• Telorand@reddthat.com
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      3 months ago

      GOG is great, but they need to make a Linux launcher, already. Or if they can’t, they should make it so the community can.

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        3 months ago

        Yes. It’s not like you can’t even buy linux games on it. It was some jumping through hoops, but if you buy Factorio on GoG, you can get the linux version.

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          3 months ago

          Wube (creators of Factorio) have the best customer policy in game development.

          • Don’t go on sale so you will always pay the cheapest price.
          • if you have the game on steam you can download a DRM-free version directly from their website. (alongside all old versions)
          • Encourage the community to create mods, host your own mod portal accessible inside the game.
          • Make a good game.
          • Be open about game development through monthly blog posts.

          The only way I would like it more is if the game was open source but since that’s impossible to sell I will take this.

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          3 months ago

          For sure, but it’s not really the same functionality. You can play your games, but you can’t buy or redeem any others from Heroic or Lutris.

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            3 months ago

            It has a store page, basically an embedded web browser, I redeem free epic games through it, don’t know about GOG but I’d imagine it works the same.

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              3 months ago

              It’s still a third party solution. There’s no reason they couldn’t make a Linux client for Galaxy, and some people want to use the official launchers.

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          3 months ago

          The heroic launcher supports GOG.

          True but paying customers can expect that CD Project to that by themselves from the cut they take from games on GOG and the insane amounts of Cyberpunk money they earned. Randy Pitchford claims that “Steam does very little to earn the massive cut they take and continues its effective monopoly” and that “very little” includes making clients for three operating systems, a VR platform, a handheld, and a whole operating system.

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            3 months ago

            It’s clear that Valve’s competitors undervalue the user experience that Steam provides and don’t understand why it’s so sticky.