without your consent.
Now you sound like the one who just doesn't care about x, y, or z even though they're genuinely vital advantages.

>>714448060
Joking aside, I don't know a single jeet game. Besides AAA games of course.

>>714450198
Everything by Fromsoft.

you still get banned and lose access to your account if you say n word.

>>714425617
>copying it to a DVD
This is how poor the average /v/tard is.

>>714451963
I think he's specifically talking about pirating Dreamcast games. It has no piracy protection at all so you can just burn the isos onto 800MB CD-Rs and play them on physical hardware.

>>714398161
People have turned brands into religions

>>714417231
I got the last word.